(1 Nov 2024)
KENYA KUNG FU
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Kiambu, Kenya – 26 October 2024
1. Wide of Kung Fu students practising
2. Various of two Kung Fu students sparring
3. Various of Kung Fu practice session
4. SOUNDBITE (English) Ngaruiya Njoge, Kung Fu master and president of Kenya Kung Fu Wushu Federation:
"The benefit of Kung Fu, or the lessons which Kung Fu can teach, one is discipline and health. And also, you know how to defend—not necessarily defence."
5. Kung Fu students sparring
6. Various of Kung Fu practise session
7. SOUNDBITE (English) Elvis Munyasia, Kung Fu student:
“Without Kung Fu I would be an alcoholic right now doing some drugs and a lot of bad things, maybe theft, but since I started it has changed my life and it has given me a purpose in life.”
8. Various of Kung Fu practise sessions
9. SOUNDBITE (English) Kennedy Murimi, Kung Fu Master:
“Achieving Kung Fu means that you are good at that art. If you can tell someone to display whatever he has, he can do it. And somebody who was maybe a criminal has changed, that is to achieve. Those people who are into drugs, they normally come and we train them and they change their lives.”
10. Various of Kung Fu practise sessions
11. SOUNDBITE (Kiswahili/English) Aisha Faith, 17-year-old Kung Fu student:
"Kung Fu has transformed me physically, mentally, and academically. I used to be a slow learner, but ever since I began practicing Kung Fu, I’ve become sharper and faster, which has significantly improved my academic performance. It has also helped me steer clear of vices and bad influences, as I now spend most of my time focused on training sessions."
12. Various of a Kung Fu practise session
13. Various of Kung Fu students sparring
14. SOUNDBITE (English) Evans Munzaa, Kung Fu student:
“The more I train, the more I learn perseverance while training, the physical part of it, my mind is also training to persevere in life, so that is another thing. I remember there was a time I almost committed suicide but because of Kung Fu, I was able to persevere so in one way or another I say psychologically I have improved in life since 2017.”
15. Various of a Kung Fu practise session
16. Various of Kung Fu students walking home
STORYLINE:
LEADIN:
Kung Fu, a Chinese martial art, is gaining popularity among Kenyan youth who see it as a means to combat social vices.
Despite a lack of funding and available teachers, thousands of children are benefiting from the examples of discipline and self-confidence from Kung Fu.
STORYLINE:
Everybody was Kung Fu fighting – well in Kenya, this ancient Chinese martial art is certainly growing in popularity.
Here in Kiambu, Ngaruiya Njoge is training a new batch of students in discipline, precision and defence.
He is now president of the Kenya Kung Fu Wushu Federation and was first trained in the martial art 30 years ago.
His workshop is full of students, but a lack of local instructors is posing a challenge.
Luckily the internet can be a real help and lessons streamed on YouTube are filling the gap.
As a leader of the Kenya Kung Fu Wushu Federation, Njoge used his expertise to help the youth of Kiambu County to kick vices such as alcoholism and crime.
The county is known for its high rates of youth alcoholism, but Njoge is affecting change through Kung Fu and he claims so far thousands of youths have benefited.
He believes that Kung Fu teaches discipline, improves health, and gives people the skills to defend themselves—not just physically, but also mentally and socially.
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