Ross Sargent is the Co-Founder, MD, and Chief Instructor of Cambridge Kung Fu Ltd, a not-for-profit social enterprise which was established in 2007 (although Ross has been teaching Kung Fu in Cambridge since 2002). The vision of Cambridge Kung Fu is to teach the fundamental benefits that can be achieved through intelligent martial arts and movement practise – utilising the physical body as the medium for learning some of life’s deep lessons!
Ross moved to Cambridge in 2001 to start a PhD at the University of Cambridge, having achieved a First Class Honours Degree in Materials Science and Engineering from Imperial College London. After six months of his PhD, he realised that his passion lay outside of the academic arena, in his long term hobby of Martial Arts training. With his principle passions as learning and sharing, Ross has since achieved the titles of ‘Sifu of Wing Chun Kung Fu’ and ‘Instructor of Circular Strength’ training, the movement system created by world renowned martial artist and fitness coach Scott Sonnon.
Not only will Ross be giving us a demonstration of Blind fold ‘Chi Sau’ (translated as sticking hands) sparring (martial art sparring using every sense except sight), we will also welcome him to the stage to talk about human optimisation or, as his two year old self expressed it, “being the winnest”…
The human organism can be thought of as a collection of symbiotic systems that work together to produce the person that we are. Two of the systems in question are the Central Nervous System and Movement System – the myofasical matrix of connective tissue, muscle and bone that is responsible for us being able to move through space.
Ross will be explaining the profound effect that nurturing both of these systems has on us and, more specifically, how deepening the relationship between these two systems leads to the optimisation of our potential for success.
By clearly understanding how to train these component parts of our bodies in an incrementally progressive manner, we continually challenge & enhance ourselves in an intrinsic way, and optimise ourselves as a whole person.
If you’d like to try a little self-optimisation, Ross has generously agreed to run a workshop during one of our breakout sessions to help us start o regain ‘lost’ mobility. Being the best you can be is definitely an idea worth spreading, so come along to discover more about human potential.
