Me and My girls - Nathan Cooper

[Nathan Cooper]

My name is Nathan, I am 31yrs old. When I was 8 I started Zen Do Kai karate until i reached brown belt black tips when I was 13. I quit then for other teenage type of things, if you know what I mean!!! After living a lot i decided to join the Army to try and sort my life out, I did a bit of CQB in there which was effective but very hard on the body, I then left the army and got married to the perfect woman and had 3 amazing daughters, who I started to worry about. Dave, a friend of mine, was in to Wing Chun and trained by Master Kevin Earle. I was impressed by his skills and by Wing Chun, so when my wife said there was a seminar in Kaiapoi about it I was keen to take my two eldest girls along to find out more. We were excited about the upcoming classes and signed up straight away. Awatea is very knowledgable and keen to pass this knowledge on. The kids like training at the Family sessions on Sundays and I like that it gives my girls and understanding of themselves. It is now a passion for me and I train as much as I can but I work out of town so luckily for me one of Awatea's close friends Greg lives close by and I try to catch up and train with him as often as I can. The girls and I have been training with Awatea for nearly 1 year and in that time what we have learnt has sown the seed for a lifetime of learning this great art. And a bonus of meeting a great family, Awatea, Sarah and the girls. We may be heading away to Oz soon but we will keep up our training and keep in touch with our new friends at Man Sau Gwoon.

[Awatea Piripi Edwin]

Awesome Nathan, great we class again this morning and the two girls are doing so well. Will post the footage from this morning soon.