Tiger and dragon. Ground and air. Coiling and uncoiling. Every movement I teach lives between these two ———— grounding with the earth and the spiral that rises from it.
It's not the form ———— it's how you perform it. The drink can be water ———— given correctly it will be sweet, given incorrectly it can be bitter.
I'm Sundar Singh. Three decades of martial arts ———— Kali (Filipino arts), Pukulan Pencak Silat Serak, North-Indian Shastar Vidiya, tai chi. Decades with kettlebells, Indian clubs, jori, gada. Several years with rope. IKFF Certified Kettlebell Trainer ———— Way of the Rope Coach.
What I bring to a session ———— I know where these movements come from. I know how they apply martially. The kettlebell, the gada, the clubs, the meels, the rope ———— each was forged in a fighting tradition before it became fitness. Knowing the source changes how you move it.
This isn't about fighting. I follow jita kyoei ———— mutual welfare and benefit.
Capacity is what allows softness. Strength is what makes peace possible.
1:1 sessions in Coventry. Playful ———— revitalising ———— injury-free.
If movement comes from muscle ———— it engages muscle. If it comes from the Dantian ———— it keeps the muscle free.
The hand does not move in straight lines ———— it arcs. The kettlebell does not lift ———— it orbits. The rope does not whip ———— it flows. The club does not swing ———— it returns.
My focus with the kettlebell is to move with it, rather than move it. Less but better ———— swing, clean, snatch. The Indian clubs cross the body in patterns daily life has made obsolete. The Persian meels demand the smallest circle with forward pressure ———— rush them and you'll just muscle through. The gada is rotation distilled ———— breath, ground, movement, one thing. The rope is honest ———— it shows you exactly where your rotation breaks.
Each tool reveals what the others hide. Cross-training is not variety ————————— it is triangulation.
The martial root matters because it tells you why the movement is the shape it is. The kettlebell swing is a strike using the ground. The gada's 10-to-2 is a weapon's negative arc. The clubs cross-pattern the body the way a fighter cuts an angle. When you know this, the movement stops being exercise ———— it becomes language.
Friction over smoothness ———— hand over automation ———— practice over mastery.
Enter with position ———— Engage with rotation ——————————————————— Exit toward depth.
I don't coach for a living ———— I'm an artist by practice. These sessions exist for love of sharing raw, age-tested, authentic movement.
1:1 in Coventry (Earlsdon, West Midlands UK). You can bring a training partner. Pre-paid blocks available.
Kettlebells, rope flow, Indian clubs, Persian meels, gada/mace. I'll pace the session around you and your needs ———— every session ends with you more energetic than the start.
I value inclusion and welcome anyone wanting to learn, play, explore. New to any of this? Sound ———— starting is the best place to start.