Category Archives: Han Lon Eastern Concepts

I’m delighted to announce that we’ll be delivering a mental health and self‑protection session at Manchester Central this May, as part of the BIBA Conference 2026.

Join us at the BIBA Conference 2026 for a powerful and practical session exploring how individuals and organisations can better protect mental wellbeing, personal safety, and resilience under pressure.

An engaging, enjoyable, and professionally delivered session on mental health, resilience, and self‑protection.

Fringe Stage – Main Conference Hall
Thursday 14th May
1:00pm

This session introduces the Han Lon Eastern Concepts Mental Health & Self‑Protection approach, a holistic programme combining Eastern and Western practices.

From breathing and visualisation techniques to Chinese health exercises and simple, effective self‑protection strategies — this is about real tools for real‑world challenges.

Really looking forward to seeing you there.

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Well done to everyone who attended our weapons of Wing Chun seminar in Harrogate, it was a great turnout. Thank you for all your messages saying how much you enjoyed it. Thanks again to all my advanced students who helped with the tuition on the day. This year is my 35th year of teaching Wing Chun and our club is still going strong. To all my students thank you all for your continued support.

Children’s Mental Health Week

3rd – 9th February 2025

This year’s theme, know yourself, grow yourself, encourages children and young people to use self-awareness to understand themselves and their emotions. This skill can help children build resilience, which can help them to manage whatever life throws at them.

I recently had the pleasure of having an interview with Happy Jo Coaching, to discuss self-defence advice (video below).

Jo is on a mission to bring out a confident shine in all teens. She believes that with the right tools and strategies, teens can overcome obstacles, repair relationships, and foster a positive outlook in all aspects of life.

 

We are back but with smaller classes because of Covid-19 restrictions. Hopefully in the New Year when our new beginner classes start, classes will be back to normal. Please see our contacts page to reserve your place for our new beginner classes early next year.

Sifu Derek O’Hanlon

Thanks to all the students who attended our weapons seminar this year. It was great to introduce the beginners to the long pole and butterfly knives and explore them further with the advance students. I’ve had great feedback on this year’s seminar, so it’s possibly a theme we will visit again next year in more depth.

Sifu

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Join us for our new beginners class starting 10th January 2017 and start your journey of discovery into an authentic traditional martial art.
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I would just like to say thanks again to my Sifu Samuel Kwok for coming down to the class last night, my students loved seeing you. Read More

Thanks to all the students who attended our self defence seminar this year we had a fantastic weekend away. It was good to work on all aspects of self defence from the red, green and brown levels. It was a tiring day for you all but hopefully enjoyable.

Sifu

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