Kapap Academy

We signed up for Level 1 with the intention to explore and equip my daughter with lifeskill to protect herself in the future. Now that we are almost finishing level 1, i must say Master Teo and his team has developed a easy-to-follow and practical techniques in different situations for self defence. Each of the 10 sessions teaches different skillset for different situations. Best part -- we dont even need to have any martial arts background to learn these skills. We are now progressing to level 2. Low crime does not mean no crime. We have only ourselves to help ourselves should the time comes.

I love my experience at Kapap Academy. The training is realistic and very useful. The training provided me with knowledge on how to sense danger, avoid danger and only as a last resort to use self defence to get out of danger. I will highly recommend anyone who would like to learn self defence to this school. Anyone can learn!

I started going for classes before my 2 months long solo trip and I'm glad that this has taught me important life skills. While their focus is on realistic training (that means taking a few punches / kicks now and then), practices are always safely conducted - there's ALWAYS an option to opt out of participating if you are injured / uncomfortable with the activity. I love that the techniques do not depend on your strength / physique and are always practical. The instructors at Kapap Academy are genuine and driven by their mission to empower people. It's been over a year since I started classes and I still recall being moved by Yunquan's passion and dedication during our first encounter till today!

I've been training here for a few months, and I have never ever felt like I couldn't say no to something that I didn't want to do. The students are always reminded to be careful, and the instructors have the utmost concern for their students' safety and well-being. Yunquan and Master Teo have been training for a long time, and their experience can be seen in the way that they conduct their classes. Their self defence syllabus is very useful, helpful, and intuitive, so much so that I have shared some of the basic knowledge with my friends to help them keep safe.

I never thought that a 60 year old woman like myself will be able to pick up self defence. But since I came for classes at Kapap Academy, I realised that self defence is really for everybody and anybody. Despite the lack of physical fitness, I found the pace of the class very manageable and the techniques simple and easy to apply. I realised you don't have to be fit or strong to defend yourself, and I found that out for myself through the classes at Kapap Academy. Kudos to my instructors who have always been so encouraging and dedicated in their mission in saving lives. They are truly inspiring people with hearts of gold. Bless them!

I have attended many other self defence classes before, but I feel that classes at Kapap Academy have been the most practical so far. The things they have taught me have allowed a small size lady like myself to defend against a much stronger opponent. I feel so much more confident and empowered now. A big thank you to my instructors Master Teo and Ms Qin for teaching me. They are wonderful people and I enjoyed every bit of my lesson with them. This is a truly life changing experience!

Kapap academy has been the best self defense school I have been to. It promises a realistic approach to self defense and yet provide a safe training environment for all its students. The instructors are passionate and are truly committed to teaching their students self defence. I strongly recommend this school to anyone who would like to learn some basic self defence skills.

Kapap academy is an excellent place to learn realistic self defence. I’ve been taking several courses at Kapap Academy - including the level 1 self-defence classes, the Kapap combative classes and also a little bit of the catch wrestling class and level 2 self defence classes. The level 1 self-defence class is a series of ten stand alone lessons that focus on simple yet effective self-defence techniques against attacks like knives/chokes/hair-pulls/grabs/being pinned to the ground, etc. The first hour is spent in analysing real life attack videos, understanding the psychology of attackers and how to sense danger while the second hour is spent in learning defence techniques against the attacks. The combatives classes build up on the techniques learned in level 1 and provides a space to drill them over and over again until it becomes part of muscle memory. This is very important because in a real attack situation, one doesn’t always have the time to remember a technique and that’s when having muscle memory proves useful. The combatives classes also teaches offensive street fighting techniques to face a trained attacker. I really like these classes because the techniques that are taught is not dependent on strength and are quite practical in a street fight. Personally, I am a smaller sized girl with not much strength but have still been able to use these techniques against much larger men effectively. I did not have any martial art background when I first started but was still able to pick up on the techniques as they are quite intuitive and easily executable. The instructors Master Teo and Ms Yunquan provide a lot of personal attention and correct you along the way, while ensuring that safety is maintained during practice. They are very encouraging and the other senior students that also come to the classes are also very helpful in guiding you throughout the practice sessions. When I first started out, I practiced my techniques against students who were relatively the same size as me, but as I progressed, I started practicing against students who were much bigger than me, which built on my confidence and ability to execute the techniques properly. I have a slower learning curve and take a lot of time to understand a technique but everyone has been super encouraging and patient in helping me learn. I’ve made a lot of good friends in these classes and have learned so much from the other students as well - it’s a very supportive community. I came into the classes with a lot of fear, especially a fear of falling. But Master Teo repeatedly told me to face my fear head on and to embrace the pain instead of being afraid of it. It took a lot and a lot of repetitions but eventually after 2 months, I was able to face my fear of falling and that opened up the doors to conquering a lot of other types of pain in my personal life, helped me build mental strength and discipline. Knowing that I was going overseas, Master Teo trained me extra hard and I am so grateful to him for that. Self-Defence is an extremely important skill and in my personal opinion, probably more important than most subjects taught in school. We must learn to rely on ourselves and not be reliant on someone else to save us in case a dangerous situation arises. Self-defence skills is kind of like insurance, you want to have it but hopefully never have to use it. At this school, I have seen students of all ages come to learn, ranging from young teenagers to more senior ages and most of them didn’t have any martial art background but were still able to master effective fighting techniques. I highly, highly recommend this place to train!