Learn it properly, from the drum up.
Complete beginners, primary school through adults. No experience, no equipment, no requirement to be sporty.
The word academy is in our name for a reason.
Most people who walk in have never held a lion head. That is the normal starting point. You begin where every performer begins — stance, footwork, and learning to hear the drum — and you move up when the drum tells you you're ready.
Four things every student does.
- 01Beginners are the point. Nobody arrives knowing how. The first term is stance, footwork and drum rhythm — the head comes later, once you can hold the frame.
- 02Drum, cymbal, gong. The percussion section is half the performance. Every student learns to keep the set before they learn to move to it.
- 03Head and tail, both. You train both roles. The tail carries the lift and the balance; most people are surprised which one is harder.
- 04Perform for real. Students who are ready join the troupe on real bookings — openings, new year rounds and community shows, with the troupe beside them.
Training runs in regular sessions through the year, stepping up before Chinese New Year — the busiest season on the calendar and the best time to be in the hall.
Ask about joiningWe also teach where you already are.
CCA programmes, community centres, corporate team sessions and one-off workshops — the troupe brings the heads, the drums and the coaches to your hall. Sessions are built around the group in front of us, not a fixed syllabus.
Talk to us about a programme
Bring the lion to your hall.
Tell us the group — a CCA, a class, a department, a community centre — and we'll build the session around them.