Martial Artist | Teacher | Author Shkar currently lives and teaches in London, UK with his wife Kristina and their two young children.
Shkar is the founder and head instructor at Kung Fu Zone, a traditional Chinese martial arts school based in the UK, specialising in the Tiger Crane Combination Kung Fu system and the Shuang Yang White Crane Soft Fist. Shkar teaches online through his Online program - shaolintaichi.online
He is also the Author of “Understanding Kung Fu – Demystifying Traditional Concepts”. Shkar has more than twe
18/06/2026
What it actually teaches:
The structural and developmental principles behind White Crane, Southern Fujian Kung Fu and many related systems.
What I should probably call it:
“Ancient Forbidden Internal Power Method.”
The reviews are very good.
The method is ancient.
The rest remains under investigation.
https://www.shaolintaichi.online/course/the-white-crane-nei-gong-bundle-foundations-the-san-zhan-method/
Don’t look at the comments on this video… 😁
17/06/2026
Optimisation culture is a good example of the road to hell being paved with good intentions.
Tracking your steps, protein intake, sleep, exercise, nutrients and every other metric is presented as the path to health. Yet it can easily become a way of making everything about you. Ironically, that is the exact opposite direction our arts are trying to move us in.
Train hard. Take care of your health. But don’t become so obsessed with extending your life that you forget to actually live it.
Don’t become the healthiest co**se in the cemetery.
Which one are you neglecting?
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When I look at Taizuquan, I see structure, authority, and directness. I see force that moves through a connected frame.
There is a solidity to it, a confidence, a sense of occupying space. The body feels organised around the centre and capable of driving power through the limbs.
These qualities become part of the character of the art.
10/06/2026
Have you ever had an experience through meditation, prayer or qigong that you couldn’t quite make sense of?
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04/06/2026
The 4 most influential people in Kung Fu history…
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03/06/2026
Something interesting I’ve noticed is how often people seem to travel in a circle.
First they’re religious because that’s what they inherited. Then doubt arises and questions appear. The old answers no longer satisfy. So they become “spiritual but not religious.”
Then they discover scepticism, logical fallacies, and the New Atheists. Everything becomes materialist. Religion is dismissed and the universe is reduced to matter, energy, and chance.
But life has a way of unsettling certainty. Something happens, a profound experience. A coincidence that feels too meaningful, A brush with death, love and loss. beauty and synchronicity. Suddenly the universe no longer feels quite so cold and mechanical.
So they begin exploring again. Manifestation, mysticism, the occult, esoteric traditions, consciousness. The things they once dismissed.
And if they keep going deeply enough, many eventually find themselves standing at the door of religion once more. But with a very different appreciation for why these traditions existed in the first place.
It’s almost the story of the Prodigal Son. You leave home because you think there’s something more out there.
Then after a long journey, you discover that what you were searching for was hidden within what you left behind.