Shaolin Wahnam St. Pete

There will be a new Shaolin Kung Fu Foundations course starting on Nov 4, 2019! No previous experience is necessary. See https://shaolinstpete.com/classes/kungfu/ for details.

The second Southern Shaolin legend is about Wu Wei Thien taking revenge on a corrupt union of cloth making workers:

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Grandmaster Wong has started posting legends of Southern Shaolin on his website. The legends are good reads in their own right, but also give insight into how some of the great heroes of Southern Shaolin behaved and fought during a time when combat was frequently life or death.

The first is the story of the hero Fong Sai Yuk and Tiger Looi:
https://shaolin.org/general/legends-of-southern-shaolin/overview.html

(Image: Jet Li famously played Fong Sai Yuk in a movie by the same name. Image credit: https://yesmovies.to/movie/the-legend-9881.htm)

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Hello 2018! After a busy December training with Grandmaster Wong in Malaysia and enjoying the holidays, it's time to resume Shaolin training in St Pete:

- The weekly Shaolin Kung Fu class resumes tonight (current students only)

- The next Chi Kung courses start on Feb. 6 (see https://smilingheartstudio.com for details)

- The next Shaolin Kung Fu Foundations course starts March 5 (see https://shaolinstpete.com for details)

I'll be posting more about these in the coming days as well as about my experience training the Essence of Shaolin with my Sifu. It's one I will not soon forget!

Here's the group picture at the end of our course. (Sifu Christina and myself are seated at the far left.) What a wonderful time we had training and spending time with our international Shaolin Wahnam family!

I'm looking forward to getting back to class tonight and teaching a new Shaolin Kung Fu Foundations course!

http://shaolinstpete.com/classes/kungfu/

I hope everyone stayed safe from Irma. May everyone return quickly and safely, and may power (and especially A/C!) be restored soon

The Shaolin Kung Fu Foundations Course is being postponed and will now start Monday, Sept. 18.

Hopefully, Irma weakens and heads back out into the Atlantic, but regardless, now is the time for preparations. Stay safe, everybody.

Here is a video clip from a Shaolin Kung Fu course Grandmaster Wong taught here in St Pete last year. While the combat sequence shown is very advanced, it nevertheless gives a good idea of what the early stages of learning a combat sequence looks like in our school. Please note that this is just the first stage of our sparring methodology, which systematically trains going from learning a two-man sequence to applying it and adapting it to a non-compliant opponent in free-sparring. https://vimeo.com/192421375

Combat Sequence 4 of Four Gates It is interesting that the combat applications of Four Gates were painted at the murals of the Shaolin Monastery in Henan in the same order as they occur in the…

My Sifu, Grandmaster Wong Kiew Kit, recently answered some questions about the mind aspect of Chi Kung/Shaolin Kung Fu and building internal force. As always, the clarity and wisdom found in his writing are illuminating: http://shaolin.org/answers/ans17b/jul17-2.html

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** The Shaolin Kung Fu Foundations course has been postponed and will now start Monday, Sept. 18 due to the likely impact of Hurricane Irma. Make your necessary preparations and stay safe! **

Experience for yourself the life-changing benefits of walking the Shaolin path!

The next adult Shaolin Kung Fu Foundations course starts Sept. 18. This 16-week course covers the fundamental skills that Shaolin Kung Fu is built upon, like generating an energy flow, building internal force, Zen mind training, and applying traditional kung fu patterns for combat. Most importantly, students learn how to apply these skills to enrich their daily lives. No previous experience is required.

For more details and to apply, please visit http://shaolinstpete.com/classes/kungfu/.

Congratulations to Zack and Cade for passing their Level 1 test last night!

That brings to a close another wonderful Shaolin Kung Fu Foundations course. Stay tuned for an announcement about the next one. I hear it will start in September...

This December, Grandmaster Wong will teach one of his most treasured sets, "Essence of Shaolin". It is comprised of the 108 best patterns in Shaolin Kung Fu, and was traditionally passed down only to a single successor. We are incredibly lucky that Sifu will teach it to so many of us, and he's even released a video of the set! https://vimeo.com/127398585

Essence of Shaolin As its name suggests, the Essence of Shaolin comprises the best techniques in Shaolin Kungfu. Grandmaster Wong rook more than two years to learn this glamorous set…