When a lay person approaches the study of a “Martial Art” there may be many questions and “unknowingness” in his or her mind. Why should this concern you, as a Teacher (or black or senior  belt) who he/she approaches ? It must matter – because it will have been many years ago when you were

Dear SHAOLIN GAOCAN MUN NAMPAICHUAN STUDENTS “ Come with me, we have mountains to climb” I write to encourage and motivate you in your attempts to study the Martial Art that I have trained  in almost all my life and brought to the West with my Teachers’ blessings. Now that my Teacher is no more,

Welcome to our Shaolin Tradition. There is no mystery about Chinese Kungfu. It is (and it means) a great deal of commitment and hard work both mentally and physically. “Hard work” has never done anyone any harm and should not daunt those willing to make the journey. We all work hard, in one way or

Dear Students, Learning involves thinking. It seems obvious I know but so many go to Martial Arts classes with closed minds and ears and expect to learn a high art, If they are fortunate they will go back with fatigued muscles and an unbalanced idea of what they managed to “learn” besides how to make