Strong Woman From UK Shaolin Temple
So many women are put off from sport and physical activity because they don’t look a certain way. In fact, a study by Sport England found that 75% of women avoid being active due to [...]
UK Shaolin Temple explores the New Forest on Mindful Nature Walk
This last May Bank Holiday, the UK Shaolin Temple invited local people from the Southampton area to join them for a Mindful Walk in Nature. Participants aged from 10 to 60 years old met [...]
Mental Health Awareness Week at the UK Shaolin Temple
There are many ways to support mental health in the UK and the World. The UK Shaolin Temple is promoting Mental Health Awareness Week through many different ways. From children to adults, all our activities [...]
Shaolin Kung Fu
Shaolin Kung Fu has over 1500 years of history, today Shaolin warriors still practice hard at the Shaolin Temple and across the world. Many benefits result from Shaolin Kung Fu practice from mental to [...]
Colourful Kick Off for Chinese New Year Celebrations in Southampton
Saturday 2nd February 2019 was a cold, sunny day in Southampton. Perfect weather to kick off Chinese New Year Celebrations on the South Coast. Members of the UK Shaolin [...]
Chinese New Year Rehearsals – Kung Fu Performance
Rehearsals for the 2019 Chinese New Year Extravaganca in Southampton's Guildhall Square have begun. The UK Shaolin Temple, who is the official event organiser have chosen Kung Fu and Tai Chi performance routines, performers and [...]
Meditation and Mindfulness workshop in Solent University
Shifu Shi Yan Ming and his disciple Martine Niven visited Solent University to give a lecture and workshop in Meditation and Mindfulness. 13 participants found their way into the Spark, The Pod, Southampton Solent University. [...]
Collaboration with Solent University
We are thrilled to announce UK Shaolin Temple’s formal collaboration with Solent University based in Southampton, an industry focused University with a strong reputation for sports, maritime, business and creative industries. Solent and UK Shaolin [...]
Opportunity China summer workshop
Over the summer holidays the UK Shaolin Temple partnered with Opportunity China. Opportunity China offers an array of events including University visits, specialist webinars, online workshops, and pre-departure training events for teachers heading to China. [...]
Lion Dance for a Charity Fundraising
UK Shaolin Temple performed at a charity fundraiser today for the Pink Champagne Breast Cancer Awareness Charity. Their event was held in beautiful Hengistbury Head. The lion dance included a Xing Long ceremony, which animates [...]
Chan and the Art of Cleaning – Why we clean after every class in our temple
At the end of each session your Shifu/Teacher will ask you to, collectively as a group, clean your training environment. This will take a few minutes at the end of each session. You may be [...]
Annual UK Shaolin Temple Summer Camp is back
The UK Shaolin Temple is very excited to announce that this year's annual Summer Camp will be in cooperation with Solent University Southampton. Shifu Shi Yanmin and his disciple Shifu Chen [...]
Tai Chi students complete their first form
We are very excited that four of our Tai Chi members have passed their first form. For one and half years they have been working extremely hard on remembering [...]
UK Shaolin Temple Has Reached More Than 80,000 Individuals and Communities
UK Shaolin Temple has reached more than 80,000 individuals and communities in the south west of the UK during 2018 alone. We have smashed our social media targets by gaining over 500,000 followers from organic [...]
Ksitigarbha Bodhisattva
Ksitigarbha Bodhisattva, the Bodhisattva of Great Aspiration, is one of the most well-known Bodhisattva in Chinese Mahayana Buddhism. He is also known as Di Zhang Wang Pusa in Chinese and commonly translated as Earth Treasury," [...]
