Learn Kung Fu Online | The Five Fundamental Kung Fu Stances
Learn Kung Fu Online with master Shi Yan Ming from the UK Shaolin. This Kung Fu Class is about the five fundamental Kung Fu stances that are found in Kung [...]
Ba Duan Jin
The word “Ba”, or number eight, in the Ba Duan Jin not only means eight sections, but it also means that there are a variety of elements in the practicing Ba Duan Jin. Gao [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
Chinese Martial Arts
Chinese martial arts, often named under the umbrella terms kung fu (Chinese: 功夫; pinyin: gōng fu) and wushu (武术), are the several hundred fighting styles that have developed over the centuries in China. These fighting [...]
Wushu
Wushu is both an exhibition and a full-contact sport derived from traditional Chinese martial arts. It was developed in China after 1949, in an effort to standardize the practice of traditional Chinese martial arts, although [...]
Sanshou
Sanda or Sanshou is a Chinese self-defense system and combat sport. Sanshou is a martial art which was originally developed by the Chinese military based upon the study and practices of traditional Kung fu and [...]
Shuai Jiao
Shuai Jiao is the term referring to the jacket wrestling style of Beijing, Tianjin and Baoding of Hebei Province in the North China. In modern usage, this term is also the general Mandarin Chinese term [...]