SHAOLIN KUNGFU, CHI KUNG, TAIJIQUAN (TAI CHI CHUAN) AND ZEN
How you may Enhance your Health, Combat Efficiency, Mental Freshness and
Spiritual Joy through Shaolin Kungfu, Chi Kung, Taijiquan (Tai Chi Chuan) and
Zen
If you wish to bookmark this website, please use http://shaolin.org so that even if the hosting provider is changed, you still can access the site. There is another of Sifu Wong's websites for Wahnam Taijiquan at http://taijiquan.org
An image of what the Shaolin Wahnam Centre in Ireland may look like
Congratulations to Martin Do of Shaolin Wahnam England, Carmel Ni Chonchuir and Bridie McCarthy, both of Shaolin Wahnam Ireland, for winning the 1st, 2nd and 3rd Prize of the first Shaolin Wahnam Institute of Ireland Building Project Draw. For details of the Building Project and further draws, please click here
BRICK BREAKING GALORE
Cakes? No, bricks.
During the Chi Kung Healing Course on 12th April 2008
Shaolin Kungfu and Wahnam Taijiquan instructors of our school broke some bricks for fun
In Shaolin Wahnam, we aspire to be scholar-warriors. Scholar-Warriors are vibrantly alive, knowing how to enjoy life to its fullest. They not only excel in martial art but apply its principles to enrich both their personal and public lives. Our Scholar Project and Warrior Project are specially designed to help students become scholar-warriors.
Please see http://wongkiewkit.com/forum/showthread.php?t=7310&highlight=Warrior+Project for the coming Brighton Warrior Project on 19th and 20th April, and http://joyandfreedom.com/scholarproject/ for the coming Living Shaolin Today on 28th and 29th June.
The UK Summer Camp has always been a special event, and this year there is no exception. Amongst the special treats Grandmaster Wong offers in this year’s UK Summer Camp is Cross-Roads at Four Gates, the fundamental kungfu set taught at the southern Shaolin Temple. Please click here for details.
Two other special treats are Shaolin Internal Force and Combat Application and Wahnam Taijiquan for Health, Vitality, Combat Efficiency and Spiritual Cultivation (taught by Sifu Robin Gamble). To help those who wish to attend these courses but lack the basic foundation, Grandmaster Wong has kindly agreed to offer a three-day preparatory course for Shaolin Kungfu from 26th to 28th June, and for Wahnam Taijiquan from 29th June to 1st July in Ireland. Please click here for details.
To help those who intend to attend the Shaolin Kungfu or Wahnam Taijiquan courses at the UK Summer Camp or the Intensive Courses in Malaysia, but lack the required foundation, Grandmaster Wong has kindly offered a three-day preparatory courses each in Ireland from 16th to 28th June for Shaolin Kungfu, and from 29th June to 1st July for Wahnam Taijiquan. Please click here for details.
The video series for the Introductory Wahnam Taijiquan Course and the Introductory Shaolin Kungfu Course, both conducted in Japan in December 2007, will provide useful reference material. The video series for the Introductory Wahnam Taijiquan Course recently conducted in Portugal in March 2008 and which will be released later, will also be very helpful.
Being relaxed and focused, being able to generate an energy flow and accumulate energy at the dan tian are fundamental skills. Being able to regulate the speed of chi flow, to direct chi to wherever one wishes, to attain mental clarity and expand into the Cosmos are masters’ skills. You will learn these skills and more during the three day course.
This course is for both beginners and advanced practitioners, but is NOT suitable for AIDS patients and those who are HIV positive.
Please refer here for details.
We would not want you to miss seeing Beautiful Sabah. Please click here for details of your complimentary tours and to see our lovely honorary tour guides.
For registration, please apply to the honorary organizer, Dr. Damian Kissey, at drsanmat@tm.net.my or tel: 60-88-729260, mobile: 60-19-8623295, or fax: 60-88-729548, stating
Chin-Na is one of the top secrets of Shaolin Kungfu. Grandmaster is offering this course as a fulfillment of a promise he made to some disciples. The course includes
This course is meant for those who have attended an Intensive Shaolin Kungfu Course or an Intensive Taijiquan Course with Grandmaster Wong
Please refer
here for details.
We would not want you to miss seeing Beautiful Sabah. Please click here for details of your complimentary tours and to see our lovely honorary tour guides.
For registration, please apply to the honorary organizer, Dr. Damian Kissey, at drsanmat@tm.net.my or tel: 60-88-729260, mobile: 60-19-8623295, or fax: 60-88-729548, stating
The course will be held in an exquisite hotel in Penang, the Copthorne Orchid Hotel.
Please click
here to view the hotel.
Thanks to the negotiation skills of our Secretary, we get special room rates with 50% discount.
There is a variety of rooms ranging from Superior (36 Euros for two) to Executive Suite (99 Euros for two).
Please inform the Secretary the type of room you like.
By the end of the five-day course, you will be able to develop internal force, use Taijiquan patterns for combat, and hopefully have a glimpse of Tao. If you regularly practice what you have learnt at the course, you will have good health, vitality, longevity, combat efficiency, mental freshness and spiritual joys.
Some prior experience of Taijiquan, or even Taiji dance, is needed. For those who have been doing Taiji dance, this is an opportunity to convert it into Taijiquan, an internal martial art. On the other hand, advanced practitioners will enhance their internal force, combat efficiency and spiritual cultivation. But the course is NOT suitable for AIDS patients and those who are HIV positive.
To get the best benefits, it is advisable to learn the Twelve Basic Taijiquan Combat Sequences before the course. You can learn the 12 Combat Sequences step by step by clicking here
More details of the course can be found here. You can also read about the Secrets of the Internal Force Masters for attaining good health, combat efficiecny and spiritual joys here.
Please apply to Sifu Emiko Hsuen, Sifu Joan Browne or the Secretary for registration as soon as possible.
Combat sequences constitute the core of our combat training. We have three sets of combat sequences to meet different needs – basic, distilled and abridged. When we have sufficient time, like at regular classes or intensive courses, we use 16 basic sequences. When we have less time, like at regional courses and summer camps, we use 8 distilled sequences. When time is limited, like at introductory and preparatory courses, we use 4 abridged sequences.
It is significant to note that the progression is from 16 sequences to 8 sequences to 4 sequences, and not the other way round. In other words, we start with 16 sequences, distill them into 8, and further abridge them into 4. It is not that we start with 4, but finding them inadequate we increase them to 8, then add further to 16. Hence, as they are the essence, our 4 abridged combat sequences are complete by themselves; students trained in just these four sequences are able to handle all the different categories of attack.
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The terms “distilled” and “abridged” were succinctly suggested by Sifu Emiko Hsuen, the Chairperson of our Scholar Committee, for which we would like to express our appreciation.
Taijiquan is an internal martial art. This means that a Taijiquan practitioner should have internal force and be able to apply Taijiquan patterns for combat.
Combat sequences form the core of our Taijiquan combat training. We have three sets of Taijiquan combat sequences – basic, distilled and abridged – which are complete by themselves. When we have sufficient time, like at regular classes and intensive courses, we learn 12 combat sequences. When we have less time, as in regional courses and summer camps, the 12 sequences are distilled into 8 sequences. When time is limited, as in introductory and preparatory courses, the 8 sequences are abridged into 4 sequences. As they are complete, even students who learn only the 4 abridged sequences will be able to handle all the four categories of attack.
The 12 basic sequences and 8 distilled sequences are shown in the video series below. The 4 abridged sequences will be posted later.
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The terms “distilled” and “abridged” were succinctly suggested by Sifu Emiko Hsuen, the Chairperson of our Scholar Committee, for which we would like to express our appreciation.
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List of Certified
Shaolin Wahnam Instructors
THE SHAOLIN MOVIE
By the courtesy of Sifu Tim Franklin of Shaolin Wahnam England
A Shaolin disciple, for example, is trained to be courteous and considerate, brave and righteous, assess problems and situations with calmness and clarity, and attend to duties with zest and loyalty. While the philosophy of many martial arts mainly focuses on how to be stoic and hurt the opponent, Shaolin philosophy teaches gentleness and a love for life. The twin pillars of Shaolin philosophy are compassion and wisdom.
Why Shaolin Kungfu is the Greatest Martial Art
Intensive Courses
Conducted in English at Sungai Petani or Penang, Malaysia, unless otherwised stated, by Grandmaster Wong Kiew Kit
Fees are payable at the start of the course. Anyone not satisfied with the course will have a full refund without question if he or she informs the organizer about his or her dissatisfaction at least one hour before the course completes.
The most important requirement for participating in any of these courses is to follow and be abided by The Ten Shaolin Laws. Please read these Ten Shaolin Laws carefully before you consider applying. If you are interested to attend any of the courses, please apply to the Secretary as soon as possible, and details will be e-mailed to you if your application is accepted.
The intensive courses are very intensive. If you are not ready to work hard, both during the course as well as in your own post-course training, please don't apply for the courses.
The intensive courses are NOT suitable for AIDS patients and those who are HIV positive. If you wish to know the reasons, please refer to Question-Answer 22 of the May 1999 Part 1 question-answer series.
Please refer to some examples of illness overcome and FAQ on Intensive Courses
You can view all the 16 Combat Sequences in one video clip
Shaolin Kungfu and Wahnam Taijiquan Sets
The picture series, video clips, poetic pattern names and their Chinese characters of numerous Shaolin Kungfu and Wahnam Taijiquan sets can be assessed at
the Review Section for Shaolin Wahnam Institute
Thanks to Zhang Wuji of Singapore who compiled the material, and Sifu Michawl Durkin of England who provided the webpage, we are now able to find special topics of the Question-Answer Series with the help of its INDEX.
We have released a lot of video clips to help our students in particular and interested practitioners in general to enhance their chi kung and kungfu attainment, especially in experiencing the benefits of these wonderful arts. Please check on our
Video Clip Section regularly. If you have any questions or comments, please raise them in our
Shaolin Wahnam Discussion Forum
Please note that you can download the video clips onto your own computer and view them at your leisure. Enter the webpage (not this one) where the selected video clip can be downloaded. Place your computer pointer at the picture or one of the links, and right click. Choose “Save Target As”. Select the directory or sub-directory where you wish to keep the video clip. Click “Save”.
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Internal force, it is the best Relax your arms and feel the zest! Lifting iron makes you tense Traditional methods make more sense Mark Blohm Internal Force |
Welcome to
Shaolin Wahnam West
Please click the pictures or the captions below to access
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You can find a lot of video-clips at the Video Clip Galore
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A complete list of topics can be found at the
TABLE OF CONTENTS
Michael Chow of Shaolin Wahnam Canada has kindly provided the Chinese characters of many terms mentioned in this website, and they can be found at the Chinese Terminology section of our Discussion Forum. As this section is being updated constantly and only the latest entries are shown, you can see all the entries by going to the bottom of the relevant page where you can find "From the", pull down the box to "Beginning", and click the box "Show Threads" on the right.
We wish to thank Michael Chow for his kind effort.
But please not that due to certain technicalities the search engine may not reach all the searched material available on the website
We wish to thank Michael Chow of Toronto for helping to set up this search engine
The aim of this website is to disseminate information on genuine Shaolin Kungfu, Chi Kung, Taijiquan and Zen. If you wish to reproduce any material from any of the webpages in this site, please feel free to do so. It would be appreciated if you can mention the source of the information you reproduce.
times since 12th February 2002.
