Hey all,
I said I would post from shaolin if I could manage it - so here you go. It’s great to be back here again. I’ll let you in on more later. amitoufo
Hey Gene, hope all is well.
Please burn some incense on my behalf. Thanks 
Be well
hey i think doc was out there and came back coz he was sick and didnt wanna catch that crazy bug going around now. Just imagine if BOTH of u guys were there :eek:
dawood
Whats up Gene.
Hey Gene-
Amitoufo
i can only imagine the degree of enjoyment you are experiencing right now. (even if you are training really hard)
Be nice to hear what the state of things are.
Stay warm.
cheers
im sure with all the stuff happening there he will be warm enough
dawood
Hope your having fun there, Gene. Stay away from anyone with a cough.
how long are you there for ?
what you up to ?
…I could always visit ya
try to set up a UFC or Pride Shaolin if you have time. 'preciate it
the village…
…is gone now?
Schools all relocated? Must be quiet. How is Su Xi holding up?
Hey Gene! Having a great time, wish I were there.
Bring me back a shaolin monk bobble-head, preferably with a suction cup on the feet so I can mount it on my dashboard for my edification as I drive.
Gene or anyone else,
I’m curious, what do these shaolin monks in China, the temple, or the ones that tour the US say about fighting? What are their basic principles, stratgies, foundation and stuff?
When you visit the Shrine to me, kow tow 3 times.
How is Su Xi holding up?
Is Su Xi that really old monk? I was thinking he was made abbot of the Southern Temple that’s being built
Shi Su Xi…
…is one of those ‘really old monks.’ Unfortunately he has parkinsons. I had the great honor of meeting him, and the priviledge of listening to him speak for quite some time about Shaolin history, philosophy, and martial arts…he is one of the 14 or so monks who returned or stayed at Shaolin during the CR, and is one of the Four Olds. From what was told to me, he had a pretty rough time of it during the CR.
Many of the monks owe their martial and Ch’an heritage to this man as well as some of the Wan’s and other Su’s…
Here is the list of generational names, which actually comes from a poem written by the Abbot Fu Yu:
Fu hui zhi liao jue
zi ben yuan ke wu
zhou hong pu guang zong
dao qing tong xuan zu
qing jing zhen ru hai
zhan ji chun zhen su
de xin(g) yong yan heng
miao feng chang jian gu
xin lang zhao shan shen
xing ming jian chong zha
zhong zheng shan xi xiang
jin zhi yuan ji du
xue ting wei dao shi
yin ru gui yuan lu
I also heard (read?) that he had been made the Abbot of the new southern temple, and that quite a few of the monks have sort of made that their headquarters so to speak…but from what I saw of his condition it would seem that doing a lot of traveling would prove difficult for him.
So these monks don’t talk about fighting?
Gene-
Lucky dog. must be nice… Ive never been to china but the pictures are absolutely beautiful…
Careful with the SARS… hope your enjoying yourself. I know I would be…
Fighting…
Cha…
A google search should set you up with a bunch of articles that will have some of the information you are looking for.
There’s a bunch of other websites as well as printed articles.
I’m back…
And boy do I have a lot of Shaolin news. Shaolin is about to undergo another amazing transformation, but you’ll have to wait until I get on top of everything here at the office before I can give you the details. I intend to put something up on the ezine about my recent trip.
Suxi is still alive, although I didn’t get the chance to see him. He was asked to go to one of the 3 southern shaolin temples, but declined. Deyang had a pagoda built for him in the pagoda forest (apparently it’s a show of respect to have one built for great monks before they pass) but it’s a wacky one. More on that later.
I was fortunate enough to catch the grade A school tournament and saw all the Sanda and Taolu finals. Wicked. The performance monks that you might see on some of the more recent tours are performers - they don’t emphasize fighting. But don’t judge the tens of thousands of shaolin practitioners on some show you might see. That ain’t a fraction of it. If you want to bang, go to shaolin and train Sanda. Or put in your dues and train traditional. Either way, there’s plenty of fight left at the temple, and more coming!
It was a great trip and it’s great to be home.
Welcome back Gene!