Looking for Info on Wudang

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Hello people

I’m trying to find more information about the Wudang Temples. Specifically on their current status and styles presently taught. Shaolin and the Shaolin Temple seems to be more covered so info is hard to come by. Wasn’t there an article on Yaan Ming’s trip to Wudang? Can’t seem to find it.

Thanks
WushuSpear

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Stumble

You have really been there?

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Hi Wushu Spear (Phak… K.. ?)
there is a website http://www.wudang.com/English/02MartialArts/martialarts.html
that has some info on the Wudang research association.

See Ya
Ed

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Thanks

Thanks people

StumbleFist, great reply. So how long are you there for? I’m planning to go to China again next year and would like to at least do the tourist thing at Wudang. What’s the quality of instruction and how badly did the cultural revolution affect the pool of knowledge?

WushuSpear

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Hi Stumblefist,
How you doing?
I must say, I have never chatted to anyone else who made such good arguements as you, although I did not want to admit it at the time.

Anyways, speak to you soon
Eddie

WushuSpear,
I think I know you. You the guy with the red silk outfit that usually perform that wicket long fist routine?

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Back to your original question…

…I wrote that Wudang article. You’ll find it on our webstie here:
http://ezine.kungfumagazine.com/ezine/article.php?article=5 It’s in several parts, this is part one…

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Stumblefist

I should be there around August/September next year. Hopefully I’ll be competing in the Shaolin Festival held every 2 years in Henan. Depends on cash so I’ve started to save. It will be my second visit to China and go a lot smoother hopefully. I stayed for 2 months in the middle of winter in some God-fosaken village training and didn’t speak a word of Chinese. Gonna plan this a lot better.

Currently I’m focused on the contemporary wushu but want to integrate some traditional systems. I don’t want to be 35 trying to bust out with buterfly twists.

I’d realy appreciate your inside insight on there goings on there and the paradox that modern china and martial arts exist in.

Eddie

I think I know you too. You’ve got the 2nd biggest kung fu school in the country right? Looks like we fly in the same circles.

WushuSpear

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Wushu spear,
second biggest kung fu school in the country?? I doubt that.

But I do have the best looking people in my school :).

BTW- I have your form of Saturday on video. Ill make you a copy if you want.
Ed

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Stumblefist

Firstly, thanks for all the info.

The timeframe I’m looking at is a maximum of 2 months. If it does come together I’ll proberbly know some bagua or xing-yi basics and try to build on that. You said there were some external schools there? Do you know there curriculm? The contemporary I’ll leave for Beijing.

I guess my concern is that the time it takes to learn and understand internal arts is so much longer than external. I’d hate to train for 6 hours a day for 2 months and leave only with a tiny glimse of the system. Call it the impatience of youth.

Your posts have been quite enlightening on the current status of things in Wudang. Feel try to tell us about an average training day, the enviroment, people, issues whatever.

Thanks again
WushuSpear

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Who can someone come there to learn

How much in U.S will it cost
Who to I contact.

thanks

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Hey Stumblefist

If I were to come I’d definately want to learn Bagua and Xing yi. That price of 50 RMB a day is extremely competative compared to Beijing and Shaolin. I’ll get back to you if things get a little more confirmed with dates etc.

Thanks again
WushuSpear

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Wudang Abbot Zhong Yunlong is coming to NY

It’ll be his first trip to the U.S.A. and he’s bringing four of his priests. Check out our August calendar for more info. http://ezine.kungfumagazine.com/cgi-local/calendar.pl?month=August

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Abbot Zhong

I wrote a letter for Master Zhong’s Visa last week. Visaa are really hard to get since 9/11. In exchange, he will come to our party and demonstrate. See http://ezine.kungfumagazine.com/ezine/10yr/index.html

And of course, we will be producing a video. CCTV will also be producing a 30 min. special on our event too. I’ll let you know more as I know more…

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so stumblefist, are you saying there aren’t that many good internal schools on Wudang MT? That surprises me

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Keep your fingers crossed

We should know if Abbot Zhong clears his Visa in the next week. If so, he has committed to coming to our party, and we are commited to videoing it.

FWIW, there is a Wudang disciple in the USA - Chen Yun Xiang is a 24th generation priest of the Shen Dian Longmen branch and a 14th generation of the Zhang Sanfeng branch. We carry a few of his videos under his secular name Yun Xiang Tseng
http://store.yahoo.com/martialartsmart/pr-ma09.html
http://store.yahoo.com/martialartsmart/pr-ma11.html

Also, if you want to see some good footage of Wudang, I recommend the movie The Holy Robe of Shaolin. Perhaps this is a retitled version of Wudang. I don’t know of that many movies that went on location for Wudang. Even Crouching Tiger went to Mt Huang in Anhui to shoot the ‘Wudang’ sequences.

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  1. Yun’s video of the snake form is one of the coolest things I’ve ever seen. Takes me to a special place every time I watch it.

Also, Holy Robe of Shaolin was retitled “Shaolin and Wu Tang 2: Wu Tang Invasion” for the wu tang series and is the most readily available. In general, alot of the wu tang series is edited alot for time and not the greatest picture quality, not to mention the general low quality of alot of the movies. That said, it’s one of my favorite movies. It actually features both the Shaolin and Wudang Temples. The villain Yu Rong Guang, is a big HK action star and is cool as hell. The scene where the master and student are burning while they meditate is really moving I think. not too give to much away

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Nice Stumblefist!

I haven’t seen or heard of that one. I’ll have to seek it out - sounds cool. Undaunted!!!

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I’ve seen undaunted WuDang. It’s excellent. check out:

http://www.ronlim.com/martial.html

He knows his ****. He’s the one who got me into mainland kung fu films. Don’t miss Red Dragons of Shaolin. I haven’t been able to find the Super reverant Monk unfortunately (it’s a movie, not a person)

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I don’t know how that one got by me.

Now I’m really dying to see it. Thanks for the tip, guys!

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News of Abbot Zhong

His visa cleared last night. He’s on the way to NY and then here to our party.