[QUOTE=xcakid;783574]sha0lin1, what is your schools curriculum like? I am really intersted in learning more of the Shaolin forms and application. Like Xiao and Da Hong Quan, Tong Bei, etc.[/QUOTE]
Would like to know this too. And how are the four Houston masters different in their curriculum?
Let me tell you, there is nothing like learning from a Master that has been doing Wushu since he was 6 years old 6-8 hours per day 6 days per week. It is an awesome sight to behold indeed. We are very lucky that the Shaolin Temple has allowed monks to come here.
Blows my mind out the door too. You ever seen Tongzi Gong? Incredible stuff. They start that at age six. In some cases young as four or five.
[QUOTE=xcakid;783574]sha0lin1, what is your schools curriculum like? I am really intersted in learning more of the Shaolin forms and application. Like Xiao and Da Hong Quan, Tong Bei, etc.[/QUOTE]
We teach all the traditional and contemporary wushu forms, open hand and weapons, internal styles and Qi Gong.
[QUOTE=zhugeliang;783590]Would like to know this too. And how are the four Houston masters different in their curriculum?
The four are different in their specialties like Shi De Shan is a Hard Qi Gong specialist, Shi Xing Hao is an Eagle Claw specialist, Shi Xing Ying is a monkey style specialist, not real sure what Shi Yan Feng’s specialty is. They are all good no matter what their specialty is.
Blows my mind out the door too. You ever seen Tongzi Gong? Incredible stuff. They start that at age six. In some cases young as four or five.[/QUOTE]
Yes I have seen it, it is mind blowing, my master also teaches it. But it requires a very special student and not many of our students have this training. I remember someone in the forum wanted to learn this, it may be possible for an adult through a lot of hard streching effort and pain. Shifu says it is best learned when you are very young and your muscles are more pliable.
I remember someone in the forum wanted to learn this, it may be possible for an adult through a lot of hard streching effort and pain.
Yeah I saw that post somewhere too. Like what I said, no pain no gain. Tongzi gong, ever seen that split upward pose? One foot standing on the ground, other foot practically perpendicular over the head.
[QUOTE=zhugeliang;783622]Yeah I saw that post somewhere too. Like what I said, no pain no gain. Tongzi gong, ever seen that split upward pose? One foot standing on the ground, other foot practically perpendicular over the head.[/QUOTE]
Yes, for our students that have good flexibility this is pretty much where you start. If you can do the splits on the ground and on the stretch rack then the next step is to stand in that position. If a student can do that and shifu thinks that you have the discipline needed then he will teach the student. Like I said though, very few students learn this, part of the form requires head kips and not many of the kids like doing that or stretching (too painful).
[QUOTE=sha0lin1;783934]Yes, for our students that have good flexibility this is pretty much where you start. If you can do the splits on the ground and on the stretch rack then the next step is to stand in that position. If a student can do that and shifu thinks that you have the discipline needed then he will teach the student. Like I said though, very few students learn this, part of the form requires head kips and not many of the kids like doing that or stretching (too painful).[/QUOTE]
Ah, yes, the stretch rack, wasn’t that a torture device invented in medieval times? What are head kips?
It is sad that someone such as Tex Hill could live in a city such as San Antonio almost all of his life and there would be people who don’t know of him. Google him. He is a Flying Tiger.
[QUOTE=sha0lin1;783491]No, it is more like 1 sq. mile. Shi Xing Hao’s school is blocks from our school. The Houston Shaolin Temple is about a mile up the road from us and Shi Yan Feng’s school is also about a mile away. It would be cool if they spread out a bit but I think each wants to serve the Chinese community and that is where the community is. All of the schools have a lot of students so the closeness of each does not seem to matter. Plus rent is cheap in that general area for the square footage and height that is required of our schools.[/QUOTE]
shi yan feng school is only a mile away??
unless he moved recently…then i guess…
but as far as i know, it is way more than a mile…atleast 10 miles or so…
i use to know someone in san antonio that teach kung fu, and he would come to houston every other weekend and train with the monks…i dont know exactlly where he teach in san antonio or even where he is =D
but his name is brett. i know that..if that helps…hahaha…
[QUOTE=Pk_StyLeZ;784218]shi yan feng school is only a mile away??
unless he moved recently…then i guess…
but as far as i know, it is way more than a mile…atleast 10 miles or so…
i use to know someone in san antonio that teach kung fu, and he would come to houston every other weekend and train with the monks…i dont know exactlly where he teach in san antonio or even where he is =D
but his name is brett. i know that..if that helps…hahaha…[/QUOTE]
How did you know Brett - through this forum? I don’t know where he is in San Antonio either if he is still here. I guess he has already fled this Shaolin-desert.
[QUOTE=zhugeliang;784031]Ah, yes, the stretch rack, wasn’t that a torture device invented in medieval times? What are head kips?[/QUOTE]
You know, where you bounce across the room on your head then flipping to a standing position in sequence. Here is an example, the first performer is Shi Yan Feng, the 4th is Shi Xing Ying.
[QUOTE=zhugeliang;784239]How did you know Brett - through this forum? I don’t know where he is in San Antonio either if he is still here. I guess he has already fled this Shaolin-desert.[/QUOTE]
i met him when he a took a seminar at taiji legacy with shi xing ying and i was the assistant or whatever.
and then like aweek or two later he came down to the school and started learning
and from then on we trained a lot together when he was in houston
until like 2 years ago was when i lost contact with him
[QUOTE=Pk_StyLeZ;784433]i met him when he a took a seminar at taiji legacy with shi xing ying and i was the assistant or whatever.
and then like aweek or two later he came down to the school and started learning
and from then on we trained a lot together when he was in houston
until like 2 years ago was when i lost contact with him
i hope we talking about the same brett??hahaha[/QUOTE]
Well I don’t know any Brett here in the Shaolin Desert aka San Antonio. How long did you train with Shi Xing Ying? Are you still with Shi Xing Ying or are you now training with someone else?
[QUOTE=zhugeliang;784435]Well I don’t know any Brett here in the Shaolin Desert aka San Antonio. How long did you train with Shi Xing Ying? Are you still with Shi Xing Ying or are you now training with someone else?[/QUOTE]
i trained with all the monks in houston…since 2000…(no i dont school hop, just everyone left and started their own school)
i trained with shi xing ying probably a good 2-3 years??
no im not with shi xing ying anymore…=( i miss him funny guy..good teacher
my last sifu was shi yan feng
Are you a master of Shaolin? That statement sounds incredibly familiar, and is indicative of enlightenment. Everyone is nobody. Nobody is everybody. Train with no one. Train with everyone.
[QUOTE=John Takeshi;784509]Are you a master of Shaolin? That statement sounds incredibly familiar, and is indicative of enlightenment. Everyone is nobody. Nobody is everybody. Train with no one. Train with everyone.[/QUOTE]
This is getting to be some thread now that Takeshi has jumped in here. Yes, Takeshi, in San Antonio we train with no one and in Houston we train with everyone. We Texans are no one and everyone in the same state. Texas is a state of everything and nothing.
[QUOTE=John Takeshi;784509]Are you a master of Shaolin? That statement sounds incredibly familiar, and is indicative of enlightenment. Everyone is nobody. Nobody is everybody. Train with no one. Train with everyone.[/QUOTE]
ya im a master of shaolin…
no im not if you took that statement seriously…
just because i choose not to train with anyone right now doesnt mean i am a master and think i am to good to train. i just simply choose not to train right now with anyone. i am no where near that level.
sha0lin1, sorry, but if i did i meet you, i dont really remember. there been so many people in my shaolin life…=x
i also had lots of conversation with people training with all the monks too…hahaha…but if u did see me two years ago..i was in bright yellow with yan feng…
wat ur name btw?
No BS.