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Should’nt Buddhist monks in their Shaolin temples and Buddhist-converts be honing their kung-fu for a showdown with Islamists? If Islam has the suicide bombers, Buddhism has kung-fu… i think that’s a good match-up, dont you agree?

I know that Shaolin is Buddhist and focuses on direct fighting and being able to combat multiple enemies and is mostly ‘external’ like in Northern and Southern styles, whilst Wudang is Taoist and focuses in ‘internal’ styles with more indirect fighting and the flow of energy such as in Tai Chi Chuan and Ba Gua Zhang. But even though those are the two main branches of Kung Fu what makes them fall under the same categorization of Kung Fu other than the fact they’re Chinese, also do they collaborate or compete with one another?

And just a secondary question: do people in COMMUNIST China have the right to freely practice religion of their choosing or to not practice at all?

Should’nt Buddhist monks in their Shaolin temples and Buddhist-converts be honing their kung-fu for a showdown with Islamists? If Islam has the suicide bombers, Buddhism has kung-fu… i think that’s a good match-up, dont you agree?
I watch too many kung-fu/karate movies perhaps… hehehe
Ok we’ll send this to the philosophy section

This is a sample taken from training with Sifu Luke- founder of RAW COMBAT INTERNATIONAL. The new Dvd set to be released in December teaches the short form (8 Movements) in detail with all two person exercises and self defence applications. Stretching, Warm Up and Qi Gong Instruction is also…

Shaolin Kung Fu Fundamental Training DVD (YMAA) Dr. Yang, Jwing-Ming

Shaolin Kung Fu Fundamental Training

Essential Stretching, Stances, Punches, Movements and Kicking techniques.

Drawing from his extensive knowledge of Northern Shaolin Long Fist Kung Fu and Southern Shaolin White Crane Crane Kung Fu (Gongfu), world reknown author and teacher Dr. Yang, Jwing-Ming explains and instructs the basic training techniques of Shaolin Kung Fu.

In Course 1, Dr. Yang teaches stretching for the entire body, Fundamental Stances, and extensive Hand Drills. In Course 2, Walking, Hopping, Jumping, Sense of Distance training, and extensive Kicking techniques are taught.

Dr. Yang instructs proper alignment and posture, explains the martial applications of the techniques, and shows corrections for common mistakes, as YMAA Shaolin Kung Fu students demonstrate.

•Stretching Routines
•Fundamental Stances
•Proper Alignment and Posture
•Extensive Punching & Kicking Drills
•Martial Applications

This DVD teaches the essential foundation of YMAA Shaolin training, and provides excellent additional training for all martial artists, especially those interested in tracing back the root of Asian martial arts.

Special Features: Over 100 Chapter Selections • Narration: English or French with Chinese/Pinyin • Multi-Language Menus & Subtitles: English, French, Spanish, Portuguese or Polish • Interactive YMAA Product Catalog with previews of all YMAA video titles.

YMAA PRODUCTION • DR. YANG, JWING-MING • “SHAOLIN KUNG FU FUNDAMENTAL TRAINING” • WRITTEN BY DR. YANG, JWING-MING • PERFORMED BY DR. YANG, JWING-MING & SENIOR STUDENTS • EDITED BY DAVID SILVER AND MEDIA MANIC • VIDEO PRODUCTION SUPERVISION BY DAVID SILVER • DVD PRODUCTION BY MEDIAMANIC • DIRECTED BY DR.YANG, JWING-MING AND DAVID SILVER

180 minutes – color/ DVD9 – NTSC • All Regions encoding• © Dr. Yang, Jwing-Ming 2005 • Manufactured in the USA • ISBN: 1-59439-043-6

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