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946 days ago
Real vs Fake From kungfumagazine.com and July/August 2004 Kung Fu Magazine (with Shi DeCheng on the cover) http://ezine.kungfumagazine.com/magazine/article.php?article=501 Real versus Fake Shaolin Monk Shi Decheng on What Makes a Monk by Gene Ching In days of old, graduation from Shaolin Temple required more than just snatching a pebble from the master's hand. Every Shaolin aspirant had to pass the exit examination - a brutal rite of passage where he had to fight his way through the senior Shaolin monks - known as Dashanmen (literally "fighting mountain gate"). It's not clear when Shaolin stopped implementing Dashanmen, but there’s evidence of one as recent as the 1920's or 1930's. Around that time, a novice named Xu Shiyou failed a Dashanmen. Xu resorted to sneaking out and, despite never becoming a real Shaolin monk, went on to become a great fighter and a personal bodyguard for Mao Zedong. Since then, so many movies have dramatized Dashanmen that it ...
1019 days ago
Quiero que sepas que hoy, al igual que todos los dias, eres la razon de mi existir y de mi ser....la luz de tus ojos preciosos me encaminan a ser una mejor persona todos los dias...gracias por ser parte de mi vida, por ser con Gabriel mi FAMILIA y darme ese precioso hijo que tanto amamos y por el cual lo damos todo, Gabriel Ignacio GARCIA-RIVERA. -Te ama hoy y por SIEMPRE, Tu ESPOSO
1551 days ago
I would like to congratulate Shifu Ismael Santiago on his recent certification from AFMA (American Federation of Martial Arts) as a Shifu (Teacher) in Taijiquan. Here is the moment when he received the Certificate from Shihan Jesús Bonilla, AFMA President in PR, on Sunday, August 28, 2005. Congratulations, dear Brother! -G
1655 days ago
Ni hao ma! I am very happy to inform everyone that today I have founded the Zen & Kungfu Institute, Inc. , a non-profit organization to promote Chinese Martial Arts, internal & external here in Puerto Rico. If you are interested in learning Taijiquan or Shaolin Wugong (kungfu) please contact me at: romanchi24@hotmail.com Me complace informarles a todos ustedes que hoy he fundado el Zen & Kungfu Institute, Inc. , una organizacion sain fines de lucro, que tiene como proposito el promover las Artes Marciales Chinas externas e internas en Puerto Rico. Si estas intersado/a en aprender Taijiquan (Tai Chi) o Shaolin Wugong (kungfu), me puedes escribir a: romanchi24@hotmail.com Atentamente, German G. Garcia - Instructor
