The President and Coach of Hongxiang Wushu School, Fohanquan Master, Mr. Li Fanfu won three Golds, four Silvers and two Coppers from 8th to 11th March on the Hongkong International Wushu Championships.

The potential students who intend to come Shaolin South Wushu School and want to know the real training here. Please access here.

Russian Master, Ms. Fedorova Elena with her group of students will arrive in Puyang on 16th March 2008. They will have a 14 days training and exchange on Taiji Quan and Chinese Traditional Wushu.

--Famous Coach., Well-know International Wushu Judge. Wushu Rank 8 (Wushu 8 Duan)
Famous Taiji Quan Master.

Methods of Meditation for Spiritual Development
The basic doctrine of Zen is to realize ultimate reality, which is tranquil and void. The fundamental way to achieve this is to attain a state where no thoughts abide.

The Study of Ultimate Reality and Phenomenal World
We shall address ourselves to the question of what ultimate reality is, and its related question of why the so-called external, objective world is an illusion

The Philosophy and Methods of Shaolin Chi Kung
The key to all the achievements that distinguish Shaolin Kung Fu from other martial arts is Shaolin Chi Kung

How to Tell a Sword from a Knife
No other martial arts in the world can boast of a range of weapons as wide or as varied as that in Shaolin Kung Fu.

Creating Opportunities to DefeatYour Opponent
What would you do to ensure victory if you met a competent opponent who did not give you any technical advantage? You would have to create the advantages yourself

Becoming a Master Through Force Training
At an advanced level, when the combatants know the right defence for virtually every attack, the decisive factor is often not technique but gong, ie force or skill.

Learning to Fight Through Prearranged Sparring
You should try to develop skills like spacing, timing, balance and fluidity of movement by practising the combination set with a training partner or an imaginary opponent.

Training of Mind, Energy, Essence, Speed and Elegance
These five animals, therefore, provide Shaolin Kung Fu with their respective characteristics and essence, not only making it an effective fighting art but also enabling it to become an excellent system for physical, emotional, mental and spiritual development.

What You Must Know Before You Can Fight Well
※Composing your own Kung Fu set will be an interesting and rewarding exercise, even though the resultant set may contain many weaknesses, because You will be experiencing what great masters thought and did.

The Wushu Tournament Beijing 2008 will be staged in Beijing from August 21 to 24, 2008. In order to guarantee the smooth running in the preparation and operation of the competition, the IWUF Secretariat would like to make explanations on the following points:

1. The Wushu Tournament Beijing 2008 is a competition approved by the IOC to be held during the 2008 Olympic Games, but Wushu is not an official Olympic Games sport. The IWUF will be the responsible organization for the tournament. Please contact the IWUF Secretariat for detailed information on the competition.

2. The list of qualified athletes for the Tournament will be submitted to the BOCOG for the sake of visa issuance. Taking account of the future Wushu development, it is suggested to all IWUF members not to make further requests to their NOCs to avoid unnecessary problems.

3. The first 6 place winners of Taolu and the first 8 place winners of Sanshou athletes in the 9th World Wushu Championships are qualified...

Deciding to study martial arts in China is a very important decision that is worth putting a lot of consideration into. Each person wants to come to China for their own reasons; some people have never practiced any martial arts, some have done some part-time training, and others are already professional martial arts athletes or coaches.

There are a lot of things to ask of yourself, and of those you'll be training with in China, BEFORE you leave.

Some questions to ask yourself, so that you greater understand what it is you're after:

1. Do you really love Martial Arts or are you interested in mostly having fun or travel?
2. Can you handle hard training every day?
3. Can you handle Chinese accommodation?
4. Can you accept or handle Chinese culture?
5. What are your final goals when you finish your training in China?
6. Are you sure that you can stick to all the curriculum of your Chinese Master?

To choose a proper Wushu style
There are more than one hundred...

This is an in-depth look at how to take your theoretical knowledge and turn it into real, practical application for use in combat and sparring.

Click the article title to read the entire article.

Hand Forms, Stances and Basic Patterns
Today when you learn a Shaolin Kung Fu set, which incorporates numerous patterns with different hand forms and stances, you inherit the crystallization of hundreds of years of Kung Fu development.

Getting Better Results in a Shorter Time
With the right information, you can attain in six months what uninformed students would not attain in many years.

A Pot-Pourri of Bear, Praying Mantis and Crane The various ingenious ways masters devised to meet theft combat, health and other needs are in themselves fascinating, as weU as providing us with suggestions on improving our own art. The great mihtary strategist SunTzu said that ifyou understand yourself and understand your opponent you will win a hundred battles out of a hundred. A crucial factor for combat efficiency is to understand the strength and weakness of your opponent's martial art. Understanding the various styles of Kung 15u is excellent for this purpose because virtually all the well-known martial arts techniques in the world are found in Kung Fu. This is not surprising if we remember that Kung Fu has a history many times longer and a volume of practitioners at any one time marly times bigger than other martial arts.
Combat efficiency is not the only reason why a comprehensive study of Kung Fu styles should be attempted. The various ways masters devised to meet...

Understanding Different Styles of Kung Fu