The 12 Step Tantui of Bruce Lee fame, required by the Chinese Jing Mo Association and Beijing WuShu team, are the basis of good Kung Fu, whether Northern or Southern style.

One of the 12 Tantui will be taught each of the 12 weeks for a crash course in Kung Fu basics and weight loss.

Note: Kung Fu clothing preferred. Sweat pants, cotton shirts and sweatshirts without logo artwork and advertisements are acceptable. Tennis shoes required, with socks.

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Designed by Buddha Zhen in 1996, this curriculum was designed to allow the best and motivated students of Tai Chi Youth to join the Shaolin Chi Mantis Traditional Buddhist Gongfu School.

All the requirements are conveniently taught and organized to make certain the student is aware of the difficult and challenging path of Shaolin Kung Fu.

Note: Students can sign up for this, "Shaolin Gongfu Initiate," program or the "Shaolin Gongfu Beginner," class. These classes are taught concurrently. Although public students may attend these classes, this  INITIATE  PROGRAM  was designed for students who have decided to be disciples of Buddha Zhen and receive a Buddhist name when formally initiated into Shaolin Chi Mantis Traditional Buddhist Gongfu.

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buddhaKUNGFU.com	Kung Fu = Outdated Cantonese dialect. We continue to use "Kung Fu" because few Americans are familiar with the proper Mandarin words, "Gongfu."
dharmaTRAILS.com	All Shaolin Chi Mantis Beginner and Intermediate Programs have been storyboarded for production into this 88 lesson website designed to provide the most complete and beneficial Kung Fu instruction ever offered on or off the internet.
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shaolinchiMANTIS.com      /index.com	Traditional Buddhist Gongfu original website with curriculums, goals, and rules for classes and tournaments.
shaolinchiMANTIS.com      /welcome-SCM.html	Where students can access links to required webpages. Students should BOOKMARK this page.
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shaolinKIDS.com	Fun site for kids with stories and legends to inspire them.
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SHAOLINspiritualBOOTCAMP.com	In 1998, Buddha Zhen created this special workshop for monks and participants of the 1998 Buddhism World Conference.
shaolinZEN.org	CyberTemple founded by Buddha Zhen Shen-Lang in 1992. The original Shaolin Temple on Mt. Songshan loved this name and subscribed to our newsletter, Shaolin Zen.
zenBOOTCAMP.com	The Shaolin Spiritual Bootcamps are all-day-workshops. These are difficult for most people to schedule so Buddha Zhen created a shorter version that lasts 2 to 3 hours, usually ending before noon.
zenBUDDHISTpodcast.com	Buddha Zhen's Sunday Sanghas were very beneficlal to his children. With these podcasts, archived or downloadable at your convenience, more people can attend Buddha Zhen's dharma readings and discussion groups.

Combining three systems of Kung Fu, Shaolin Chi Mantis is:

• Shaolin Kung Fu (Northern)
• Tai Chi (Yang Style Taijiquan)
• Praying Mantis (Norther styles: Tai Chi Mantis and 7-Star Mantis)

Currently this class is open to the public. Previously only students who passed the Shaolin Gongfu Initiate Program were allowed in these classes.

Note: Students can sign up for this, "Shaolin Gongfu Beginner," program or the "Shaolin Gongfu Initiate," class. These classes are taught concurrently. Although public students may attend these classes, this program was designed for students who have decided to be disciples of Buddha Zhen and receive a Buddhist name when formally initiated, Chinese Shaolin Temple Buddhist style, into Shaolin Chi Mantis Traditional Buddhist Gongfu.

More Information:

• Class Schedules
• Clothing
• Memberships - Shaolin Chi Mantis
• Memberships - Buddha Kung Fu
• Tournaments

buddhaGONGFU.com	Gongfu = Kung Fu Buddha = You Our special homepage that leads to buddhaKUNGFU.com
buddhaKUNGFU.com	Kung Fu = Outdated Cantonese dialect. We continue to use "Kung Fu" because few Americans are familiar with the proper Mandarin words, "Gongfu."
buddhaPODCAST.com	Our Buddhist CyberTemple, shaolinZEN.org broadcasts Buddhist Dharma discussions here. Join in or just listen along.
dharmaTRAILS.com	All Shaolin Chi Mantis Beginner and Intermediate Programs have been storyboarded for production into this 88 lesson website designed to provide the most complete and beneficial Kung Fu instruction ever offered on or off the internet.
masterZHEN.com	Buddha Zhen's official website where he exhibits his artworks, music, and provides schedules of seminars and private lessons.
shaolinchiMANTIS.com      /index.com	Traditional Buddhist Gongfu original website with curriculums, goals, and rules for classes and tournaments.
shaolinchiMANTIS.com      /welcome-SCM.html	Where students can access links to required webpages. Students should BOOKMARK this page.
shaolinchiMANTIS.com      door001M.html	Visitor HOMEPAGE with links to various tours of Shaoin Chi Mantis website.
shaolinCOMMUNICATIONS.com	Parent company and website host of shaolinCOM.com
shaolinKIDS.com	Fun site for kids with stories and legends to inspire them.
SHAOLINspiritualBOOTCAMP.com	In 1998, Buddha Zhen created this special workshop for monks and participants of the 1998 Buddhism World Conference.
shaolinZEN.org	CyberTemple founded by Buddha Zhen Shen-Lang in 1992. The original Shaolin Temple on Mt. Songshan loved this name and subscribed to our newsletter, Shaolin Zen.
zenBOOTCAMP.com	The Shaolin Spiritual Bootcamps are all-day-workshops. These are difficult for most people to schedule so Buddha Zhen created a shorter version that lasts 2 to 3 hours, usually ending before noon.
zenBUDDHISTpodcast.com	Buddha Zhen's Sunday Sanghas were very beneficlal to his children. With these podcasts, archived or downloadable at your convenience, more people can attend Buddha Zhen's dharma readings and discussion groups.

This class is structured into three semesters of 4-months equalling one year.

The first semester, the student learns all the basic moves, jumps, and concepts of the staff. This preparation makes it easier and safer to teach the difficult and complex traditional Staff Forms of Shaolin Kung Fu.

The second semester teaches both sides of the 2-man choreographed combat Form, "Fire & Water," made popular by its' use in the opening credits of the TV show, Kung Fu, starring David Carradine.

More Information:

• Class Schedules
• Clothing
• Seminars
• Tournaments

buddhaKUNGFU.com	Kung Fu = Outdated Cantonese dialect. We continue to use "Kung Fu" because few Americans are familiar with the proper Mandarin words, "Gongfu."
shaolinchiMANTIS.com      /welcome-SCM.html	Where students can access links to required webpages. Students should BOOKMARK this page.
shaolinPODCAST.com	This will probably be a video podcast because Shaolin Kung Fu needs to be seen...
SHAOLINspiritualBOOTCAMP.com	In 1998, Buddha Zhen created this special workshop for monks and participants of the 1998 Buddhism World Conference.
shaolinZEN.org	CyberTemple founded by Buddha Zhen Shen-Lang in 1992. The original Shaolin Temple on Mt. Songshan loved this name and subscribed to our newsletter, Shaolin Zen.
zenBOOTCAMP.com	The Shaolin Spiritual Bootcamps are all-day-workshops. These are difficult for most people to schedule so Buddha Zhen created a shorter version that lasts 2 to 3 hours, usually ending before noon.
zenBUDDHISTpodcast.com	Buddha Zhen's Sunday Sanghas were very beneficlal to his children. With these podcasts, archived or downloadable at your convenience, more people can attend Buddha Zhen's dharma readings and discussion groups.

The SHAOLIN KUNG FU KIDS Programs were created by Buddha Zhen in 1993. While teaching his SHAOLIN KIDS classes, Buddha Zhen also taught in several elementary schools and studied many physical education manuals from the Utah school boards, athletic associations, and books by experienced Olympic traininers and coaches. After several years of experimenting with different sports and tug-of-war games that he altered into pseudo Kung Fu training competitions, the TAI CHI KIDS PROGRAM was developed with a balance of Tai Chi and Kung Fu instruction.

"My life has been blessed," blinks Buddha Zhen. "Since 1990 I have been a Mr. Mom, so I was able to devote every minute of the day that I wasn't changing diapers to Kung Fu and Tai Chi. Overwhelmed with my task of recreating Shaolin Kung Fu and Chinese Chan Buddhism back together / while creating a Belt Rank System that would create more consistency and fairness in the Karate tournaments for Kung Fu competitors / rewriting the rules for Push Hands / and training my own kids the entire time... I may have spent that decade of 1990 to 2000 as a Kung Fu Professor accomplishing more than most people can possibly attain in a lifetime of part-time practice and study. I am blessed."

Despite the fact his daughter, Zhen Ming-Mou, had been winning tournaments and performing her traditional Shaolin Sabre Form, "Jade Ring Dao," since she was six years old, Buddha Zhen removed the weaponry from the kids programs.

"I had a battle with the school boards to get my sword and staff programs in my adult continuing education programs. I had to argue that their European Fencing Classes would have to be removed if they denied my 'Chinese Fencing Classes'." Buddha Zhen smiles,"I feel very strongly that ChineseKung Fu weaponry is beneficial to anyone who is ready to learn it. The weapons are musicial instruments that require entire body movements to perform. This larger body movements enlarge the beliefs and perspectives of the disciple. Youths of outstanding abiity are always welcome in my Shaolin Chi Mantis Traditional Buddhist Gongfu classes to learn staff, sword and spear."

The Tai Chi Youth program is the entire Beginner Program of Shaolin Chi Mantis stretched out over three years. So there is a balance of Northern Shaolin Kung Fu in each weeks' lessons.

The first semesters of Tai Chi Youth also utilize some of the rigorous Southern Style Kung Fu that Buddha Zhen studied with Shifu Douglas Wong of the White Lotus Gungfu School and exercises from the Daoist Center of Los Angeles.

Combined with group readings of traditional Buddhist Dharma and Daoist principles, the students are also required to know something about every major religion in the world to pass their Belt Tests.

The Muslim 12 Tantui Kung Fu exercises are included in the first 12 months of training. These were the Kung Fu basics of Bruce Lee and the Beginner Level training of the Chinese National WuShu Team, as taught also by the Jing Mo and Chin Wu Associations, which has also certified Buddha Zhen to adverise himself as a Jing-Mo Academy.

The Yang Style Tai Chi Short Form becomes the nucleus of the 3-year curriculum as students learn to become fit and and healthy in both body and mind.

More Information:

• Class Schedules
• Clothing
• Membership - Buddha Kung Fu
• Membership - Shaolin Chi Mantis
• Membership - Tai Chi Youth
• Seminars
• Tournaments