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Synopsis

Shaolin kung fu is NOT a martial art. Shaolin Kung Fu is a health and fitness exercise and style, developed from Yogic roots, to have Shaolin Monks maintain their health and fitness. Shaolin Monks are Buddhists and avoid causing any living being harm as they believe that this will have negative consequences on their current and future lives. But, they existed in violent times and needed to protect themselves. So, they turned their yoga and chi kung health and fitness exercises into martial art training. In this way, they trained for their health betterment (internal kung fu) while having the confidence to protect themselves at the temple and in their journeys (external kung fu)!

What is Shaolin Kung Fu's main aim?

Confidence, real confidence, and comfort in managing conflict situations and life's challenges! It is not about fighting but about having the confidence in yourself, which allows you to remain cool and in control where others are agitated and panicked, rushing into avoidable mistakes and even fights. No, it is not about walking away from conflict and difficult situations but about management. The simple guide is,If you know Kung Fu, you will not need it. Never turn your back on an aggressor or opponent, this is foolish and can have disastrous consequences.

Is training Shaolin Kung Fu Dangerous?

At the Shaolin Academy, in aover 30 years of operations, we have only had minor training incidents and always because students have experimented outside of the framework of our training. Yes, there is the occasional bump and bruise at the senior levels where we contact train. Beginner level students have never been injured or hurt and only participate in contact training if they want and are suitably trained. We also use protective equipment, whatever the person requires, to feel and be safe. Again, no 1st-year student has ever been hurt!

Why is the Shaolin Kung Fu Academy the better choice?

Experience! Sijo Robert Z started training martial arts in 1962 at age nine. He trained Judo, Karate, Aikido before he came across Kung Fu in 1982. Now over seventy, he still teaches assisted by experienced Shaolin Kung Fu practitioners qualified in Shaolin Kung Fu and teaching. We are not a franchise or have many locations, and there is only one Shaolin Kung Fu Academy in Mordialloc, 37 Albert Street. We have been around for almost 30 years, and we hope to be around for a long while longer. Most importantly, Sijo and his instructors care. They teach and train kung fu because they love it, not because it earns them money. No matter your age, we are not a hu-ha style.

What is Five Animal Kung Fu?

When Shaolin Kung Fu was in its infancy, about 500 years old, Shaolin Monks realized that they could learn the ways, means, and animals' strategies. No, they did not act like tigers and cranes but did know the hunters' predatory ways and the defensive ways of the hunted. Only by understanding these aspects of conflict can one manage a dangerous situation. Shaolin 5 Animal Kung Fu developed over the next 500 years in the Shaolin Temple to be the best and safest health and fitness, self-protection, and conflict resolution style in the world. It is what Shaolin Monks needed in the dangerous times of the 1st and second millennium.

(Yes, in movies and some Chinese Wushu styles, you see practitioners acting like the animal style they train. This may be for effect and look interesting, but in real life, you do not give away your advantage by announcing that you are a martial artist and giving away your style and way.)

What is Five Animal Kung Fu Good for?

Five Animal Kung Fu is unique in the way it is not just a style but a system. Once, there were hundreds of kung fu systems in Shaolin and these were distilled to the five animal system, not by techniques but by the character and age of the practitioner. Fir example:

1. Tiger is the go getter, the 'just do it now' the 'no retreat, no surrender' type of person.
2. Panther is the thinker, strategist, and 'what is my win from all this.' The panther stylists is also the strategist.
3. Crane is for those who will do not like or deal well with confrontation: those who are reluctant to hit an injure someone. They are the diplomats and evaders.
4. Snake are the technical experts, the knower's of pressure points and skill. They also avoid confrontation but when pushed into a corner, they will react decisively.
5. The Dragon, the fifth, the imaginary animal stands for the mastery of the four, like the symbol, not truly possible. Yet, striving to achieve the impossible is what makes one a dragon.

Because of this adaptability and wide variety of techniques, more than most any martial art, the style adapts to your needs. There is not only one way to deal with confrontation. There is not just one best technique. There is one best way for you to deal with a confrontation and there will be one best way for you to end a hostile encounter, a to you unique way. With such a wide variety of strategy, temperament, and style, each Shaolin Academy Technique has many versions. It adapts to you.

It is also a great realistic style for movies, stunts, fight scenes, theater, and fun.

• Just come in and try the three free sessions, or just come in and have a look! We have open classes every Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday at 6pm, 37 Albert St Mordialloc (see main page map). Saturday we have special training for children age 4y to 10y at 9.15am and Weaponry Training at 10.30am.
• Send us an email to sijo@shaolin.com.au. Sijo answers every email, usually within 24 hours. Ask any questions you like.
• Call Sijo on 0458 742 654 Sunday to Friday 8 am to 9 pm (Saturday we do extra training and instructor education and advancement). If not currently underway driving, Sijo is happy to talk kung fu and martial art, at length.
• Meeting. You, your family, child or children have special circumstances or requirements that you wish to explore? Arrange to meet with Sijo in Mordialloc before training start, usually at 5.30 pm. We have autistic, diversity, many ethnicities and religions, aged (60+), epileptic, ADD, OCD, physical disabilities (bad back, knees, balance issues,) and the like.

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If you are still reading this, come to try out three free sessions with us. There is a voucher to a link with details to the right of the text. Allow me to introduce you to the secret and wonderful style of Shaolin Kung Fu. Just do it! Print out the voucher or download it to your phone, send it to your email, Facebook or SMS's it! You will either like what we do, or not. You will be able to check it off your Bucket List; I tried Shaolin Kung Fu! No contracts, no tricks. We are a Professional not Commercial organization and will not tie you into anything. Just come down and try the three free sessions. I will be happy to welcome you.

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We are happy to hear from you and answer you martial art, health and developmental questions. If you wish to train with us, the first 3 sessions are free. It is best to try these before making any commitment. If you have any other questions or would lust like to explore some possibilities, you can;

• Call us between 11am and 5pm, Tuesday to Friday & Sunday on 0458 742 654 that is 0458 SHAOLIn
• e-mail us at the Shaolin Academy
• Drop into any of our venues at least 30 minutes before class start.
• Or in a special case, you can also arrange a personal meeting with Master Robert Z. You can call him on 0458 742 654 (0458 SHAOLIn).