Shaolin Summer Camp

WARRIOR MONK RETREAT!!!

Shaolin Warrior Monk Retreat 2022 Visit the post for more.

REPRESENT! Let’s go Summer Warriors!

Join Shifu in an effort to by posting your pose! Post any kung fu pose & tag . Let’s show the world what kung fu is and put an end to the xenophobia. Amituofo. 🙏

Shifu’s calligraphy for Gratitude & Appreciation. No matter what you believe or what day it is, we should be thankful for everyday we wake up to a new day. Buddha is all around us. If you drop your wallet on the street, and someone picks it up & returns it to you- that is Buddha. There is Buddha in all of us, because we are all meant to help one another. Always ask yourself, did I do good today? Did I help someone today? If not, why not and how can I do better? Amituofo. -Shifu Shi Yan Ming

It’s always fun to take a group shot at the end of summer camp but this is the image that truly captures the true spirit of Summer Warrior Camp...this is the sacred ground, the field on which all our Summer Warriors battled against their greatest opponent, fighting against their very selves. It’s easy to walk off, quit, to stop the grueling process of training in Shaolin. But they didn’t. This is why we invoke the name of a Buddha before we practice our gongfu. This is the ground made sacred by the sweat and effort of conquering The Self, of striving every day to get stronger and stronger and to know you can push your Self and master your Self. Amitabha to the Buddha hearts awakened and invigorated, to the gong fu, to the hard as nails effort every Summer Warrior put into these past two weeks. The Saga continues...the sacred ground is everywhere now...everywhere is your Temple. REPRESENT!

CH’AN BUDDHISM POETRY SLAM!!

Which verse was spit first???

The greatest weapon you have is your mind. Every day Summer Warriors wake up and challenge themselves. Pushing their understanding. We wrestle with a famous Ch’an story or gongan. Shaolin Ch’an Buddhism or Martial Arts, it’s not just the physical, many people get confused about martial arts. You have to develop yourself, not just the physical but the mental, the spiritual- Shifu says to combine all these things and you will achieve harmony. You have to be able to help yourself, respect yourself, then you can help others, help the world...