07/13/2026
Gong Lung (Steel Dragon) Kung Fu and Lion and Dragon Dance
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Location: 100 43rd St #113 Pittsburgh, PA 15201 (In the Ice House Studios Building in Lawrenceville near the 40h Street Bridge) 412.362.6096 http://www.steel-dragon.org/ For a full list of when we are performing, including things like university Asian student groups and private organisations, please see our website under bookings
06/23/2026
RIP Master Zhao Zeren
My Kung Fu uncle Zhao Zeren had a heart attack while teaching push hands last night, and died in the hospital in Beijing. He was an amazing martial artist and teacher, and a very warm human being. I remember being concerned about meeting him the first time because of his reputation as a indomintable fighter. The story was that, when he was young, people would cross the street when they saw him coming the other way. So when he showed up here in Pittsburgh for a seminar, I thought I was going to go home as a pile of bruises. Instead, he had a warm smile and a huge bear hug. he seminar of course was phenomenal. He was a truly amazing man and he will be sorely missed; he was totally irreplaceable. I am very lucky to have met him. He taught me so much in the little time I got to spend with him. I wish I had had more chances.
Here are a photo of him when he was here for a seminar. I showed him a bit of capoeira too, which he found interesting and gave a little shot at playing the berimbau. I also included a couple of clips from a demonstration he did in Beijing.
06/16/2026
Lion does a forward roll. This is from a wedding we performed at last Saturday.
No classes June 20th due to an out of town perfomance. Sorry for the inconvenience
06/12/2026
Last Saturday I accept my newest disciple. Jim Heberling, welcome to the Yin Cheng Gong Fa Family.
04/20/2026
We were crazy busy with lunar new year lion dancing during February and I’ve been restoring lions all March. I wanted to post a more movement oriented video this time instead of a talking one, but haven’t had a chance to make a decent one. However I do have some short videos I’ve done over the last, like during the shutdown, which I’ve never posted here so I hope some of these will be useful to done people.
This video to help help people get started on handstands. Handstands are seen commonly in capoeira but are useful in establishing a solid tumbling foundation for skills found in other martial arts as well, such as an aú (cartwheel) or handspring. This technique emphasizes body alignment to help get a kind of “root” through the hands. Be careful not to lock the elbows so your weight can sink through the arms and hands in to the ground and plant you solidly in the ground. In a way, it will kind of feel like you are diving into a tall glass of water in terms of direction; your body will follow your arms and your legs will follow your body. Carefully not to slam hard into the floor since that can throw you off.
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| Monday | 5pm - 9pm |
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| Thursday | 6pm - 9pm |
| Friday | 7pm - 9pm |
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| Sunday | 1pm - 5pm |