who is writing for yanming now?
no disrespect to the man, but who's writing this stuff for him? these arent his personal claims are they?
but i'm glad to hear that his capital campaign for a new temple in upsate new york is finally coming together. apparently they've signed a contract for an 85-acre property!
but these writings lend a slightly false impression of his position.
http://www.usashaolintemple.org/newt...uan-challenge/
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Currently the Shaolin Temple in China no longer accepts and trains young disciples in Martial arts or Chan Buddhism, as the Temple in China operates today as a heritage site preserving the physical premises for tourism.
this isnt true, entirely.
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In general, there exists in China a void as the martial arts training has been split and separated from the Chan Buddhist training. The martial arts education at Chinese Kung Fu schools does not incorporate the Chan Buddhist principles brought to China 1500 years earlier by Bodhidarma.
but the various martial arts schools are not the monastery, and do not represent it.
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Unless a Shaolin Temple is recreated within Shifu Shi Yan Ming's lifetime, the knowledge, history, philosophy, and traditions of Shaolin Temple will be lost forever.
thats a bold statement. shi yanming has the qualifications of the knowledge, philosophy, and traditions? if he dies before building a new temple it will be lost forever? seriously?
no.
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It is imperative that a Shaolin Temple is recreated in his lifetime so that the knowledge, history, and wisdom can be passed on to the future generations.
again, he is not the only living person with such qualifications.
so no one has ever taught dapaoquan in america before yanming?
who is writing this stuff? they've gone way off the deep end.
We thought it was you, LFJ
J/K
I've never quite understood the 'First Shaolin whatev' trip. I hear it a lot...1st non-Chinese Shaolin tudi, 1st black Shaolin tudi, 1st eskimo Shaolin tudi, ad nauseum. I suppose 1st one to teach a particular form like dapaoquan is enticing to some. Whatev... :rolleyes: