Shaolin Journeys

[GeneChing]

Check out Will the Real Kung Fu Please Stand Up by Jonathan Poston.

[Kevin Huang]

In that article, Jonathan Poston wrote "It was the traditional training like in the Matrix or Karate Kid that intrigued me".

With that kind of preconceived notion, it would be very hard to find a real life school that teaches that way. That's because Matrix and Karate Kid are MOVIES with IMAGINARY training scenarios.

Real life kung fu is nothing like movie fu, in training or application.

[Songshan]

In depth articles about shaolin kung fu. Though it seems that newer authors are discovering Shaolin. Yes, traditional shaolin kung fu is out there....it does exist.

[iron_silk]

I enjoyed reading the article partly because I take genuine interest in hard work training. Something I have yet to accomplish.

Thanks for sharing Jonathon Poston.

[sanjuro_ronin]

Most people that go looking for "shaolin" based on what they saw in the movies will find just that and be very disappointed.
Serves them right too.
As for training like in the movies...well, one really needs to ask themselves WHY they would want that, I mean, the elite of thew physical activities world, ie: Oympic and pro athletes, don't do that to themselves, why should some "recreational MA" ?