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1st Shaolin Summit 2011 - May 21, 2011
Posted on 2011-05-11

The Shaolin Association of North America and the Shaolin Temple present the 1st Shaolin Summit 2011.

Come and be a part of Shaolin at the Los Angeles Convention Center.

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Event date:
Sat. May 21st
1:00 to 5:30 pm

Locations:
LA Convention Center
1201 S. Figueroa St.
West Hall 515
Los Angeles, CA 90015

Don’t miss this rare chance to:

Meet authentic Shaolin warrior monks
See amazing Kung Fu demonstrations
Learn secret Shaolin techniques and training tips
Hear from the Abbot of the Shaolin Temple
Get the latest news and information on Shaolin martial arts, Zen Buddhism, and the mind/body connection
Learn how Shaolin has influenced pop culture in the West

Speakers and panelists:

Abbot Shi Yong Xin
Shi Yongxin, the Abbot of the Shaolin Temple, is a tireless advocate to a wide array of measures toward the understanding, revival, preservation and sharing of the Shaolin legacy. He is considered a spiritual head to more than 400 million practitioners of Chan Buddhism and an estimated hundreds of millions of practitioners of martial arts. Worldwide.

Abbot Shi Yongxin joined the Shaolin Temple in 1981 as a Young man, and became its administrative head by 1987 after the death of his master, then Abbot Xingzheng. In 1999, the official title of Abbot was conferred upon Shi Yongxin.

As a member of China’s National People’s Congress, Shi Yongxin has advocated to expand the role of faith in Chinese life. He has also been active in inter-faith dialog as chairman for international exchange of China’s Buddhist Association.

He has compiled many volumes on Shaolin classics, such as The Secret Book of Shaolin Kung Fu and Medicine, and frequently writes books and essays on a variety of topics with a Chan perspective.

Gene Ching
Gene Ching is the Associate Publisher of Kung Fu Tai Chi Magazine and www.KungFuMagazine.com, the largest English-language magazine and website exclusively devoted to Chinese martial arts. He has authored hundreds of articles and videos on the martial arts and is a lifelong martial artist. He took his Shaolin layman disciple vows under Shi Decheng in 1996 inside the Shaolin Temple and has the Shaolin name Xinglong. Last year, Gene published his first book, Shaolin Trips, which documents over a decade and a half of research on Shaolin.

延德法师 - Shi Yande
Shi Yande took refuge with Abbot Shi Yongxin of Songshan Shaolin Temple in 1994 and studied at the Mt. Tiantai Buddhist Institute in Zhyejiang province, the Mt. Qixia Buddhist Institute in Nanjing, and the Chinese Buddhist Academy in Beijing. He is a master of martial art, Chan tea, calligraphy, and traditional musical instruments such as Guqin and Bamboo Flute.

Dr. David Rapkin, panelist
David A. Rapkin, Ph.D., is a clinical and health psychologist based in Los Angeles. He is the founding director of the Mind-Body Medicine Group in the UCLA Department of Surgery, Head and Neck Division. He has also taught in the UCLA Department of Psychiatry. Approaching psychotherapy and health psychology from a humanistic-existential-phenomenological perspective, his clinical work integrates Buddhist psychology and philosophy with aspects of the psychoanalytic-psychodynamic and cognitive-behavioral traditions. David received his B.A. from Columbia University and his M.A. and Ph.D. from UCLA.

永了法师 - Shi Yongliao
Shi Yongliao entered monastic life in 1999 under Abbot Shi Xingzhou. He spent years in a thatched cottage to practice Buddhist in Mount Zhongnan. He is currently an usher in Shaolin Chan Meditation Hall.

Matthew Polly
Matthew Polly is the author of the book American Shaolin (Gotham) which recounts his experiences of living in China for 2 years and studying with the monks at the Shaolin Temple. He has also written for numerous high profile publications including Esquire, The Nation, Playboy, Publisher’s Weekly, and Slate and won a Lowell Thomas Award for travel writing. His new book, Tapped Out (Gotham) about mixed martial arts, will be published in October, 2011. Matthew has a BA from Princeton University, and a Master’s degree from Oxford University in the UK, which he attended on a Rhodes Scholarship. http://www.mattpolly.com

延勇法师 - Shi Yanyong
Shi Yanyong took refuge with Abbot Shi Yongxin of Songshan Shaolin Temple in 1999. He had secluded in dozens of renowned mountains including Mount Zhongnan, Mount Emei, Mount Song, Mount Hua, Mount Wudang, and Mount Yunju. Ven. Yanyong has won first place in the 2009 Shaolin Chan debate.

延亿法师 - Shi Yanyi
Shi Yanyi entered the monastery as a Buddhist monk in Songshan Shalin Temple in 2004 under Abbot Shi Yongxin. He is an expert in Shaolin’s traditional Chinese Medical Culture, especially in using acupuncture and massage to cure neck, shoulder, leg, and waist ache and illness. Yan Li has also published books on orthopedics and regimen.

Moderator
Jonathan Blank
Jonathan Blank is an award-winning writer, filmmaker, and creative technologist. He has spent over 25 years studying high-level martial arts, meditation, Eastern philosophy and esoteric metaphysical practices with many remarkable teachers in the US, Asia and Europe, and this has led him to write extensively on these subjects. He has written the books Secrets of Dragon Gate (Penguin) which is about Dragon Gate Taoism, and Still as a Mountain, Powerful as Thunder (Shambhala) which is about Buddhist chi gung and meditation. Jonathan has a BA and an MFA from Columbia University. http://www.jonathanblank.com