Ancient mural from the Shaolin Temple in Henan, China, featuring the legendary Shaolin Monk’s in training, click HERE for more on the Way of Shaolin.
SUB-SYSTEMS OF THE SHAOLIN FIVE FORM FIST SYSTEM, A SYSTEM LINEAGED VIA AND IN THE TRADITION OF THE KOUSHU MOVEMENT IN CHINA- CLICK HERE FOR MORE ON THE HISTORY OF THE CHINESE KOUSHU ARTS and SEE SIFU MIKE’S BOOK ON THE RARE SHAOLIN BUTTERFLY STYLE FOR MUCH MORE ON THE SHAOLIN FIVE FORM FIST SYSTEM OF KUNG FU.
Thanks to Shidoshi Aiden Middleton for the kanji.
Logo from Sifu Mike’s teachers’ school, White Lotus Martial Arts Center, est. 1977. His teacher is also Headmaster of the White Lotus Five Form Fist Shaolin Kung Fu System (Bai Lien Wu Xing Ch’uan Fa). “Ancient Treasures For Modern Times,” and “Survive and Thrive in Your World” are two of the school motto’s.
Ancient mural from the Shaolin Temple in Henan, China of the legendary Shaolin Monks in training.
Sifu Mike (right) with his teacher White Lotus Shaolin Five Form Fist Headmaster Lao Shr Tao Chi Li, 1990, posing with other students in postures from Short Form of the Tiger.
Lao Shr Tao Chi Li with Grandmaster Gao Ji Wu of Beijing, China. GM Gao is the Headmaster of the Gao Family Bagua System and is very prominent in the Beijing Bagua Society and Bagua world-wide; photo is from a seminar Sifu Mike hosted in New Britain, CT, circa 2002.
Shaolin Five Form Fist Headmaster Tao Chi Li, double Butterfly Knives, 1980.
Lao Shr Tao Chi Li leading Tai Chi at St. Francis Hospital Fitness Center in Hartford, CT, early 1990’s.
White Lotus Headmaster Tao Chi Li with Pekiti-Tirsia Kali Supreme Tuhon Leo T. Gaje, Jr., early 1980’s.
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