| Welcome to the Shaolin Wushu Center Online |
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| The Shaolin Wushu Center is owned and operated by China's two-time all around wushu champion, fight scene choreographer, and gongfu film star Grand Master Hu Jianqiang, and his wife, former Zhejiang Wushu Team coach and international wushu judge, Master Zong Jianmei. Established in 1997, the Shaolin Wushu Center is one of the leading centers for the study of Chinese martial arts in America. |
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| The Center offers a variety of classes in Gongfu and Taiji for athletes of all ages and athletic abilities--from the novice to the seasoned international competitor. Training is available in many styles of open-hand and weapons traditions, including northern and southern fist, staff, broadsword, straight sword, 9-section chain-whip, mimetic animal styles such as praying mantis, snake and eagle, and the health-enhancing arts of taiji and qigong. |
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| The Shaolin Wushu Center also has an international exchange program with the Zhejiang Province Wushu Team that gives our students the opportunity to visit and train in China. |
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| For a short video tour, please watch this Introduction to the Shaolin Wushu Center video clip. |
| Center News |
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 Coming Soon: Shaolin Wushu Center, L.A.!!! |
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| The Shaolin Wushu Center is soon to have a sister school on the West Coast...Santa Monica, California to be exact. Stay tuned for news about the Grand Opening!! |
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| New Taiji Class: Tui Shou / Dui Lian |
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| Beginning Wednesday, May 7, Master Li Jianqiang, former member of the Zhejiang Wushu Team, will teach a Taiji class focusing on Push Hands (Tui Shou) and Combat Form (Dui Lian). This class is open to all Taiji and Gongfu students. |
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| 2008 Wushu Summer Camps |
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| This year the Shaolin Wushu Center will host four summer wushu camps; an Adult / Teen Summer Camp at the UCLA campus in Los Angeles, a Children's Summer Camp, also at UCLA, and two Children's Summer Camps at the Shaolin Wushu Center in South Windsor, CT. In addition to daily wushu training, there will be classes in drama and Chinese language, swimming, sports and other activities. Here's a short RealMedia® video clip from the 2007 Adult / Teen Summer Camp. Please see the flyers for each by clicking on the above links. |
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| 2008 China Cultural Exchange Trip |
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| The Shaolin Wushu Center's 12th China Trip will include a cultural exchange visit with Daoist priests at Wudangshan. All are welcome to join the Shaolin Wushu Center family on this trip; you needn't be a member of the Center. Please contact the Shaolin Wushu Center for detailed information. |
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| New Children's "Casting Call" Class |
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| Beginning November 3, the Shaolin Wushu Center is offering a new kungfu drama class for children aged 5 through 12. Children will learn acting skills and take part in film projects. |
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| NBC 30 Health & Wellness Festival |
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| On Sunday, October 21, Students of the Shaolin Wushu Center performed taiji and gongfu at NBC Channel 30's annual Health & Wellness Festival. Here are some pictures from the performance. |
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| 2007 Summer Camp |
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| The Annual Shaolin Wushu Center Summer Camp this year was held on the UCLA campus in Los Angeles. Besides wushu training, the Chinese students studied English and the American students studied Mandarin Chinese. Other activities included swimming, basketball, volleyball, movie making, and trips to Disneyland and Universal Studios. Here are some pictures from the camp. |
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2007 Greater Hartford International Chinese Martial Arts Festival Pictures | |
| The 3rd Greater Hartford International Chinese Martial Arts Festival was a great opportunity to see old friends and make many new ones. the tournament and seminars. Here are some pictures from the tournament and performance, and here are the tournament Grand Champions. |
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| New Black Tiger Instructional Video |
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| The latest in "The Wushu Forms of Hu Jianqiang" instructional video series is "Black Tiger". Please visit the Wushu Videos page for more information on this and other great instructional videos. |
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| 11th China Cultural Exchange Trip |
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| This year, the Shaolin Wushu Center hosted two cultural exchange trips to China. The first was a 28 day wushu training tour and the second was a 17 day standard tour.Both groups met in Qingdao, Shandong Province, and traveled together for two weeks. More pictures will be added, but you can click here to see what we have so far. |
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| 2006 USA / China Wushu Performance DVD Now Available |
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| The 2006 USA / China Cultural Exchange Wushu Performance is now available on DVD. Please visit the Wushu Videos page for more information. |
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| 2006 Greater Hartford International Chinese Martial Arts Tournament |
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| Photos from the 2006 Greater Hartford International Chinese Martial Arts Tournament and USA / China Cultural Exchange Weekend are now online. |
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| Chinese New Year Photos |
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| The Shaolin Wushu Center Demo Team performed for four Chinese New Year parties this year. These photos are from the performance at Yale University for the Association of Chinese Students & Scholars at Yale. |
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| 2005 All China Games - Zhejiang Women's Wushu Team #1 in China |
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| The All China Games are the equivalent of the Chinese Olympics and occur every 4 years. The 10th All China Games took place in Nanjing in October, 2005. The winners of each of the sports competitions will go on to compete in the international Olympics. Once again, the ladies of our sister school in Hangzhou, the Zhejiang Province Wushu Institute, have proven themselves to be the best in China. Please visit the Video Clips page to see some clips of the winners. |
