Sit on the floor in a crossed-leg or lotus position. Begin the Shaolin meditation by focusing on your breath. Visualize negative energy being released as you breatheout. Refocus your mind by concentrating on your breathing when yourthoughts wander. Alea Barasuain Pundit. Can you train at the Shaolin Temple? Jeaneth Stahlhoven Pundit. Can Shaolin monks have hair? Hair is associated with eroticism and sexualityand as a means to attract the opposite sex.
So, Buddhistmonks Shaolin monks always completely shave their headand beard,showing their commitment to the Holy Life Brahmacariya of one gone forth into the homeless life. Philipe Iribar Pundit. Can foreigners become Shaolin Monks? At the Shaolin Temple at Songshan inDengfeng, Henan, monks routinely take on foreigners for training. Usually the junior monks are assigned to teachoutsiders. Maelle Eneriz Pundit. Who created kung fu?
Nicolo Humer Pundit. How is kung fu different from karate? Karate is generally said to be more linear while Kung Fu tends to be more circular.
What this means is that Karate movements tend to take you forward with momentumtowards your target, while Kung Fu movements shift weightlaterally and rely more on reacting to your target'sattacks. Cordell Eggarth Teacher. What martial art do Shaolin monks practice? Shaolin Kung Fu is still practiced by the monks. In fact, they have become world famous entertainers,as their art is beautiful to watch. Interestingly, as the Shaolin style has morphed and taken on many differentsub-styles, its hardcore self-defense core has lost out to the moreshowy styles, like Wushu.
Orest Pfenniger Supporter. Do monks get married? Monastics in Japan are particularly exceptional in theBuddhist tradition because the monks and nuns canmarry after receiving their higher ordination. A nun in Taiwangave birth. Some Korean monks live with wives in theirmonasteries.
Yani Jurnove Supporter. Why do Buddhist monks wear orange? Orange was chosen mainly because of the dyeavailable at the time. The tradition stuck and orange is nowthe color of choice for Theravada Buddhist followers inSoutheast Asia, as opposed to a maroon color for Tibetan monks. Jorn Guerediaga Supporter.
Why do Shaolin monks shave their heads? I would love to do this one day. You are so blessed to be able to travel. I have previously trained in Kung Fu Lao Gar but am interested in taking my training to black belt level. How long does this take with the Shaolin monks? I am interested to know so I can start saving as I would love to live and train with them!
You can stay there as long as you want. But you pay per week. Anyway, I wrote about my experience which is more than one year ago. I have no idea how it is there now. All the best with your training! Realy would love to get away form z rat race for about a year would you say that could be done with them.
By the time I finish my three months of Jiu Jitsu here, I may just have a cool pointy beard like that haha! Thanks for telling me about this! Is it Brazilian or traditional Japanese Jiu Jitsu?
Hey hi Steve, sounds great. How much did your training food accommodation cost please? Hey Jane! I renewed my visa in Dali City Xiaguan. As I wrote in the article the cost for the food and accommodation was Yuan per week. If someone were to have the intention of staying their for months, how would they go about doing that, in regards to communicating with the Sifu, raising finances, obtaining a proper Visa, etc.? You just go there and start the training and if you like it you stay longer.
You pay week by week. About the visa it totally depends what country you come from and what visa regulations you have. But you can find all the information about obtaining and extending the visa on the internet. Hi Stevie, is there a set amount of time you have to stay? How important was having any Manderin?
Hey James! There is no minimum time to stay, but you pay per week in advance. Mandarin is not necessary because the kids who were teaching us spoke some English. But I have no training in Martial Arts. I am just a regular generally very well fit man. But living with monks in a temple has been a life dream for me. How is the level of the training, and what do the shaolin monks expect us to know from before? Hei Per! No prior experience with Kung Fu or Martial Arts is needed. So the training will be as hard as you want it to be.
You will have to decide about the intensity of your training and your commitment with it yourself. Anyway, I was there long time ago.
Hi, is it possible to stay in the temple for more than a year? If so would you have to pay the 80 usd per week? Also, would it be possible to live there indefinitely? If the kids were living there since 8 yrs how did they get there? Yes, it was around 80 USD per week when I was there. OMG that must have been sooooo amazing. If I was to stay there a month could I really learn kung fu. I feel it would be the perfect place, without all the worldly distractions.
Sure, you can learn Kung Fu even in one day. In one month you learn more than in one day and less than in one year. It takes about 10 yrs for the especially gifted to master their animal style.
Go simply to experiance life as a monk. But dont expect to do anything with the kung fu you learn. Especially since your teachers who are teenagers that dont take training seriously themselves. Thanks so much for this excellent post. It has greatly inspired me to pick up an old dream of training kung fu in China. I had studied Wing Chun when I was younger, but once I started college it fell by the wayside along with that dream of China. I am heading to Nepal to trek the Annapurna Circuit, and I randomly found this post.
Again, thank you for writing this! Best of luck on your current adventure! I will try to spend some time keeping up with your more current posts as you seem to have an absolutely fantastic lifestyle that is motivating and inspiring. Keep it up! Hey Michael! Thanks for the kudos. I wish you all the best for your trip in Nepal and China. Old dreams should never be forgotten! Hi stevie! Hello Harry! No, it was basic Kung Fu trainig.
Not highly sophisticated. Kicks, Punches and some technique sequences like Katas. The basic stances of course, some strengh training and a lot of streching. Hi Stevie! I absolutely loved reading ur experience there, but I have one question…in those daily exercises, is praying to Buddha for example required or praying in general? Btw I hope u have a great time in Finland! The monks are very easy going and you do what you can do and put as much effort in your training as you wish.
There is no one who drills you or pushes you to train hard. I noticed that a lot of those that went to train with the monks are male. Are females invited to these? Hey Stevie!! Good read.. I have been diagonised with panic attacks just some 20 days back.. Was there any pathology healing done where u were staying.. It definitely is a great place where I found a deeper sense than just the training.
The buddhist temple was for me also a place to find inner peace. The monks have a special ceremony every Sunday when they pray to the Medicine Buddha. And every full moon and every new moon there are even bigger ceremonies at the medicine temple. Hi Stevie. My fiance and I are getting married in January and plan on going backpacking in China for our honeymoon. Are couples allowed? We are big nature fans and would also like to get immersed into the culture while we are there!
Thanks in advance! Congratulations on your marriage! Backpacking in China is a great idea for your honeymoon! Dali is a quite touristy city but very alternative and untypical for China, so make sure to plan to spend some days in Dali Old Town.
Nearby is also the big Erhai Lake which is beautiful to explore by bike or scooter. Very close is also the small village of Xizhou with picturesque and old buildings — check it out! First of all, great article! Me and my friend would love to experience something like this and it seems really awesome, I have just one question for you: is it mandatory there to do the martial art? Because thing is — I would love to go there mostly because of the martial arts aspect, not so much buddhism, but my friend would like to meditate, find zen etc.
Is it possible to be there and just get into buddhism or are you supposed to learn the art? Hey man! Most people will go there for the training. Hey stevie, Im planning on going to a shaolin temple i. Febuary , Im looking to stay about a year and i want to learn kung fu, the chinese language and just to get some rest from everything here in my country.
I have a few question, how do i get a visa for a year, how do i get health care insurance their and is it even possible to stay that long?
I hope you can help me. Best regards Bas. Hey Bas! About staying there I would go there for a week and see if you like it there at all. Then you can talk with them about staying longer. I also have no idea how it is there now. Im planning on leaving in febuary and i were wondering.
How does it work with healthcare, Do i take toothpaste etc? How to wash clothes? What are usefull things to take? Im going there for a year Thanks in advance Bas. Curious what the monks do as well for this! Do you just show up ready to join and start the next day?
Or do you contact them some way in advance? Thank you for your time it would mean alot to hear back from you! Thx so much, greetings from a fellow Austrian Ps I might still go back there for a week in January as I am anyway visiting friends in old dali town, I ll keep you updated about the conditions!
Hey Hanna! Good to hear that there are some fellow Austrians around! Enjoy China! Hi bro, trough hard work training, how long does it take to be like them, I mean to be same level like them, And is there electricity there, I wanna carry my electronics.
You just need to find a monk there that is taking foreign students and ask to become a disciple. After taking the oath and performing the ritual I've witnessed this myself , you will receive a Chinese monk name.
But you are not a real Shaolin monk, just a disciple. They probably have a special term for this, I forget. Eventually, your monk will award you with sifu title if you've been with him for long enough and have become suitably skilled. And then you can open a school and start teaching. You can still open your own school and begin teaching before that, but you just can't refer to yourself as a sifu before your monk grants you that title.
I asked a friend of mine who happens to be a disciple under a Shaolin monk and who is a sifu what the oath of discipleship involves. And specifically if it involves becoming a Buddhist in any way.
Here's his answer:. The discipleship oath consists of 5 core vows of which being Buddhist is not one of them. The monks make 7 vows, 2 more in addition to their core discipleship vows which include taking refuge.
In a nutshell and not in any particular order, the vows are:. Training martial arts in china. It is however very rare and usually takes extreme dedication and over a lot of time. You have to find a Warrior Monk who teaches foreigners and accepts disciples, though of course becoming a disciple is never guaranteed. There are however schools that maturer monks have started at various locations in China that also teach foreigners. If you have a true interest and passion in Chinese Kung Fu, then you can still accomplish a great deal by following that path.
Whether you achieve the desired status or not, should be a second focus than acquiring the skill and harnessing your inner potential.
I hope this helps. The true shaolin temple was destroyed in the 17th century; monasteries today just call themselves shaolin without any real connection to the original authentic shaolin.
If you want to learn shaolin kung fu, you have to learn hung ga, lau ga, choi ga, li ga, mok ga, wing chun and hap ga. Those are the authentic shaolin styles passed on to laymen before the temple was destroyed. Today's "shaolin" temple does have its own martial arts, but it is not the legendary shaolin kung fu. Sign up to join this community.
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Viewed 50k times. Improve this question. Michel Michel 1 1 gold badge 2 2 silver badges 5 5 bronze badges. You may want to try googling some of them and contacting them by email for some 1st hand accounts. Someone I know recently became a master with no previous experience — LemmyX.
Add a comment. Active Oldest Votes. I believe your monk will also award you the title of master. I'm not sure. Here's his answer: The discipleship oath consists of 5 core vows of which being Buddhist is not one of them.
In a nutshell and not in any particular order, the vows are: Being a good person and compassionate and helpful to those in need. Defending Shaolin Temple. Not killing.
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