Classes at the Chinese Shao-lin Center of Portland introduce people of all experience levels to the basics of the1500 year old martial art Shao-lin Kung Fu (Shaolin Gongfu). The training includes physical conditioning, Internal and External Styles, Animal Styles, Empty Hand and Weapons forms, meditation, sparring, Ch'i Kung and T'ai Ch'i Ch'uan. Classes at the CSC Portland are affordable and thorough, offering the broadest range of training at the most reasonable prices in town. The class environment is cooperative, spirited and satisfying. The instruction is dynamic and detailed, emphasizing a technique-based, pragmatic approach to studying the full curriculum of traditional Chinese martial arts. All beginning classes are taught by Head Instructor and Third Degree Shao-lin Black Belt Joe Wieland.
Beginning classes are held:
- Tuesdays: 7:00 - 9:00 pm
- Wednesdays: 6:00 - 8:00 pm
- Thursdays: 6:00 - 7:00 pm
- Saturdays: 12:00 - 2:00 pm
My son and I have really enjoyed being involved in the Portland Shao-Lin program. I can't think of a better thing to be a part of that would have benefited us so much. We have both improved greatly, physically and mentally, over the past 18 months. We enjoy training together and it has brought us spiritually closer to one another.
- Rick, student
