Styles and Training Techniques taught

The diversity of the Kung Fu knowledge taught at the Portland Chinese Shao-lin Center ensures preparedness for any self-defense situation, and guarantees a full lifetime of learning!

An abridged list of the styles taught at the Chinese Shao-lin Centers

Empty Hand Forms

• Northern and Southern Fist (Pei Ch'uan / Nan Ch'uan)
• Hua Fist (Hua Ch'uan)
• Drunken Fist (Pa Hsien-8 Immortals)
• Chin Na (Holds & Counters)

Animal Styles

• Black Tiger (Hei Ch'uan)
• White Crane (Pai Hao)
• Monkey (Hou Ch'uan)
• Preying Mantis (Tang Lang)
• Tiger/Crane form (He Hu Shuang Hsing)
• Shao-lin Original Five Animal form (Shao-lin U Hsing Ch'uan)

Classical Weapons

• The Monk's Staff (Pang)
• The Broadsword (Tao)
• The Kwan Tao
• The Spear (Ch'iang)
• The Double-edged Sword (Chien)
• The Tiger Hook Swords (Hu Tou Gou)
• The Butterfly Swords (T'ie Tao)
• The Iron Fan(San)
• The 3-Sectional Staff (San Chie Kuen)
• The 9-Sectional Steel Whip (Chou Chie San Pien)

Internal Training

• Ta Mo's I Chin Ching (Muscle-Tendon Change Classic)
• Hua To's Five Animal Frolics (Wu Hsing Ch'uan)
• Yueh Fei's 18 Continuous Postures (Se Pa Kwan)
• San He Chien ( Three Measures Fist – Iron Monk Training)

Internal Fighting Styles

• T'ai Chi Ch'uan( Grand Ultimate Fist)
• Pa Kua Chang (8 Changes of the Palms)
• Hsing I Ch'uan (Mind/Form Fist)
• Fu Chia Ch'uan( Buddha Family Fist)