About Us
Master Du(Shi Xingpeng) has held an undiminished enthusiasm kung fu from an early age. He was initially taught by his grandfather, who was a shaolin warrior monk and a bagua master.
He is a 32nd Generation Monk and he began studying at the temple when he was 9 years old. Master Du has reached his 8th Duan in Chinese Martial Arts and is considerred a National Master sportsman.
He immersed himself in the training and become proficient in many areas. He paid particular attention to his basic kicks, punches and forms and continues to heavily emphasise these components.
He is accomplished in shaolin boxing, bagua, xinyi, qigong, a variety of traditional forms, animal forms (mantis, tiger, eagle, monkey and snake), drunken forms - fist, staff and sword, 18 traditional shaolin weapons including spear, broadsword, chain whip, three section staff, hammer and ax.
Throughout his years of study he partook in many performances and competitions, obtaining strong results in many of these including several honours and medals. He has also travelled to Korea and Singapore, taking part in a variety of martial arts exchanges and athletic competitions.
He has done extensive travel with martial arts troupes throughout China and has travelled the length of the country and back performing and competing with some of the best in the sport.
His most notable achievements include: receiving first and seconds in international Wushu competitions, Dengfeng City Wushu competitions, Sanda Exchange Conference of the National Traditional Wushu Championships, the International Martial Arts Festival competition, National Youths Wushu competition, as well as traditional Shaolin boxing contests and a National Wushu Championships.
In 2006 he decided to stop training full time due to injuries. From here he started teaching both local and foreign students in a number of schools in China and has developed a keen understanding of how to approach each individual students training programme to suit them. His previous students come from all around the world: UK, US, Australia, NZ, Israel, France, Switzerland, Germany, Spain, South Africa and India to name a few.
He enjoys the challenges and changing philosophies that teaching foreign students brings and hopes to give a fresh and energizing training regime.
Masters Xu (Shi Yanhao)also came from a strong background in martial arts, and his grandfather started his training from a very young age. At the age of seven he started training in traditional martial arts in earnest as well as tai chi and boxing. Master Xu has reached his 6th Duan in Chinese Martial Arts and is considerred a National Master sportsman.
By age twelve he was studying full time in the Shaolin temple. Here he gained proficiency in traditional Shaolin kung fu fighting skills, sanda, Shaolin boxing and fighting skills, Qi Gong, wudang kungfu ,qinna,Bagua, traditional forms such as Ba Duan Jin, Yi Jin Jing, Shaolin Luohan, Tong Bei Quan, to name a few.
His weapon forms include: drunken sword, Shaolin Pudao, Shaolin Spear, Shaolin gun, whip, broadsword, three section, double spear, straight sword and many, many more!
It is clear that there is no one favoured weapon for a Shaolin. Master Xu has his favourites: drunken sword, pu dao (a large metal staff with a large clever like blade at the top), double spears and the whip. He states that he prefers these weapons as they are his specialities, and especially enjoys the whip forms he has learnt.
Because of the international fame of the Shaolin temple it receives a multitude of requests from film companies who wish to film in the area and use the students and masters as extras or casts members. Master Xu has participated in some films, most notably 鸿门宴 (the English title is listed as 'White Vengence), and you can see pictures from his time filming in his gallery page.
He has participated in martial arts competitions and large scale performances obtaining excellent results in the General Assembly Shaolin Boxing Tournament in Dengfeng (the home of the Shaolin temple) as well as traditional routine competitions, the Sanshou Exchange Games, a performance at the highly acclaimed Shanghai Expo and many performances at the Shaolin Temple stage ground. He spent some time in Zhengzhou to participate on traditional routine form and undertook Buddhist theory at the Shaolin temple during his time there.
Because of the accomplishments throughout his training and his undoubtable skill, Master u has received commendation from the temple's abbot and the head masters - a great and hard won honour for any maestro.
In 2010 he began to teach martial arts, namely to foreign students and has quickly built up a large range of experience. His training uses a no-nonsense approach, keeping students on their toes with many different teaching methods to help increase their abilities in all areas of kung fu. A great teacher with a friendly personality and an open outlook. When he takes on new students, he quickly gains them as friends