Mountain Gate Academy

Following on from a discussion in class please view this old clip of how to do and use this Jiben Gong skill. http://youtu.be/AxHV1Y__fhE

Welcome to 2012 and the start of the training year. At the end of last year, in class, we had a discussion about putting some form walkthroughs online for members. Well here they are! These clips are completely unedited so sometimes I do go off on strange tangents but the correction follows so not too […]

To all of the current members of the Mountain Gate Academy I wish you all of the best for the holiday season.   Thank you all for making this yet another enjoyable year of sharing Gong Fu and I look forward to doing it all again next year.     As a bit of a […]

Just some details about the workshop at Qi Therapy Centre. Here are the contact details for the centre.   Telephone:   (03) 6330 3514   Email:   reception@qi.au.com   Address:   Unit 1 16 Freshwater Point Road Legana TAS 7277   Remember to please bring training clothes, including shoes, towel ,drink bottle, lunch and snacks, […]

Over 1500 years ago, a Buddhist monk, named Bodhidharma (Pu Ti Da Mo in Chinese, or most commonly Da Mo), travelled to China to spread Buddhist teachings. After an unsuccessful meeting with the local royalty Da Mo travelled to a newly established monastery on Song Mountain called Song Mountain Young Forest Monastery – Song Shan […]

Shaolin Lien Huan Quan (Shaolin Linked Rings Boxing) is the second level fist form. Shaolin Lien Huan Quan is the second in a series of three introductory fist forms in the Shan Men Shaolin Quan curriculum. The three forms are Wu Bu Quan (Five Step Boxing), Lien Huan Quan (Linked Rings Boxing) and Lien Huan […]

Shaolin Xiao Hong Quan is probably the most well known fist form from the Song Shan Shaolin Monastery. Xiao Hong Quan was developed during the Qing Dynasty and remains a major style in Shaolin Monastery to this day. When the monastery lost its library in the fire of 1928 almost all of the martial manuscripts […]

Of all of the southern Chinese systems taught in Mountain Gate Academy, one of the most intriguing is the esoteric system known as Shaolin Mezong Quan – the Shaolin Labyrinth of Shadows Boxing. History The Shan Men Shaolin Mezong Quan system is a revised and refined form of the Shaolin Mezong Qi Fa Quan system […]

Shan Men Shaolin Mezong is an esoteric Southern style that uses a diverse range of techniques to confuse and overcome an opponent. An expansive system it contains many animal styles ( 12 in total – Tiger, Crane, Snake, Leopard, Dragon, Monkey, Mantis, Ox, Lion, Eagle, Drunkard, and  Phoenix) but is predominately a Dragon system. With […]

Shaolin Lien Huan Quan, Shaolin Linked Rings Boxing, is a classic Shaolin Temple form of moderate popularity today. As the form is reasonably short many students learn this form before Xiao Hong Quan. In many schools this form is now replacing Wu Bu Quan as the first form taught to beginners which is a pity […]