Brown Belt Classes

  • Pai He’ Chuan Tse’

    “White Crane Spins the Wings”

Black Belt Classes

  • Internal Black Belt Class- “Classical Pa Kua Chang” Saturdays 10am – 11am and Mondays 7pm – 8pm.

    Regular Black Belt Class- “He Hu Tao Sin” Black Tiger Yanks the Heart / Saturdays 11am – 12:30pm and Wednesdays 7pm – 8:30pm.

Focus Classes

  • Shaolin Fitness!

    This “Fitness Class” is open to all Shaolin students and their friends. Every Monday in February and March from 6pm to 7pm.

     

Special Events

  • 2nd Road of the Shaolin Double Dagger

    Saturday March 17, 2012 / 11am – 3pm Open for White Belts and above!

History

The legend of the Shao-Lin Temple is infamous throughout all of China and the Martial Arts World!

Shao-Lin Ssu (Young Forest Temple)

At the foot of Sung Shan (Sung Mountain), built approximately 495 AD, lies Shao-Lin Ssu, the Shao-Lin temple.  Legend states that the Shao-Lin monks hired instructors to teach them self defense skills to help them ward off bandits.  With determination and focus the monks grew stronger.  Learning, collecting and developing different forms and styles of fighting arts.  Thus, the legend of the Shao-Lin Fighting Monks was born!

Ta MoIt was in the sixth century (approximately 520 AD) that Ta Mo, known as Bodhidharma in India, crossed the Himalayas and made his way to the Shao-Lin Temple.  There, he taught the Shao-Lin monks the 49 postures of the I Chin Ching, the “Muscle Change Classic”. Throughout the centuries the Shao-Lin monks added to and perfected their art, and it spread to other temples.  The monks of the Fukien, Shantung, Omei, Kwangtung, Wutang, and Hua Mountain temples focused their attentions on various aspects of the art.  Northern and Southern Fist, Shantung Black Tiger, Fist of Hua Mountain, White Crane, Iron Bone Training, Tai Chi Ch’uan, including a wide variety of long and short range weapons are just a few of the styles and training methods practiced.

Shao-Lin Kung Fu still exists today, over fifteen hundred years after Ta Mo’s arrival at the Shao-Lin Ssu.  His 49 postures of the I Chin Ching and much of the subsequent material has survived.  The Shao-Lin Art has prevailed despite various attempts to eradicate it.  The Shao-Lin Monastery is still standing and allows visitors, as does the cave where Ta Mo is believed to have meditated for nine years.

Chinese Shao-Lin Center, Boise

In 1990 the Chinese Shao-Lin Center in Boise opened its doors for business.  As the head instructor, Master John D. Keller is a 6th degree black belt certified under Grandmaster Sin Kwang The’ to teach the art of Shao-Lin.

Master John started his training in 1980 in Denver, Colorado.  For 30 years he has dedicated his time to training in Shao-Lin’s numerous fighting styles and training techniques.  To this day he continues his training directly with Grandmaster Sin The’ as well as with other masters within the  Shao-Lin organization.