The official page for The Gulun Kungfu Academy Henan Province, China founded in 1996 by Master Wu NanfangMaster Wu Nanfang is the great, great grandson of Master Wu Gulun. He was born and brought up in Bai Yu Gou, the village of his ancestors.From an early age he studied Wugulun Kung fu - firstly with his great grandfather, the second Grandmaster, Wu Shanlin, and, after he died, with his granduncles, Wu You De and Qiao Hei Bao and lastly Zhang Qing He. Master Wu Nanfang has thus inherited the original Shaolin culture and traditions – Gu-Lun Sect that include Buddism, the original Shaolin Wugulun Kung fu, Medicine, and the secrets of XinYiBa - which have been passed down through the generations of the Wu family lineage.Sadly Master Wu Nanfang’s father died when the Master was a young child so, as the only son of the family, he took on the role of caring for his mother and sisters and later his own family. Never for a minute, however, did he forget his heritage and he continued to practise Wugulun Kung fu at every available opportunity.
In the following years, he studied the basic techniques of Kung Fu from Wu Nanfang, his master’s Kung Fu brother. In 2006, Guo Junxian went to San Huang Zhai Temple on Songshan Mountain to pursue the study of advanced level of traditional Shaolin Kungfu with his Master Shi Dejian for three years straight. Hello people, So I've been looking for some insite on some ideas lately, and I think /r/kungfu is the best place to go. Okay, so a little bit.
He tells the touching story of how he would visit Master Zhang Qing He, who was a doctor, to study kung fu with him. He would practise quietly by himself while the Master was attending to patients and then, in short intervals between patients, he would quickly have a lesson.
With the Master he discussed the lack of time available to him to practise and learned a valuable lesson: Zhang Qing He told him that everything he did, every minute of each day, was an opportunity to practise – even riding his bicycle back home!Master Wu Nanfang travelled in Henan teaching his Wugulun Kung fu to many students but in about 1988 he needed to return to his home to take care of his family. Many of his students followed him there and he continued to work and teach in the area.In 1990 Master Zhang Qing He requested him to come to the Shaolin Temple and introduce Dejian to him. Dejian, Wu Nanfang’s elder brother (Because they are fellow students of the same master they refer to each other as ’brother.). This was an important event for two reasons: Master Wu Nanfang became a Buddhist disciple of the then Shaolin Abbot, Master Suxi, who gave him his Buddhist name of Shi Defang, and he met Dejian for the first time, thus beginning a friendship that exists to this day.As time went on, Master Wu Nanfang and Master Shi Dejian became increasingly frustrated with the noise and chaos of the Temple and its focus on tourism, financial gain and the promotion of the ‘wushu’ style of Kung fu with its obvious money-making potential. They could no longer find a quiet space to practise or teach.In 2003 they both left.
Master Dejian went to San Huang Zhai, then just a tiny temple inhabited by two nuns and, with the nuns’ happy agreement, embarked on an ambitious project to build a large monastery and healing centre there to further the traditions of ChanWuYi, with an emphasis on herbal medicines and healing. Congratulations to Chengeng - and Emilio (Chan Quan Kungfu Bratislava) and Alessio (Gulun Kungfu Italia), for an extremely successful European Tour which has just finished.
A big thank you also to Shi HengYi (Shaolin Temple Europa) Marco Pallassini (Chan Dao Kungfu, Siena), Enrico Cauteruccio and Fabio Tarolli (Associazione Shaolin Kung Fu Firenze), and Shi Yan Xiang (Shaolin Temple Greece) for hosting excellent seminars at their respective schools. This was a huge experiment, nobody knew how well it would go, but the whole tour was excellent and everyone enjoyed it! Well done everybody ???. Pictures from day 2 and 3 of seminars in Greece ??Δεύτερη και τρίτη μέρα του εργαστηρίου Γκού Λουίν με τον Δάσκαλο Τσέν Γκένγκ. Last month the Wu family welcomed their newest member, Zeyu. Wenju, Master Wu Nanfang's son, and his wife, Dongzhe, already have one gorgeous little girl, Zeyuan. It is the Chinese custom for a mother and baby to spend the first month secluded and quiet so that the baby settles gently into its new world and family.
At the end of the month, the family holds a big party for family and friends to celebrate the birth of the new baby and give him or her their love and good wishes for a happy and healthy life. Welcome to our world, Zeyu!The photos were taken at the Academy and at the welcoming party. Gulun Kungfu Academy'XinYiBa an embodiment of the integration of life. XinYiBa is a practice to directly understand the laws of existence. Gulun Kungfu then becomes no longer a simple physical activity, but the practice and fulfilment of Chan'The moment you start to practice Gulun Kungfu movements and forms you are taking the first steps towards understanding the process of XinYiBa. Gulun Kungfu is XinYiba; XinYiBa is Gulun Kungfu.' Master Wu NanFangNo music no fancy camera work!
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Chen Geng in the grounds of the Gulun Kungfu Academy.#gulun #wugulun #xinyiba #shaolin #shaolinkungfu #chan #zen #qigong #wushanlin #chanwu #chanwuyi #traditionalshaolin #chengeng #wunanfangShang Fa and Jin Fa deal with closing the distance between you and the opponent, to initiate an attack. Jin Fa is the actual aproach, Shang Fa is the instant just before, when the mind and body prepare. These happen nearly simultaneously and so are described together. Approaching the opponent is the most dangerous part of combat.
There is a line or point just outside the ragne of angagement, maintained by footwork, that must be crossed to initiate an attack. Combat is spontaneous and dynamic, so to be responsive and appraoch with real effect, one must have deep understanding of mind and body.#gulun #wugulun #xinyiba #shaolin #shaolinkungfu #chan #zen #qigong #wushanlin #chanwu #chanwuyi #traditionalshaolin #chengeng #wunanfang. Some more pictures from the 2nd Seminar hosted by Emilio Pacini at his School Chan Quan Kung Fu Bratislava. So beautiful to see some returning students Landon Aurentz and Shiloh Romans from the US!
Gulun Kungfu is really bringing people together from all over the world. Congratulations to Chen Geng and all who worked so hard to make this Tour happen ??#gulun #wugulun #xinyiba #shaolin #shaolinkungfu #chan #zen #qigong #chanwu #chanwuyi #traditionalshaolin #chengeng #wunanfangSome brother from different countries did many km to attend the seminar with Chen Geng. All of them were studying in China in Academy of Master Wu Nanfang and now we meet again here in Bratislava.Gulun Kung Fu is unifying people! XingHong, (Isaac Kaufman ) with the permission of Master Wu NanFang founder of the Gulun Kung Fu Academy Henan China, would like to announce our first Seminar in the Americas! Invited and hosted by the Venerable Shi YanJian (Mark Steuver) 34th Generation Shaolin Temple Warrior Monk and the First Shaolin Monk to be born in the Americas.
XingHong direct student of Master Wu NanFang will teach the basics of Gulun Kung Fu at the “Peace Over Power” seminar this May, at Apache Lake Arizona, USA.We invite you all to join us. Gulun Kungfu AcademyChen Geng flies to Europe today and begins the FIRST EVER Gulun Kungfu Tour in Europe tomorrow (in Germany) WOW!!!! We hope this tour will be well supported so it can happen again next year, reach more countries and maybe, just maybe, we can invite Shifu Wu Nanfang as well!! ???I took many videos when I was last at the Academy.
Isaac helped me to upload them while still in China. Now back home I have to try myself!
This is my first try. Chen Geng giving a master class in Pan Gen. This is a basic form that all students learn and requires correct spine alignment, correct breathing, physical control, lower body strength and great flexibility.(so sorry it ends suddenly a few seconds before the end. The storage on the iPad wasnt quite enough.) Stand by for more videos in 2018!!!!! Starting on Monday 1st April!
Hope you can come!Information about Seminar 1. This seminar is actually a 7 day kungfu retreat – from 1-7 April - at the Shaolin Temple, Europa in Otterberg near Frankfurt. It will be hosted by Shi HengYi who recently visited the Gulun Kungfu Academy in China to train. His everyday teacher was Chen Geng. (for contact details see below)Here is Shi HengYi’s story:At the age of four, Shi Heng Yi started to practice in the arts of Shaolin. In 2001 he became a disciple of the first of five Shaolin Masters that were sent from SongShan Shaolin Temple, China, to pass on their culture in Germany: Da Shi Yanlin, Master Shi Yan Bao, Master Shi Yan Xin, Shi Yan Fei and Shi Ya Hai.
In 2010, Shi Heng Yi became the leading master and administrative head of the Shaolin Temple Europe, located in Otterberg, Germany, with the mission to promote and transmit ancient knowledge before this great wisdom gets lost.Shi Heng Yi says he feels very blessed to have the opportunity in 2016 to visit Master Wu Nanfang at his Academy in China and to be introduced to this very unique type of kungfu, with its deep roots in the Chan tradition within the Martial Practice. He also feels really blessed to have been trained by Laoshi ChenGeng, who patiently introduced him to a different yet similar view of what he had experienced in kungfu before. Shi Heng Yi thinks ChenGeng is an extraordinary, determined and skilled person and he is really glad to have met him.He also says that the kungfu way of life is a journey in learning to cultivate and integrate a meditative state into one’s daily life, and to experience its manifold benefits.
It is easy to say and to promote ‘Chan Wu Yi’, but it is a different quality to experience and get to know people that are living this way of life. It is difficult to find the right words to express what a valuable experience it could be for a person to live and train together with Chen Geng and the community of the Shaolin Temple Europe for the week-long retreat in April.Contact Details:Phone: +49 63.