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SUMMER PROGRAM FOR CHILDREN IN SHAOLIN.
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My teacher and I are thinking of having a plan for children to come train for one month during the summer holiday. His school is located 15 minutes from the Shaolin temple. My teacher here runs a school of about 20 full time Chinese children ages from to 18, teaching Shaolin kung fu.He also teaches groups of foreign students that travel here as tourist. He is friendly and easy going. Any parents here interested send me PM.
We need a good 'Children in Shaolin' thread. Did your summer program succeed last summer?
This Children's program is in Hong Kong's Lantau Island facility.Quote:
Forget iPads and video games – how about kung fu for Hong Kong children?
Parents who have signed up their kids swear by martial arts to instil discipline and promote physical well-being
PUBLISHED : Sunday, 22 October, 2017, 3:25pm
UPDATED : Monday, 23 October, 2017, 2:50pm
Raymond Yeung
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In one synchronised motion, they punch the air with their fists, keeping their feet firmly planted on the ground, their brows furrowed in intense concentration as part of a Chinese martial arts showcase.
But the fierce wushu demonstration comes from unlikely pint-sized performers – these are four to five-year-old Hong Kong children from a kindergarten in North Point.
Leading a separate charge is an older 12-strong troupe of masters from the Shaolin Monastery, a Buddhist temple in Henan province famed for its martial arts training.
The masters were invited by cable car operator Ngong Ping 360 to perform and conduct workshops for a month on Lantau Island, while the children, who also came to display their skills, are from a martial arts course organised by a local kindergarten.
Ten parents watch proudly as their little ones strut their kung fu stuff on stage. The show caps the grand finale of martial arts training for the children, who signed up a year ago.
In this age, allowing children ample time for physical exercise – in between tedious school work and extracurricular activities – can be quite a challenge.
In a city where the young are given electronic devices even before turning one, as found by a government survey in August, there have been concerns over the physical development of children.
And kung fu lessons may be the perfect solution.
Sam Wong, who enrolled his son Nicholas into a basic course early this year, said the changes had been remarkable.
“At first he would cry and refuse to head for class. But gradually he got comfortable and it was all positive from there onwards,” Wong said, adding that his son had become braver and more outgoing.
“It’s a group activity, so he gets to socialise with his classmates. They also have to obey instructions, so he has learned to be more disciplined as well.”
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Shaolin kung fu masters performing at Ngong Ping on Lantau Island. Photo: Edward Wong
Fellow parent Simon Kan had similar observations. “My daughter has become more confident and courageous … I don’t think kung fu is just for boys. She now looks forward to every class,” Kan said.
Meanwhile, the 12-strong Shaolin troupe said there were plenty of health benefits for practising martial arts.
Zhang Yuchao, the oldest at 22, has been training since he was seven. “There are many elements – coordination, stamina, strength, just to name a few,” he said.
Wong Tung-tai, principal of St Paul’s Church Kindergarten, organiser of the children’s course, said she came up with the idea after teachers had signed up for a similar class provided by a vendor as part of a mental well-being programme for staff.
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Kids from St Paul's Church Kindergarten meet Shaolin kung fu masters at a showcase. Photo: Edward Wong
“The kung fu masters told me that such lessons are not only for adults, so we set up two classes for our children,” she said.
The overwhelming response has prompted her to set up a third class this school year, with about 90 pupils now in the programme.
“We want the children to learn to be focused and well-behaved. We don’t want them to use kung fu moves to bully their peers, so discipline is an integral part of the lesson,” she said.
Hi Gene yes we had several foreign children students come for two weeks to train. They enjoyed it and went well. Of course there are plenty of fulltime children studying in the many schools in Dengfeng and within the Shaolin compounds. They all seem genuinely happy with what they are doing.
Gene on a side note, is there anyway to block members from seeing or participating in your post here? Seems I have a stalker. Facebook has a nice method of eliminating this problem by making the blocked members unable to see or interact with their object of obsession. It might be difficult to implement in a message board, but it does make for a friendly interaction between the members.
You can block seeing someone but that still allows them to post - you just won't see it. Not quite the same as fb, but out of sight, out of mind. Generally if you don't feed the trolls, they move on and if you can't see them, you don't feed them.Quote:
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But we all have stalkers here. It's an online forum, which is quite different than social mediums like fb. We're a searchable database. :cool:
Yes you are right Gene don't feed the trolls, just ignore the trolls and stalkers, and they will move along to annoying someone else cause that's how they spend their time. Across the street from where I teach English there is a group of little Shaoliners that train in cool brown outfits, next week I will take picture of them and post in this thread.