Houston Shaolin Kung Fu Academy & The Shaolin Monk Tour

[GeneChing]

bungbukuen, I must compliment you on your persistance. If nothing else, you've managed to rally some different Songshan Shaolin cousins here and it's nice to see everyone.

By strange coincidence, I saw Xinghao yesterday - it was a complete surprise. In fact, I saw all the Houston monks except for Deshan, but for anyone who knows the Houston Shaolin scene, that shouldn't be surprising. Anyway, it was great to see all of them, even if it was just for a fleeting moment. I'll report it all on the Shaolin Shows near SF as soon as I get a free moment.

[Songshan]

Well, it's been a few days so maybe BBK went away. He doesn't answer questions that are proposed to him. Hey Gene, glad you got a chance to say hi to SXH. Hope the event turned out well. I won't see SXH until tomorrow.

[Pk_StyLeZ]

ITS TODAy
SEE U SHAOLIN BROTHERS/SISTERS TONIGHT AT 7????
=)
ill be there

[Songshan]

Well, I attended the 2pm showing on Saturday. I must say it was a nice show....at least I enjoyed it. For some strange reason I can never get tired watching these shows. I was able to get most of it on my digital camera but my battery was dieing towards the end of the second half

I heard the 7pm show was even better!! If anyone was able to chat with the performers can you post which school they were from??

[Pk_StyLeZ]

Well, I attended the 2pm showing on Saturday. I must say it was a nice show....at least I enjoyed it. For some strange reason I can never get tired watching these shows. I was able to get most of it on my digital camera but my battery was dieing towards the end of the second half

I heard the 7pm show was even better!! If anyone was able to chat with the performers can you post which school they were from??

it was ok
i seen better
the old school generations were a lot better
they didnt impress me that much
some of the fightin scene were a little bit slow
posed too much in my opinion
poses were ugly too imo
but it was good to watch
the *fight 13 monks* were a little bit different, usually both monk *dies* and dont pas, but this one monk passes.
i found that weird.
didnt get to talk to performers cuz i have slack of chinese skills even though for some reason shifu xing hao keep talkin to me in chinese and keep thinkin i know it. lolz it was good to see him again. =)

[GeneChing]

The group demo form that reinacts two monks trying to pass the trial by combat is called Dashanmen or 'big mountain gate'. Usually it ends with a hard qigong demo with the 2nd monk losing. If he passed, did it end with the hard qigong?

Did Xinghao know these monks?

[Pk_StyLeZ]

The group demo form that reinacts two monks trying to pass the trial by combat is called Dashanmen or 'big mountain gate'. Usually it ends with a hard qigong demo with the 2nd monk losing. If he passed, did it end with the hard qigong?

Did Xinghao know these monks?

lolz gene i know the da shan men form....and yeah it usually end with a hard qi qong and the *master abbot* kicking his booty.
but this one he(*abbot*) didnt even fight the monk trying to leave, nor there was hard qi gong. so that why i said it was realy different.
and usually after the first monk dont passes, the 2nd monk dont need to start over and fight from the first person agian, well on this performance he started t fight from monk#1 again.

i dont know if xing hao knew any of the monks or not, but he took them around i heard?

[Songshan]

The dashanmen demo did not end in hard qi gong. The tour was kind of interesting. It was a combo of a general demo, did a quick story on the monks saving the emperor (like the wheel of life), the Dashanmen demo, and a few other things. The monk eating glass was a new one on me....never seen that before!!

SXH did not know the group at first. I believe he had an opportunity to spend some time with them when they arrived in town. I havent talked to SXH since the show...school was closed for the 4th of July so I should see him Thursday.

[Songshan]

Yep, SXH did spend some time with the monks. They were from one of the local villages outside of Shaolin....I forgot the name of the village . At any rate the monk tours are far and very few around the Houston area so it's nice when they come through.

My favorite produced show was the Wheel of Life that came out of the UK. Ironically, the performers were monks and theater actors.....nevertheless it was a fine show....if only I could get my hands on the soundtrack

[Pk_StyLeZ]

ok i don tknow who posted these up on youtube
but here is some sample clips from the demo tour

http://www.youtube.com/profile?user=prodigf5ve
*go to the right hand side and click view all videos to watch like 7-8 clips

here another one
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jUrO1...search=shaolin