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    Shaolin Kung Fu - the live theatrical show

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    Shaolin Kung Fu
    Date: Friday 23rd March 2012
    Location: Lake Kawana Community Centre, Lake Kawana

    Direct from China, Shaolin Kung Fu is set to captivate Australia with its high-octane kung fu mastery showcasing China’s most accomplished and spirited kung fu performers. Made famous by Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon, the Shaolin style of kung fu dates back 1,500 years and brings with it the traditions, power and majesty of 32 dynasties of kung fu fighting.

    Shaolin Kung Fu presents a dynamic mix of kung fu styles from weaponry using rods, three section staffs, fighting fans, lungchuans, knives and spears to choreographed animal-inspired fight scenes and meditative reflections. Each performance moves seamlessly into the next creating a heady mix of agility, flexibility, stamina and beauty.

    Set to an intoxicating soundtrack that mixes traditional Chinese songs with the modern beat of drums and rhythm, the action of Shaolin Kung Fu will have audiences transfixed from the very first beat.

    Shaolin Kung Fu
    Lake Kawana Community Centre
    Friday 23rd of March
    7pm
    Tickets: $35 / Concession $30 / Child or Student $25
    Gene Ching
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    Seems to be a lot of Shaolin live shows on tour right now.

    High-octane Kung Fu mastery direct from China

    With sold out shows around Australia, Sunshine Coast Council is proud to present a one off performance of China's most accomplished and spirited Shaolin Kung Fu monks at Lake Kawana Community Centre at 7pm on Friday 23 March 2012.

    The electrifying show is set to captivate audiences and involves a dynamic mix of kung fu styles, breathtaking pain enduring acts, weapon displays, rock smashing and jaw dropping acrobatics.

    Set to an exhilarating soundtrack that mixes traditional Chinese songs with the modern beat of drums and rhythm, Shaolin Kung Fu will have audiences transfixed from the very first beat.

    Made famous by the movie Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon, the Shaolin style kung fu dates back 1,500 years and brings with it the traditions, power and magnificence of 32 dynasties of kung fu fighting.

    The mastermind behind Shaolin Kung Fu is Master Shen, heir to the 32 dynasty Shaolin tradition who was trained as a monk in the Shaolin Temple from the age of 10. Master Shen spent 16 years learning the ancient ways of Buddhism, Taoism and kung fu fighting.

    Shaolin Kung Fu producer, Hao Zhou brings these performers to Australia to share the energy and mastery of this ancient art form.

    Ninety minutes spent in the company of these remarkable athletes will leave people breathless and desperate for more. To watch their power being drawn from their mental resolve and inner strength is awe-inspiring and is a show not to be missed.

    Cost to attend Shaolin Kung Fu is $35 for adults, concessions $30 and student/child $25. Tickets can be purchased online, in advance at the Lake Kawana Community Centre Box Office located at 114 Sportsmans Parade, Bokarina or by calling 5413 1400.

    Residents are urged to book early to avoid disappointment.
    March 15, 2012 02:21am
    Event review: Shaolin Kung Fu at Cairns Civic Theatre
    Jesse Kuch
    Monday, March 12, 2012

    China's Shaolin Kung Fu monks chopped, kicked and flipped their way through Cairns last Thursday to Saturday, to sell-out crowds at Cairns Civic Theatre.

    Make no mistake, Shaolin Kung Fu isn’t a blockbuster show with massive dollars spent on production values.

    It instead relies on the pure skill, dedication and endurance of its talented kung fu monks to carry the show through from start to finish – something that made the whole production a lot more authentic and in keeping the monk’s evidently spiritual ways.

    From graceful solo displays of various styles of Shaolin kung fu, through to mock one-on-one fights, weapons, displays of great pain endurance and the traditional lion dance, Shaolin Kung Fu gives a unique and very much traditional snapshot of one of the world’s oldest martial arts.

    It’s hard to pick the best part when the whole two-hour show is so captivating, but Master June’s rock smashing was definitely an early highlight, as was the opening to the second act, which featured two traditional Chinese lions playing with a kung fu fighter with a ball.

    Show producer Hao was also comical when he took to the stage between displays to explain to the crowd what was coming next.

    However, the pick had to come in the last two sequences, as the troop’s leader Master Shen finally took to the stage with a slow and stylistic display that resembled as much graceful ballet as it did martial arts.

    The show then finished with no less than 10 people from the crowd coming to stand on a board held up by only the chest of the Shaolin Kung Fu’s toughest monk.

    Most of the time the crowd didn’t know whether to hold their breath or applaud, but if the thunderous applause was anything to go by at the end, the packed house clearly enjoyed the show.

    I, for one, was rapt.

    Growing up on a healthy diet of Chinese kung fu movies as a child, it’s great to see all those moves you see in classics like Shaolin and The Wu-Tang and the 36 Chambers Of Shaolin aren’t just tricks of the camera.

    This was the real deal!

    >> Review by Jesse Kuch. Shaolin Kung Fu was at Cairns Civic Theatre from Thursday-Saturday last week. Shaolin Kung Fu is visiting Australia with the support and leadership of Grandmaster Yan, chairman of the Chinese Kung Fu Association and Grandmaster for the Oriental Institute of Martial Arts in China.
    Gene Ching
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    Author of Shaolin Trips
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