1st American Shaolin Temple Cultural Festival

[wenshu]

I missed the evening demo. Where are the traditional performances or was it all <mostly> biaoyan wushu? Performance didn't look too lihai, seems they brought the reserve team. The main line up is probably on tour anyways.

I know I saw a brief clip of Yan Zhuang's beard doing Rou Quan, any others?

[wenshu]

Pity you can't see his name tag. I believe it said "Freedom".

[GeneChing]

We should have more vids coming up. You'll see. There was only a small sprinkling of chuantong in the first set, which was mostly hand forms. That being said, it was pretty fast paced biaoyan. The overall choreography kept up an engaging pace. The lighting and sound were very professional. It was one of the better shows I've seen, given that most shows are predominantly biaoyan.

Who was that dude? I thought he was with your school, wenshu.

[wenshu]

Who was that dude? I thought he was with your school, wenshu.

What a great picture.

I think his name is Shaolin Jubei.

[enoajnin]

I'm hoping that shot goes on the cover.

[GeneChing]

Traditional Kung Fu

I thought the qixing demo they did at UCLA was stronger.

[Pk_StyLeZ]

Awww...missed a great event....I miss the shaolin scene...

here is a video of the night performance..it the whole thing...camera angle kind of sucks at times...but good enough

totally different style then the usual shaolin performances I am use to seeing.
not much group forms. not much qiqong either (good, gets boring after seeing all the same qi qong trick over and over)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TfmoFPzFyYc

the uploader even have a lot of the competitors, didn't get to watch that portion yet.

[GeneChing]

Shaolin Warriors Animal Forms

Plus another 35 photos on fb.

We miss ya, Pk_StyLeZ. You can come back to Shaolin at any time. We've been standing strong for 1500 years. The door is always open.

[GeneChing]

...but amusing nonetheless.

2013 Abbot Shi Yongxin attended the welcoming banquet hosted by Robert Downey Jr.

[GeneChing]

This is one of our vids. It's the opening demo for the Evening Gala. Ed Parker American Kenpo Dream Team

Plus I posted 50+ more photos - ones that I took (which is why they are so blurry )

[GeneChing]

KFM covers the Shaolin Temple Cultural Festival

I do have more photos but I'm going to post them later as we have a new ezine article today.

[GeneChing]

Shaolin Temple cultural festival ends in Los Angeles (1/4)
2013-10-18 09:20 Ecns.cn Web Editor:Wang YuXia

The first Shaolin Temple cultural festival ends in Los Angeles of the United States on October 14, 2013. The three-day festival features cultural exhibitions, Kung Fu skills shows, cultural lectures and a martial arts competition. [Photo: China News Service / Mao Jianjun]

There are four photos if you follow the link above - I'd have to dig through the page source to cut & paste them into this post and I'm not going to do that.

Shaolin in Los Angeles
Global Times | October 17, 2013 16:58
By Shen Luo in Los Angeles
The first North American Shaolin Temple Cultural Festival was held at the Los Angeles Convention Center, attracting 3,000 Shaolin fans worldwide. Abbot Shi Yongxin said the festival not only builds an exchange platform for kung fu fans, but also provides a way to spread Shaolin culture.

3000 may be a little generous.

[GeneChing]

Shi Yan Yin: The Philosophy of Shaolin

Over 300 photos posted on fb (plus a few more on the subsidiary Pui Chan: Kung Fu Pioneer at Sunscreen West Festival album).

[GeneChing]

Shaolin Warriors Group Staff Demo

[GeneChing]

Abbot Shi Yong Xin, part 1
Abbot Shi Yong Xin, part 2