Is Shaolin-Do for real?

[Judge Pen]

There are nine 8th degrees and one 9th. If the Soards split - or get thrown out - I would expect some super grand master title to pop up in Denver.

As to the rest, only Leonard and Smith have egos big enough to make themselves grand masters - but they are the most loyal to Sin The. So, they will not be splitting.

Of the remaining six 8th degrees I don't see Mingione or Price going anywhere.

Grooms and Mullins both appear to be gone already. That leaves us with Green and Nance as possible defectors. Don't know much about Green - but I don't see Grooms, Mullins or Nance making themselves grand masters. They will just teach what they feel best about teaching.

There's also Mingogne (sp?). He doesn't have a large class, but he is up there in rank and skill.

It would not surprise me if any/all the defectors started calling themselves the grandmaster of their style. I would also expect them to start teaching material that they were not allowed to teach under Sin The to further distinguish themselves. I would also expect their to be more reaching out to Hiang The and his students as well.

[Baqualin]

Is Shaolin-Do real

Is Shaolin-Do Dead

Fixed it!
BQ

[bodhi warrior]

Is Shaolin-Do real

Is Shaolin-Do Dead

Fixed it!
BQ

So is it dead?

[shen ku]

It will never be dead some will save way they think is good others will save what others think is bad. Nothing is ever created or destroyed

[Snipsky]

It will never be dead some will save way they think is good others will save what others think is bad. Nothing is ever created or destroyed

Shaolin Do is very fake with even faker people behind it. Shaolin Do = Delusional Cult Followers.

[bodhi warrior]

Wow. This news really must've really been big. One whole person heard something.

[rett]

Monkey beaks and hairy freaks.

strawberry feeeeels forever

[Old Noob]

Their waiting until after the fall gathering to make whatever announcement there is (if there is an announcement). They're pitching the gathering in a strange way this year.

[bodhi warrior]

Their waiting until after the fall gathering to make whatever announcement there is (if there is an announcement). They're pitching the gathering in a strange way this year.

Strange in what way?

[Old Noob]

Strange in what way?

I'm no expert on the Lexington fall gathering because I've never actually gone. Still, this year, my sifu is having an informational meeting for everyone interested in going to talk about what will happen there. He's never done that before. Also, testing is scheduled for a different weekend altogether, which is also different from times past. I'm not sure any of this means anything but I've been waiting for the other shoe to drop since KC was getting all cryptic up in here and these seem to be deviations from the norm.

[kwaichang]

THe shoe is dropping slowly per a PM to me. But more will happen soon . KC wait and see.

[kungfujunky]

Any Colorado folks or anyone else for that matter that would like to train some internal arts with Elder Master Gary send me a PM.

[kungfujunky]

Wow this group I found has a ton of older but interesting data on this subject...

https://groups.google.com/forum/#!searchin/rec.martial-arts/sin$20kwang$20the%7Csort:relevance

[Empty_Cup]

Wow this group I found has a ton of older but interesting data on this subject...

https://groups.google.com/forum/#!searchin/rec.martial-arts/sin$20kwang$20the%7Csort:relevance

Looks like the same old stuff to me...

[hskwarrior]

> FUKIEN TEMPLE-only 24 forms???
>
> If Shaolin Do is from the Fukien Temple, why do they have so little material
> from the temple it came from? They have more material from the other temples
> by far! How is this explained?

In the same book you got that information from, it goes into the history of Su
Kong. Normally, very few were allowed to learn all of a style and almost never
more than one because of issues of trust. Since Su Kong was orphaned and raised
in the temple by the monks, they had complete trust in Su Kong. He was the first
to go around to all the temples and master every form of shaolin. Thus, Su Kong
knew everything in ALL the temples but was at the Fukien temple during his life.
Grandmaster Ie was Su Kong's direct student. He learned everything Su Kong
learned.

You Say: Well, the temple was burned losing a lot of documentation on all
those forms.
How could he remember all that?

Answer: Some of this survived when the temple was burned because the monks
had knowledge in advance that the troops were coming to raid the temple(the
leader was shaolin). When the troops arrived, they found the temple already
burned. The shaolin monks burned the temple themselves. Since they knew in
advance about the plot, they obviously took some stuff with them.

Anyway, Sin The was a direct student of Grandmaster Ie. Therefore, as proved
above, he knows more than just what was at the Fukien temple.

Were you in active in debate in school James? You argue like a CX'er.

B Slone

LMAO at all of that