How can I follow the path of Shaolin?
We receive quite a bit of feedback requesting information on how to find a “true” Shaolin master, from people who would like to dedicate themselves to Shaolin. Many want to go to China and many will travel anywhere to find this master. Unfortunately, actual Shaolin masters are very difficult to find. The Shaolin order was scattered to the winds with the destruction of its temples and persecution for its neutrality during a bloody civil war that ravaged China early in this century. Those that are true inheritors of the Shaolin tradition – the few that may be left around the world – are by their nature discreet and unassuming. They do not generally start schools in strip malls. While the name Shaolin appears everywhere, the traditions and techniques behind the name are rarely of direct origin form the order of Shaolin. Over the centuries, Shaolin monks taught many techniques to soldiers and lay people who would then transmit these teachings to others, resulting in many styles named Shaol
