Master Shi Yanxu:

 

Founder of Shaolin Temple Cultural Center USA;

34th Generation Disciple of Shaolin Temple,

SongShan, China, contemporary successor of

Shaolin Kung Fu. Former warrior monk coach of

Shaolin Temple, and former attendant of Abbot.

 

Master Shi Yanxu went to Shaolin Temple to study

martial arts early in his childhood, and respectfully

became a disciple of Abbot Shi YongXin; he concentrated

on cultivating Chan(Zen) and practicing martial arts.

He has been taught by renowned masters of

martial arts such as famous Shaolin Kung Fu

Master Shi Yong Zhi, Beijing Tong Bei Master Zhu Sheng An,

Shaolin Temple old warrior monks Fu ZhiQian and

Gao Dejiang. Subsequently he was advanced to

study under Chan(Zen) Master Hui Tong, a great master in Chinese Chan(Zen)  society. 

 

He has studied and practiced Shaolin traditional Kung Fu with those masters, and as  well as a variety of Shaolin kung fu forms and Shaolin weapons. He intensively studied health exercises of the Shaolin Classics of Tendon Changing and Marrow Cleansing. For more than 20 years, he has followed Shaolin Abbot to visit countries and has showcased Shaolin Kung Fu for visiting dignitaries from various countries at the Shaolin Temple. In 2007, he received a decree from the Abbot and came to the United States to establish and operate Shaolin Temple Cultural Center USA.