Students who sincerely wish to learn the chinese martial arts are invited to come to northern China and learn all levels of traditional shaolin martial arts from disciples of the famous northern Song shan mountain temple protection monks.  If desired, students may optionally learn Wudang mountain area style Kung fu and Tai chi chuan (Tai ji quan), or slow Qi gong for health.

In the year 2000, Shao lin masters from the south of China also joined with the academy to teach southern Shao lin kung fu to foreign students interested in their styles.  Here, and in the following pages, the teachers may also be reffered to as protection monks, fighting monks, warrior monks, layman monks, masters, grandmasters, or sifus.

Male and female students who are age 16 or older (with or without experience in the martial arts) may attend the academy alone. Some younger students may be accepted if accompanied by an adult student age 18 or older who is also their parent or legal guardian, or a direct relation (elder brother, or elder sister, for example).  Note: We do not want anyone to use this opportunity to train in the shaolin arts with us as an excuse to drop out school and forfeit their formal education.  The attainment of a formal education is very important, so it would be better to come to China to train in the martial arts during the students summer break or vacation until they have graduated from college and attained their higher-education goals.

Please send all enquiries regarding the academy to its chief manager, Mr. Che, who is a layman-disciple of the great grandmaster Shi De Qian, previous chief manager of the Song san mountain Temple (note: written Song shan temple below - either way is Ok).  Mr. Che has been authorized by the Song Shan Temple authorities to invite the protection monks or their diciples to live and teach shaolin martial arts to foreign students who enroll at the Siping City Shao Lin Martial Arts Academy, located next to the Ye He ancient castle, which is located approximately 5 kilometers (or 3 miles) from the ancient Jai Lan Temple near Siping City, Jilin province, in the Chang Bai mountains of northern China.

We received verification of Mr. Ches credentials from the last Fang zhang (first abbott) of the Song Shan mountain temple, Shi Yong Xin, who has re-confirmed Mr. Che as a shaolin layman monk during the mid-part of November, 1999.

We also received the following information from Mr. Che about his sifu, whos office is located next to the Song Shan mountain temple, since no Shao lin monks are allowed to teach students in the Song shan temple itself any longer (for the past couple of decades), according to the governments rules.

Mr. Che, the manager of the China Shao Lin Martial Arts Academy can be reached by phone at one of the following numbers:+86-434-3560434 or +86-434-3560348