Kung Fu Destiny

I have spent the last few months working on a book about my first trip to China in 2008.  I put together a selection of pictures along with my journals, which are featured on this site, into a hard bound coffee table book.  The process was long but rewarding.  I was able to relive my [...]

Those that know me will find it no great surprise that I have found my passion in the study of Kung Fu.  To that end I am always studying and researching to further my understanding of kung fu, in particular the unique style of kung fu that is the family of Song Shan Shaolin Temple martial arts.  Along with kung fu there is the study of Chan, or [...]

I was speaking with my friend, Guro Joe Craig, recently after participating in one of his classes.  Guro Craig is the head Filipino Martial Arts Instructor at Apex Training Center.  We were talking about the types of training and some of the different training methods between our two systems.  Guro Craig has been teaching much [...]

Often times keeping up with a diary or journal can be quite difficult.  It takes time to formulate your thoughts and write them down, especially if you have lots to document or your notes are very detailed.  The benefits of chronicling your progress, however, are well worth the time invested. Benefits Keeping a regular journal [...]

Today my school the Shaolin Lohan Pai was able to participate in the Chinese Culture Days on May 17th and 18th.  This event is held at the Missouri Botanical Gardens in St. Louis, MO each year during the middle of May.  It is a wonderful event that promotes and educates the public on many facets [...]

The crane cast an ivory-hued shadow as it alighted its sleek, yet powerful, form in the obscured clearing on the mountain summit. As it folded its weary wings, an enormous ape unexpectedly appeared and cornered the bird in what, at least outwardly, appeared to be a mismatch in physical abilities. And so it was. At [...]

The lineage of any system holds a special place to students of that system. To many practitioners of the martial arts, your lineage identifies who you are and were you come from and therefore whether you or your style of martial arts should be respected. While the lineage of a system does have significance it [...]

I have heard disciple defined as ‘a student; one who endeavors to learn what another has to teach’. The meaning goes deeper than that. A pupil, learns the information and practices; they come to their class and are contented. What they are doing is a hobby a pastime. A disciple, strives to make what they [...]