Shaolin DO Kung Fu

read moreWe have ongoing clothing collection boxes for Austin's homeless so if you are cleaning out the closets please consider bringing in clean, gently used clothing, coats and shoes to donate. And around the holidays please bring in canned goods for the local foodbank. 1st Sunday of Every Month 11-1 at the North School. If you crochet or knit and would like to create items to donate to charity in a fun group while discussing proactive ideas - we are forming a Close-Knit Group at the north Austin location.

read moreHere are just a few of our "over fifty" kung fu and t'ai chi students at Shaolin-Do. Ranging from 50 to 85, you will notice that many of them are wearing black belts, some with two or three diamonds on them! Are you over 50 and wishing for something unique and challenging in your life? Are you over 50 and thinking that you wish you had achieved the dream of a black belt you held growing up? It is completely possible to study kung fu or t'ai chi with us as a fifty-something year old beginner. Some of the quotes below will illustrate to you what's important to these students about their experience.

read moreThis class meets every morning at 7:30AM (it will move earlier when things return to normal). We cover basics like kicking, punching and stretching. We also drill an advanced Kung Fu form over and over. You will experience what it is like to truly internalize the Shaolin art.

read moreOne of the greatest joys we have experienced since starting the Austin Shaolin-Do school is what happens when you bring a lot of like-minded people together.love! Friendships, Marriages and Babies have come about from classmates meeting at our schools! I'd love to put every single family member on this page but there are too many. Whole families join together, or sometimes a child is enrolled and pretty soon, one or both parents can't take it anymore and they have to enroll too! But in addition to those ready-made families.

read moreNo need really, as the women in our schools are students like all other students at Austin Kung Fu. But we felt it important to point out that Kung Fu Women are present in great numbers at our schools, approximately 1/2 of the population. We also put together a demonstration for our annual Austin Kung Fu February Tournament (an optional event for all students, but a HUGE amount of fun and inspiration!). At Austin Kung Fu, all ages are represented from 4 to 55+, students, mothers, doctors, techs, lawyers, writers, accountants, (you get the idea) are students here and found in all belt levels through our highest degrees of black belt.

read moreSometimes, we take it on the road and get together outside of kung fu for some fun or celebrations. We've had holiday parties, pool parties, picnics, birthday parties (the last two years at the Main Event to celebrate Master Joe's birthday with some rock climbing, bowling and laser tag). Running groups at Ladybird Lake that led to marathons and 1/2 marathons. Some of our students are in bands and have some Shaolin groupies at their shows. We booked the local Drive-In theater, we've turned the school into a theater!

read more4-6 year olds primarily need an introduction to attention, focus, and learning the basics of balance and dexterity in a fun and friendly environment as they begin Kung fu. That's what we provide. Dragon Level Kids ages 7-12 yr train, grow and mature under kind and respectful instruction. Fun and fitness become a way of life as they learn to set goals and work to attain them, a skill that reaches outside the "kwoon" or school. After their first week they are invited into the larger group of kids.

read moreI am constantly blown away at the community that has developed at Shaolin Do of Austin! The Masters have especially gone out of their way to provide a wide array of online classes so that we can all continue to learn our kung fu! If you are looking for a place to learn martial arts, get in shape, or just meet some amazing people then this is the spot for you! Master Joe and Master Sheryl Schaefer have dedicated over 30 years to teaching Kung Fu. Everyone in their school knows that teaching and impacting lives is way more important to them than profit.