Chinese Shao-Lin Center

read moreBeginning students are encouraged to attend the Open Hour to practice their material, if requested we will find a Senior student to assist you in reviewing your material.

read moreWe offer training that you cannot find anywhere else in Utah! We have the most comprehensive martial art from the Orient and Shao-Lin Kung-Fu is considered the origin of all martial arts. To find some aspect of real Shao-Lin Kung-Fu elsewhere, you would have to travel thousands of miles around the world, pay hundreds of thousands of dollars, and employ the services of over a dozen different instructors. And even if you found someone teaching real Shao-Lin Kung-Fu, you would only find a fraction of the knowledge that the Chinese Shao-Lin Center has to offer!

read moreThe schools under the guidance of Elder Masters David and Sharon Soard trace their lineage through three incredible Grandmasters to the Fukien Shao-Lin temple in Southern China. The first Grandmaster of our direct lineage is Grandmaster Su Kong T'ai Djin. He was born in Fukien Province in 1849 with a genetic mutation causing the entire body to be covered with hair. Thinking their baby a demon, his parents left him abandoned in the woods where he was rescued by the monks who lived in the nearby temple, from certain death.

read moreShao-lin Kung Fu is a method of training specifically designed to take someone with no experience and give them the full set of skills that made the Shao-lin warrior monks famous throughout all of China. The system has proven successful for students over the course of 1500 years. There's no reason it can't work for you! The techniques taught in Shao-lin Kung Fu have been combat tested for generations, and the instruction at the Chinese Shao-lin Centers emphasizes a full understanding of the applications behind all of the movements taught.

read moreIn 1943 a boy named Sin Kwang Th was born in Bandung who would one day become the third Grandmaster of our lineage. His family had several Shaolin ancestors and young Sin was drawn to the martial arts. His father, however, had been injured during martial arts training when he was a young man and opposed his son's wishes. Nonetheless, Sin Kwang's mother secretly let him out at 4 am each morning, so that he could study the martial arts. He began with sand burn training. Sand burn training is a crude form of toughening the hands by thrusting them into buckets of hot sand.

read moreAll Internal Arts are included with any regular membership or can be done as only Tai Chi and Chi Kung for half of the regular prices. Learn more about the highly affordable memberships available. Learn more about the Kung Fu curriculum. If your Ready learn how to Get Started!