Kungfu Masters

Grandmaster Shi De Qian

Grandmaster Shi De Qian (deceased) was the dearly beloved and highly respected master, teacher and friend of Master Bao, the founder of the academy, and his teachings are applied throughout the academy to honor his spirit and to pass on his great teachings to students who are just as passionate about Kung Fu as he was.

Grandmaster Shi De Qian was the Vice President of Henan Martial Arts Association; Secretary Chief of China Shaolin Quan Research Center; President of China Shaolin Wushu University. Shi De Qian was born in Henan, China, at the foothill of the Shaolin Temple. His birth name is Wang Chang Qing.

He is also named “Evergreen”. He became a disciple of the Shaolin Temple as a child, when he learned martial arts from Master Shi Su Xi. He stayed in the Temple for 31 years, until 1992 as a protection monk. After that he lived outside of the Temple as a layman monk.

Grandmaster Shi De Qian not only learned Shaolin Kung Fu from his master Shi Su Xi – former Shaolin Abbot, but many Chinese Martial Arts, Acupuncture and Qi Gong bone treatment. He excels in Lohan style, Hei Hu Quan, Yi Jin Jing, and Chinese herbology. In the last twenty years Shi De Qian has done an enormous amount of research on martial arts, and has searched over 17 Chinese provinces and south-eastern countries collecting data.

In 1992 Shi De Qian finished his two books “Complete Encyclopedia of Shaolin Martial Arts” and “The Secrets of Shaolin Healing”. To date Shi De Qian has written over 57 books on martial arts. Now considered a professor of martial arts Shi De Qian writes for the Martial Arts Society, and has been a guest speaker to the United States, Japan, Singapore, and New Zealand.

Master Shi Xing Jian – Shaolin&Taichi master

Master Shi Xing Jian, also known as Master Bao, founder and  headmaster of the academy. A 32nd Generation Shaolin Warrior Monk from the original Shaolin Temple. Master Bao is an outstanding martial artist, a national first level coach and successor of Yi Jin Jing. He has many years of experience in teaching foreign students from around the world. He started to train traditional Chinese martial arts when he was 7 years old. At age 12, he went to the Shaolin Temple and stayed there untill 19. He had the great honor of being a disciple of Grandmaster Shi De Qian, who was both nationally and internationally well known and highly praised. From him he learned not only traditional Shaolin martial arts and different styles of Qi Gong, but also traditional Chinese medicine. Due to his excellent performance he was invited to live with the family of Master Shi De Qian.

Master Bao has participated in national and international martial arts championships and got many awards and high praises: In 2001 he won the first prize in the ‘National Traditional Fist and Weapon Competition’. In 2002 he got the first prize in both ‘Henan Martial Arts Competition’ and ‘Henan Traditional Fist Competition’ for his weapon form, tiger and eagle form. In 2003 he received the honorable prize for his broadsword and soft weapon on the ‘Invitational Martial Arts Competition’ in Anhui province. During the same year he was awarded as ‘First warrior in Zhengzhou City’ at the Martial Arts Championship tournament. Moreover, in 2004 and 2007, he was invited to South Korea and Thailand to do Martial Arts Exchange and Teaching.

Master Ning – Taichi&Qigong master

Master Tang

Master Shi Yan Jian. A 34th generation Shaolin Warrior Monk. He started to learn martial arts at a young age. He graduated from Tianjin University of Sport, Martial Arts School. He learned from the famous Shaolin Grandmaster Shi De Gen, and also trained many years by the renowned martial artist Li Decheng and Zhang Shijie. He was formally acknowledge Shaolin Grandmaster Shi Yong Jie(Zhang Shijie) as his master. As the first and last disciple of Grandmaster Shi Yong Jie, he is proficient in Shaolin fist and weapons. With rich teaching experience and self-encouragement, he’s never stopped perfecting himself. Master Tang is determined to carry forward the great spirit of martial arts, enable more martial arts enthusiasts benefit from this spirit and become a better self.

With born talents and years of dedicated training, Master Tang earned himself dozens of honorable titles and achievements.
First class National Referee
Frist Class National Sportsman
First class National Martial Artist

Master Yan – Shaolin&Mantis master

Master Shi Yan Kun, also known as Master Yan by the students,   a 34th Shaolin warrior monk from the original Shaolin Tmeple in Henan province. He is both Shaolin master and  a mantis master. Born in Xinyi City, Jiangsu Province in 1990. At the age of 8, he studied plum blossom fist form under the guidance of the famous master named Bian Zhaoyan. At the age of 12, he trained Shaolin fist, Shaolin staff, mantis fist, Xingyi fist by following the Grandmaster Shi Deqian, a senior monk of Shaolin who has another name called ‘’the King of Shaolin books”. During his twenty years Kungfu career, he has won many awards in provincial, national and international martial arts competitions.

Personal achievements:

In 2002  The second prize on Xuzhou Sunshine martial arts Competition;

In 2005  The first prize on Dengfeng martial arts competition;

In 2006  The second prize on Dengfeng free combat Competition(70kg);

In 2008  Joined the army and participated in the 60th anniversary national day parade and won the title of excellent soldiers;

Personal specialty: Shaolin fist, weapons, Sanda, mantis, free combat, Qigong.

Master Li – Shaolin&Wing chun Master

Master Shi Yan Qiang, also known as Master Li  by the students.  A 34th generation Shaolin warrior monk from the original Shaolin Temple. He is both a Shaolin master and wing chun master. Born in Zhengyang County, Henan Province in 1995, graduated from Shaolin Fist School. So far he has engaged in teaching Shaolin martial arts for five years (2013-2018). He was named excellent coach by Dengfeng martial arts Management Center in 2014.

Personal specialty: Shaolin, Sanda, mantis fist, double chain whip.

Personal achievements: Won the first place in competitional Shaolin Fist and Broadsword in the Competition; Champion of traditional soft weapon in the national wushu tournament; Champion of animal fist.

Since 2015, he has been invited to participate and shoot in a series of domestic and international TV programs. Such as CCTV4 “Extraordinary Legend”, CCTV “Fun with the 7 National Days”, Shanghai Oriental TV “Extreme Challenge”. He was also interviewed by Africa Times, China-Greece Times, Middle East Network TV, etc. He was appointed to carry out wushu performance and cultural activities by the Chinese culture communication delegation of Overseas Chinese Affairs Office Of The State Council in Dubai, South Africa, Greece and many other countries and regions.

Master Yan – Shaolin&Sanda Master

Master Shi Yan Xi, a 34th generation of Shaolin warrior monk from the original Shaolin Temple. He is also known as Master Yan by the students, a Shaolin and sanda master, born in 1995, Linyi city, Shandong province, graduated from Tagou Kungfu School in Dengfeng city, Henan Province. After graduation he then went to Shaolin Temple to continue his wushu studies with different masters. He started to coach international students from 2016, and had taught and trained students from more than 40 countries, including the United States, Germany, France, Britain, Canada, Australia etc.

Personal achievements:

In 2008, Participated in the opening ceremony performance of the Olympic Games in Beijing;

In 2009, won the first place in Henan Shaolin fist form competition;

In 2010, attended the 8th International martial arts festival opening ceremony performance and the opening and closing ceremonies of Guangzhou Asian Games;

In 2012, Participated in the National martial arts Championships , won the first place in Shaolin staff form.

In 2014 ,The Champion of Henan free-style boxing Competition(56kg).

Personal specialty: Shaolin fist, weapons especially staff, Shaolin hard Qigong, Sanda.