| Shaolin is a 1,500 year-old Chan (Zen) Buddhist | | | | Young boys selected for this unique training must |
| temple in China that is famous worldwide for its | | | | be lean and have good bone structure and |
| peaceful-looking monks who perform incredible | | | | flexibility. (Bigger boys are selected for Shaolin |
| kung fu stunts. | | | | hard qigong training.) Basic training involves a lot of |
| You might have seen images or performances of | | | | leaping and rolling. |
| Shaolin kids bending their limbs into mind-boggling | | | | At advanced levels, the boys bend and stretch |
| positions and asked yourself "Now, how did they | | | | their limbs at impossible angles with soft and |
| do that?" What you have just seen is a display of | | | | powerful qi-controlled movements. Their joints and |
| Shaolin Juvenile Kung Fu. | | | | tendons become strong and flexible. They have |
| Juvenile Kung Fu? Is it only for kids? Yes, because | | | | excellent blood and qi (chi) flow. And they show |
| boys start practicing this art at ages five or six. | | | | precise posture and fantastic power in their kung |
| There's another reason it's called Juvenile Kung Fu. | | | | fu. |
| After practicing this art for years the student | | | | An excerpt from the fully illustrated children's |
| stays as young as a child even though his hair | | | | book "Shaolin - Legends of Zen and Kung Fu" |
| may be white as a crane's feathers. | | | | (0-9733492-3-9) by Kah Joon Liow, 32 pages, |
| Juvenile Kung Fu makes his body soft as cotton, | | | | includes original 3D-animated story "Enter The |
| light as a swallow and hard as steel. What is | | | | Zen" on DVD, published by SilkRoad Networks |
| amazing is that a person who practices it stays | | | | (Canada), Sept 2006, US$26.95, With the |
| as strong and sharp when he's 60 as when he | | | | participation of MDA. Copyright 2006, SilkRoad |
| was 16. Hence, to become a great Shaolin Kung | | | | Networks and MDA. |
| Fu master, it is vital to learn Juvenile Kung Fu. | | | | |