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Keeping Health and Fitness Interesting and Engaging!

Welcome to the Shaolin 5 Animal Kung Fu Academy!

Founded in 1992, the Shaolin Academy has been teaching in Victoria uninterrupted for over 20 years in a safe, professional, individual but not commercial environment. The Shaolin Academy is not a bash-em or fight club and offers health and well-being exercises through the ancient and interesting art of Shaolin Kung Fu and Traditional Chinese Weaponry.

We offer you three free classes to check this out, as words are cheep although they are also expensive. So, give it a go, else you will never, ever know; if you are a Warrior and Martial Artist who is more interested in the Art rather than the Win. It's all about the Journey......

Preamble

Many old skills are lost often through neglect, sometimes because they are not needed and for some we just don't have any time! We live in a time where we need to have many outcomes from just one action. Time is precious and we need to budget it. And this is also the reason why Traditional Chinese Weaponry for Recreation and Fitness is just the right thing to do! Why? Let me explain.

Going to the Gym is just going to the Gym, that's it. Often it is a very unbalanced actively designed to develop strength in specific areas and often neglecting other areas. Aerobics is a great fitness exercise, but that's it. There is no meaning to the movements and often some of the movements are damaging. Yoga is fantastic, but also often boring and does not really do much for endurance fitness. By training Kung Fu you are doing the same as all the afore mentioned with the addition of learning a skill of self defence. At the same time the Instructor helps you with your posture, breathing, coordination, focus and more. It's like having a private instructor who watches what you do and helps you do it right and achieve the most of of the exercise.

Traditional Chinese Weaponry is exactly the same as Kung Fu, using the same movement and technique except with an implement, like a free weight in the Gym. Except instead of random movements, you are moving it in a way our Ancestors did for 10's of thousands of years. Which is to say, that is how our body's developed from the beginning of the 1st hunt! It is much more natural than any other exercise, except walking, running and swimming. And Chinese warriors have been around for over 10,000 years.

Background

Shaolin Kung Fu, developed around 1500 years ago in the Legendary Temple of Shaolin, was focused on Health & Well Being exercise. Based on Yoga, this exercise was essential to the Monks survival as health care was rare and many areas lawless. What the main difference is between Shaolin Kung Fu and other martial arts is that the Exercises was developed to improve the health of the practitioners and be safe now and for the future. The added benefit of using martial art movements and strategies, it that it could also be used for self defence and conflict management. Owing to it's long development, all movements, practices and techniques that were unsafe in the long and short term were modified or removed leaving only that which is proven to be health, safe and effective.

We refer to Traditional Chinese Weaponry when we mean Cold Weapons, non explosive. A better term may be Cold Chinese Weapons or just Ancient Chinese Weapons, but in reality non of these really accurately describes to everyone.

From the Shaolin Academy's point of view,we refer to Traditional Chinese Weaponry when we refer to all the weapons that exclusively use human skill and strength for their function and not chemicals, black powder or any other such aid. The Weapon also needs to be able to be wielded by a single person without the aid of a support with the exception of a horse.

Where can you try Traditional Chinese Weaponry training for Free?

Our main and only location for Traditional Chinese Weaponry training is in Cheltenham, cnr Albert and Lewis St, next to the Cheltenham Police Station 5 minutes walk from the Cheltenham Railway Station and Shops. All new students receive 3 free obligation free try-out classes. All you need to do is be there at 10.30am on Saturday as we need to go through the OH&S process with each new prospective member. Then you can train any three Shaolin Academy sessions, and you either show up for the 4th session and join...... or you don't. No hassles and no problems

Our training location is spacious and with class sizes ranging from 6 to 18 members we are never really pressed for space, even when we train with long weapons. We have an excellent reverse cycle heating and cooling system so even on the coldest of days and hottest of evenings, the training environment is very bearable. And remember, you have nothing to loose and everything to gain as, unless you try it out, you will never, ever know what is so special about Shaolin 5 Animal Kung Fu and traditional Chinese Weaponry!

Academy Background

The Shaolin Academy was established and has been in uninterrupted operation in Victoria since 1992. The Academy is a recognized Martial Art Teaching Center and accredited by several national and international organizations. All our instructors are exceedingly well trained and qualified in Martial Arts & Self Defence, Teaching, First Aid, Presentation, Safety, Venue Management, Emergency Procedures and of in their Duty of Care.

Mountains of Information on this WEB site

You may have noticed the looooooong list to the right side of this page. Those are the main pages; there are a lot more and it is easy to get lost whilst exploring the Shaolin Academy WEB site and all the information on kung fu, martial arts, training, etc. We suggest that when you do get lost, just come back to this Home Page and close all the other Tabs in your browser. The whole site is SSL secured (hover with your mouse over the SSL for info) and any links to the few pages other than our own have been vetted by us. You are safe when on the shaolin.com.au sites as both are Shaolin Academy sites!

Finally; Kung Fu is my life; i am happy to answer any and most all questions about Kung Fu, Training, The Academy, any concerns you may have in trying out, most any, anything!And you can ask these questions in most any way convenient to you that i (Sijo) use. Following are your options;

• e-mail to [email protected]. This will usually be answered within 24 hours on weekdays but may take a bit longer on the weekend and public holidays.
• You can also use Facebook and usually these responses can be quicker but than most of the Shaolin Academy members will be able to see it!
• My Mobile Phone number is 0458 742 654 that is 0458 SHAOLIN or click on this line if you are on a Mobile! But, usually i am training or so before 10am and in class after 6pm. But if you need to, the phone is on until 10 pm Weekdays and 5 pm Weekends!

Help us maintain this information, videos and WEB site with a yearly donation and receive direct access to Grand master Robert Z with most any questions relating to health, wellbeing, and martial arts.

We are happy to hear from you and answer you martial art, health and developmental questions. If you wish to train with us, the first 3 sessions are free. It is best to try these before making any commitment. If you have any other questions or would lust like to explore some possibilities, you can;

• Call us between 11am and 5pm, Tuesday to Friday & Sunday on 0458 742 654 that is 0458 SHAOLIn
• e-mail us at the Shaolin Academy
• Drop into any of our venues at least 30 minutes before class start.
• Or in a special case, you can also arrange a personal meeting with Master Robert Z. You can call him on 0458 742 654 (0458 SHAOLIn).