The training room. Rocky wouldn't even be seen here.
Practicing my 5 Stance Form (Wu Bu Quan)
This is why my knee still hurts.
Our coaches / masters / si fu
Ji Tzong going up.
Got it.
Coming back down.
My coach; the only Chinese man I've ever thought "Wow, he's cute."
Boxing stance.
Brian learning the monkey stick. He's got the monkey part down.
It's the big boys.
Shaolin Monastery Wushu Institute at Tagou.
Students returning from training.
One of three training sessions in the day.
Workers breaking down cement walls with sledgehammers.
The show at Shaolin Theater. They guys aren't really monks. And that position is way harder than it looks.
This guy pressed the spears into his chest, bending the the bamboo polls.
This guy throws a needle through a pane of glass and pops the balloon.
Performance clothes dry outside living quarters.
Calling home amidst gear.
I just wanted to take a picture of them talking but they had to pose.
Visitor Center for Shaolin Si, which is much nicer than any building at the school.
Inside Shaolin Si (Shaolin Temple).
Inside Shaolin Si.
Grounds keeper. This will be better cropped.
Washing clothes.
Chinese vandalism.
Big, white, statue atop nearby hill. I don't think it's supposed to be Buddha. Buddha didn't have a beard. But the place is called Buddha's Cave.
Moving Day: Students at the old school are moving to the new school for the beginning of the school year.
Fighting pads.
Meal bowls.
Everything must go go go.
My coaches, Ji Tsong and Jon Ka, and me. It's an odd picture. A little gender discomfort.
Self-portrait.
The office girls from the left: Xiaohui, new girl, Dong Dong, me, Kathy and Ying Ying.
End of the year competition.
A knee to the groin.
They scream at each other and do a lot of "sych"s.
Liza - Russian cutey who's here with her father. She takes Kung Fu classes too while her father meditates with 50 other Russians.
Heinrich - Liza's Latvian friend. Can you tell that this kid has problems. Lots of love there but he's got A.D.D. written all over him. He gives me kisses then punches me.
Central Zhengzhou - the capital of Henan Province.
A typical Chinese city - Zhengzhou.
