"The exercising of weapons putteth away aches, griefs, and diseases, it increaseth strength and sharpeneth the wits, it giveth a perfect judgment, it expelleth melancholy, choleric, and evil conceits, it keepeth a man in breath, in perfect healthe, and long life." – George Silver (1599)

May 25 2010

PDX Shaolin Parkour

Did you know that PDX, Beaverton technically, has both a new Parkour studio in Beaverton (http://www.revolutionparkour.com/) and a Shaolin Temple (http://www.shaolintemple.org/training.htm)? Well now you do.
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I have no experience with either so if anyone has I’d love to hear about it.

As a note about Shaolin, that is really just a place – what the monks “were” were Ch’an Buddhists, and Ch’an Buddhism is more commonly known as Zen Buddhism. All of the stories in the Rinzai Zen Mumonkan (http://c-pan.net/zen-mumonkan.html) are in China. This too little known connection enriches both Zen and Shaolin and their current.

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miles
May 26, 2010
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I read that Sun Lu Tang trained in a “climbing and fast running” skill as part of his martial arts. That sounds familiar. It starts to seem silly that modern martial artists practice “fight” but neglect “flight”.

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