A sort ofOn a small clay court, Master Shi Hengyi showed where his power came from. He lets his arms and legs rush forward, squat, jump, turn, accelerate, brake, and contract like springs. “Little Red Boxing” is the name of the sequence of exercises. Like all forms of Kung Fu, it combines the triples: fighting, concentration, and body control. Master Shi Hengyi looks like a child’s play when he spins in the square, which is the result of years of relatively isolated training. On the battlefield, near the small community of Otterberg not far from Kaiserslautern.
Master Shi Hengyi is the European martial arts director of Shaolin Temple, a Buddhist temple that was once a forest restaurant. One point below the battlefield is a paddock, and one point above is a residential building with public rooms, bedrooms and guest rooms. There is also a practice room with knives, poles, and knives. On the other side behind the door is the Buddha Hall, which contains golden statues, many candles and pictures.
Master Shi Hengyi is constantly changing training every day. He didn’t look tired, but relaxed. “In higher-level martial arts,” he said, “it’s also cultivating the mind.” He made teaching these techniques his life’s work. Whether the abbot, several other kung fu masters, novice monks, disciples, and young people also want to go this way, all belong to the small temple realm.
This monastery is famous for the YouTube videos of Master Shi Hengyi showing exercises and techniques. Thousands of people called the movie. He explained himself and his thoughts in a TED talk last year, which has been viewed more than 12 million times. Interested people from all walks of life are coming, and discounts for short-term guests have been booked.
There is great interest in martial arts and martial arts, and the same is true in Germany. Even children and young people are keen on judo, karate, taekwondo and taekwondo. Adults are usually more interested in self-defense. Far Eastern skills are particularly fascinating in other ways: many people associate them with the hope of using the sometimes magical meditation method to become more balanced and relaxed during yoga classes or weekend seminars. The entertainment circle also pays attention to martial arts time and time again.A master like Bruce Lee or Jackie Chan The children’s comedy “Kung Fu Panda” that made it popular in Hollywood is still very popular. Disney re-filmed “Mulan” and recently starred in the Marvel movie “Shangqi and the Legend of the Ten Rings”.
The legendary Shaolin monks are now often known for extreme body control, agility and acrobatics. They smash bricks and tiles with their bare hands in front of the camera, acting more or less as models. Its tradition has a long history in the country of origin, China: According to tradition, the Buddhist monk Bodhidharma, a former prince of India, came to a monastery in the mountainous area of China’s Henan Province in 527. He found that the monks there were too weak to practice meditation, which is why he taught them physical and mental exercises. Today, this is considered the birth moment of Shaolin Kungfu.
