Announcing the 2012 China Study Tour
January 11, 2012Sometimes I laugh at how quickly I got into kung fu. I actually started almost by chance, a happenstance mention by a gaming friend of mine that he was going to take some kung fu classes. I’d always wanted to do some sort of martial art, so I asked if he’d mind if I join him, and he was cool with that. He chose the place, some school he found locally. Little did I know at the time the luck of starting in Sifu Lam’s school, not only for his amazing depth of knowledge but also his absolute desire to share it and his care and interest he had in all his students. As for me, not a couple of months later I was practicing nearly 16 hours per week.
In 2002 I was again fortunate to accompany Sifu on one of his study tours to China, for training shaolin at Songshan, and then wudang fist at Wudangshan. It was a trip packed with training upon training, along with visiting some of the most beautiful spots in China. When the chance presented itself to return in 2005, I leapt at the opportunity once again, and it was equally amazing, more amazing locales and great training including learning some Bagua.
Now, ten years later after my first trip, Sifu Lam is again offering up a study tour, and I AM SO GOING AGAIN. Training at the Shaolin Temple, training at mount Wudang, and this year an additional foray to visit the terracotta warriors at Xian – this trip promises to be epic. Equally epic is the fun and camaraderie of a group of martial arts enthusiasts heading off for training in the most clichéd yet amazing places in the world. I am so looking forward to this.
My chronicles of the first trips can be found here: Kannik’s Shaolin. Information on the 2012 Study tour, along with registration, can be found here: WLE Study Tour 2012. I am putting this up here to invite all you with an interest in martial arts to come along if you can. It’s a great trip, we have lots of fun, and best of all we TRAIN hard and TRAIN some more, I love it. Even without training it’s a great trip to visit two of the sources of infamous martial arts. Come along!
