Shaolin Wushu Thailand Kung fu

The first Shaolin Wushu Kung-fu school in Thailand

Thanks to the opportunity given to us by Headmaster “Shi Yong Di” of the original Shaolin Wushu School in China which originates from the late Grandmaster “That moh” (BodhHiharma), to sent some of his selected protégé’s over to Thailand in order to set up a Shaolin Wushu school.

Our Mision is:

To teach this wonderful Martial Art, to young and old.
Raise funds to support the mother school in China (a boarding school), which during the last twenty years explosively had been expanded from about 350 students (for many of those students is not enough funding) to 3000 now.
We, aim beside of the above, to create a place that will save, keep and maintain the essence of Shaolin Wushu.

Helps people to be moral and intellectual leaders with much dignity, integrity and compassion.
People who want to make a difference in the world.

“We offer training of the highest quality”
“For leaders of today & tomorrow”

What is Wushu?

Wushu is an important component of the cultural heritage of China, with a rich content that has remained untarnished over the centuries. Literally translated, “Wu” is Military, “Shu” is art. Wushu therefore means the art of fighting or Martial Arts. Wushu today has been systematized and organized by the Chinese Government.
It is the most popular national sport in this country of 1.3 billion people, practiced by young and old. Its emphasis has shifted from combat to performance, and it is practiced for achieving health, self-defense skills, mental discipline, recreational pursuit and competition.

Wushu is established as an international sport since 1990, when Wushu was introduced as an official medal event in the Asian Games. Since then World Championships have taken place within 56 participating nations. Wushu is also aiming for the Olympic Games in the 21st century.

Shaolin Wushu Thailand (SWT) is associated to Shaolin Temple Martial Art Academy (Shao Lin Si Wu Seng Wen Wu Xue Xiao) in Deng Feng City, Henan Province, China. The School was founded in 1993 with 3,000 students lead by the school Headmaster, Master “Shi Yong Di”, who is the official 33rd Generation Shaolin Warrior Monk Disciple Master. Our students age average from 5 to 23 years old.

Over the last 10 years’ of education programs, with the mordern academy facilities successfully hosted more than 3,000 graduate students, hatching 90% into the job marketing in the field of  Military, Police, Security, Atheletic Academy, some of them even further their studies overseas as students or as Martial Art Instructors.

The Shaolin Temple Martial Art Academy was invited to participate in many International Wushu Performance and Culture Exchange activites in Canada, England Germany, Hong Kong, Malaysia, Taiwan, Thailand, and the United States during 1995 to 2002. The students won more than 300 awards from many national, provincial and city level Wushu competitions, being awarded as the “First Grade Martial Art School in Henan Province” for the last few years.

SWT instructors are from this school and specialize in Shaolin Quan (Shaolin Boxing) witch originated in the Shaolin Temple on Mount Songshan at Denfeng in the Henan Province. It was named after the Shaolin temple. The founder of Shaolin Quan was said to be an Indian monk, Bodhi-dharma in 497 A.D..