Armed Escorts and the Tiger Hooks
Here are some online declarations by alleged experts about the Chinese Hook swords. ". .. (hook sword are) ceremonial items. " "Tiger...
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Feb 27, 20233 min read
Shaolin's Quintessential Weapon: the Staff
What is the likely candidate for the "earliest weapon of choice"? In the movie "2001: A Space Odyssey," the author gave us his view of...
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rik453
Feb 18, 20233 min read
Shaolin's Eyebrow Staff
Because there are so few documents on Shaolin, people put too much reliance on books such as "Exposition of the Original Shaolin Stick...
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Jan 27, 20231 min read
Chinese New Year Dragon 2023
Here is a gallery of images from our Dragon Dances for Year of the Rabbit at the Calgary Chinese Cultural Centre.
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rik453
Dec 9, 20221 min read
December 8th We Remember the Founders of the Henan Shaolin Association
Founded in the early 1900s by Shifu Jian Jin Shan (蕑金山師傅), Honan Shaolin Hui–河南少林會 was established in Shanghai to preserve and spread the...
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Nov 13, 20223 min read
Traditional Shaolin contact sets
Mural in Baiyi Hall at Shaolin Monastery. This mural was produced c. 1700’s during Qiánlóng 乾隆’s reign or possibly the reign of Kangxi...
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