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Shaolin Five Formed Fist Kung Fu:
Five Formed Fist Shaolin Kung Fu is a very large and complete system of Chinese martial arts training which traces its lineage back to the Shaolin reformation of 1644. It preserves, for modern practitioners, the core disciplines of Shaolin. These include training in the styles, forms, and techniques of Northern Shaolin Kung Fu, Southern Shaolin Kung Fu, Chuan Fa, Chin-na and Gao-ti, traditional Chinese weapons, martial arts and health nourishing Chi Kung, and martial theory and philosophy. The curriculum is very broad based and exposes the aspiring practitioner to all aspects of Chinese martial arts training, including: numerous stretching, strengthening, tempering and conditioning exercises; simple and advanced closed and open hand techniques; all manner of kicking and leg techniques; stance training and stance maneuvers along with footwork training; open hand, weapons, and two person form study; pre-arranged and spontaneous self-defense training - including traditional and modern theory and concepts of self-defense training; and graduated sparring drills and sparring practice. Included in this training are numerous internal and external animal based styles, such as Tiger, Leopard, Snake, Crane, Dragon, Monkey, Butterfly, Bear and others. This traditional system and method of training is for health of the mind and body, personal growth, and self-defense training - not sport, competition or rank achievement.
White Dragon Fist System:
The White Dragon Fist System (Bai Lung Chuan Fa) (also know as Pai Lum Tao) style of martial arts, is a compilation martial art system that was formed by the late founder of the system Grandmaster Daniel K. Pai in the late 1950's and could be considered a cousin to the Kaja Kenpo System of martial arts. Daniel Pai widely taught his system of martial arts throughout the United States in the 1960's and 1970's. The Bai Lung System (Pai Lum) is a great foundation system that consists of a mixture of the basic elements of several Asian Karate and Kung Fu martial arts systems. Some of those systems include; Goju Ryu Karate, Hung Gar Kung Fu, Northern and Southern Shaolin Kung Fu styles, Daniel Pai’s family arts of Dragon & Crane techniques as well as White Lotus Kenpo Karate.
Northern Eagle Claw Kung Fu
Northern Eagle Claw Kung Fu (Faan Tzi Ying Jow Pai) is known for its peculiar and powerful gripping techniques and for its intricate system of locks, takedowns, and pressure point strikes. Eagle Claw is one of the oldest, most complete, most complex and devastating of the surviving Northern Shaolin systems. The style is said to have started in 1130, at a time of Mongolian incursions into northern China, when General Ngok Fei learned hand techniques from a Shaolin monk named Jow Tong. Ngok Fei adapted and taught these techniques (then called "Elephant Style) to his army which went on to many battlefield victories. Later during the Ming Dynasty the hand techniques were combined with the Faan Tzi system by a Shaolin monk, Lai Chin, thus creating the system now called Northern Eagle Claw.
7 Star Praying Mantis Kung Fu
Mantis Kung Fu was created by Wang Lang over 300 years ago it is considered by many to be the last official style to have originated in the Shaolin Temple. The Seven Star Praying Mantis system (Chi-Xing Tang-Lang) formed by Master Wang YongChun is arguably the most popular and widely recognized of the mantis kung fu family. Master Wang YongChun combined the mantis style with Chang Chuan or long fist and created the Seven Star Mantis system. This system of mantis is considered by many to be the 'hardest' of the Praying Mantis styles, however it still utilizes soft-hard principles and is classified as a soft-hard style