INTRO SONG:  “Road To The Mountaintop” is from the TAI CHI MAGIC 1 album by Buddha Zhen, who plays all the instruments and wrote the song. https://www.shaolinrecords.com/RecordStore-R/taichiMagic1R.html OUTRO SONG:  “Tai Chi Magic” is from the TAI CHI MAGIC 1 album by Buddha Zhen and was used for dozens of public performances, tournaments, and state fairs with the stage packed with students performing the Yang Tai Chi Chuan Short Form of Shaolin Chi Mantis for thousands of attendees in Utah and California. https://www.shaolinrecords.com/RecordStore-R/taichiMagic1R.html Buddha Zhen co ..read more

Buddha Zhen is certified as a Chinese Jing Mo master by Grandmaster Wong Jack Man in San Francisco who fought Bruce Lee in 1964. In 1996 when Buddha Zhen launched the nonprofit Tai Chi Youth he moved all of his students into this new school and told his students that anyone who wanted to join Shaolin Chi Mantis would have to join in a traditional Northern Shaolin Monastery method and ceremony including the Buddhist “Head Shaving.” This new requirement helped to weed out the less dedicated disciples who would not have progressed very far in this very intense and traditional curriculum. As of 20 ..read more

Buddha Zhen begins reading his 1993 book: Shaolin Kung Fu Initiate by Buddha Zhen Shen-Lang “Spirit Wolf of Truth.” This book was written to dissuade people from joining Shaolin Chi Mantis. In 1996 when Buddha Zhen launched the nonprofit Tai Chi Youth he moved all of his students into this new school and told his students that anyone who wanted to join Shaolin Chi Mantis would have to join in a traditional Northern Shaolin Monastery method and ceremony including the Buddhist “Head Shaving.” This new requirement helped to weed out the less dedicated disciples who would not have progressed very ..read more

Shaolin Chi Mantis is the PARENT organization of Tai Chi Youth nonprofit organization.  The 3-year Tai Chi Youth program is the Shaolin Chi Mantis Beginner program stretched out over three years to make it easier for students of all ages.   Tai Chi Youth is a 501(c)(3) education organization that will have its' own online programs as soon as I finish the Shaolin Chi Mantis 350 videos of the SCM Beginner Program.   10:30AM to 11:00AM every Tuesday and Thursday will be FREE Tai Chi Chuan classes LIVE using Zoom. Tickets are available at EventBrite.com I've completed the FIRST TWO ..read more

I'm really excited about making my Shaolin Kung Fu videos... but I'm 67 years old now. I've got 200 classes recorded and another 150 classes to record to complete the Shaolin Chi Mantis BEGINNER PROGRAM. I've got 13 years of classes mapped out so I'm going to be 80 years old to complete these lessons. Sheesh.  I've been wanting to make these videos since 1992 when I started teaching professionally.  I've been doing Shaolin Kung Fu since 1980.  I got certified by Grandmaster Wong Jack Man in 1995.  I tell a story of one of my sojourns to San Francisco when I was training und ..read more

Buddha Zhen explains the origin of Zen Buddhism which is the first disciple of Zen Buddhism Hui Ke. Buddha Zhen reads a page from the back of the Tai Chi Beginner book titled, “Differences & Similarities.” He said he was motivated by the social climate. He hopes that this page along with all the other pages of Tai Chi Beginner will inspire people beyond just the learning and application of these techniques with their Tai Chi Chuan ..read more

Buddha Zhen continues the history of Shaolin Kung Fu with Bodhidharma meeting the emperor of China. Buddha Zhen also tells of the history of Shaolin Chi Mantis, or at least the creation of it and why it is called Shaolin Chi Mantis ..read more

Buddha Zhen begins explaining the history of Shaolin Kungfu and Zen Buddhism. He also discusses the new Shaolin Chi Mantis online school at www.shaolininteractive.com as well as talking about the origins of the original Shaolin Chi Mantis website in 1999 at www.ShaolinChiMantis.com ..read more

Buddha Zhen Shen-Lang introduces himself as the founder of Shaolin Chi Mantis Traditional Buddhist Kung Fu, Taoist Tai Chi Chuan and Confucian Strategy ..read more

INTRO SONG:  “Road To The Mountaintop” is from the TAI CHI MAGIC 1 album by Buddha Zhen, who plays all the instruments and wrote the song. https://www.shaolinrecords.com/RecordStore-R/taichiMagic1R.html OUTRO SONG:  “Tai Chi Magic” is from the TAI CHI MAGIC 1 album by Buddha Zhen and was used for dozens of public performances, tournaments, and state fairs with the stage packed with students performing the Yang Tai Chi Chuan Short Form of Shaolin Chi Mantis for thousands of attendees in Utah and California. https://www.shaolinrecords.com/RecordStore-R/taichiMagic1R.html Buddha Zhen co ..read more