Seminar in rare Shaolin Butterfly Kung Fu at Sifu Mike’s former school, White Lotus Martial Arts Center, est. 1977 in West Hartford, Hartford County, CT (he was owner and Chief Instructor from 1997-2005), taught by Headmaster Tao Chi Li. Attendees included Pai Lum students and Instructors from PA (2003). Sifu Mike is on the far right in blue and covered in sweat, was a great seminar.
Outlines and diagrams of various aspects of the rare Shaolin Butterfly Style, detailed and introduced in Sifu Mike’s BOOK on this little known Shaolin Internal Style. This one describes the styles content.
All martial styles fall somewhere within this horizontal and vertical diagram, the Shaolin Butterfly Style is a “High, Internal” style of Chinese Martial Arts.
The Shaolin Butterfly Style is the “Inner Connector Style” of the Five Form Fist System and a key element in the Way of Shaolin.
The Shaolin Butterfly Style is a part of the Taiji/Internal Arts sub-system of the White Lotus Five Form Fist Shaolin System, as taught by the Headmaster of the system, Sifu Mike’s Teacher, Lao Shr Tao Chi Li. Click HERE to watch a short video featuring some of the basic Shaolin Butterfly techniques and information, and HERE to see a clip on Shaolin Butterfly Qigong, and CLICK HERE to read a blog on the Shaolin Butterfly Qigong Classes we are sharing with the public. For the progression in training in Shaolin Butterfly Qigong and more information CLICK HERE.
A posture from Shaolin Butterfly Style; to read about Shaolin Butterfly QiGong CLICK HERE, and see the Class Calender and Events pages for classes.
The fabled main gate to the Shaolin Monastery.