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Yue Chia Kung Fu

Yue Chia (Adult Kung Fu)

This northern Shaolin philosophy of Kung Fu is believed to have originated within the Shaolin temple with a priest named Yue (circa, post A.D. 1,100). In the late 1940's / early 1950's, renowned Karate master Eizo Onishi traveled to Taiwan to study with northern Shaolin master, Kochi Kyo. Beginning in the early 1970's, Sifu Thomas F. Smith studied Yue Chia under Master Onishi for several years in Japan (Sifu Smith later founded the Shaolin Temple of Michigan, which has been in operation since 1985, located in Westland).

Rooted in efficiency and self-expression, Yue Chia is both science and art. Yue Chia includes long range, close range, joint locks, chokes, throws, grappling, weapons, chi-kung and meditation. Emphasizing practical application and using the attacker's energy against them, the art is ideal for all students regardless of size and strength.

In the Shaolin tradition, Yue Chia rejects all notions of sport or competition. Students work together as partners; not opponents, thus learning is safer, more thorough, and far more meaningful. In Yue Chia, the only opponent is one's own ego. While students of Yue Chia develop total mind / body conditioning and highly practical self-defense skills, the true nature of the art is personal transformation, the unlocking of one's infinite potential in all areas of life. The practice of meditation is a cornerstone of the art.

Sifu Christopher Scafone has studied Yue Chia since 1994 and he is the first and only 5th degree black sash under Sifu Thomas Smith (while also earning numerous ranks in Aikido, Judo, and Karate, and has studied Kriya yoga since 1995). Robyn Scafone holds a black sash in Yue Chia. She has been studying Yue Chia since 1997 and Kriya yoga since 1999. The Scafone's founded Infinite Path Martial Arts in 2002, located in Clawson, MI. 248-336-8488.

The Fighting Forms of Yue Chia:

~ Yue Chia Hsing Yi
~ Yue Chia Hsing Er
~ Yue Chia Hsing San
~ Yue Chia Hsing Si
~ Yue Chia Hsing Wu

Chi-Kung:

~ Sanchin ("Three Battles": Dated at 4000-6000 years old, this ancient practice was known in India as Vajramukti - "Lightning Bolt". Bodhidharma-Tamo introduced this form to the monks of the Shaolin Temple, circa A.D. 521)

Taught at the Black Sash Level: (Direct contributions of Master Kochi Kyo)

~ Renshukenichiryo (Practice Fist)
~ Jakenichiryo (Snake-Fist)

Other Forms Taught at Infinite Path Martial Arts:

~ Chinto ("Fighting Where the Sun Rises" or "Suppresson": From the Norhtern Crane system, this ancient Shaolin form dates back to A.D. 900)

~ Chibanakushanku ("2 Martial Artists": The highest form in the Norhtern Crane system)

~ Wu Hsing Chuan (Five Animal Fist Form)

~ Wu Tai Hsing ("Five Elements Form": A Wu Dang form)

~ Gojushiho ("Fifty-Four Movements": Believed to be up to 900 years old, this is the highest form in the Southern Crane system)

~ Seisan ("Three-Lives": Another exercise from the "Vajramukti" system brought from India to the Shaolin Temple by Bodhidarma-Tamo)

~ Sanseiryu ("School of 3 Lives": Another ancient Chi-Kung form introduced to the Shaolin Temple by Bodhidharma-Tamo)

~ Passai Dai ("Attack on a Fortress": Another ancient crane form from the Southern Shaolin Temple)

Yang Style Tai Chi:

~ 108 (Long form)

~ 88 (Two-person fighting form)

~ Saber Form

~ 54 (straight sword form)

Weapon Forms:

~ Shaolin Staff

~ Japanese Katana

~ Chinese Broadsword

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