Training is also conducted outside in the clear air. The temple where students train is located on a mountain on an island, surrounded by a very big lake. Every student agrees it is the right environment to train in. It is the home town of china's last queen, Chi Xi, and is the Qing dynasty home town. Due to it's simple accommodations, we cannot accept for training those persons with major illness, or disabling older age infirmities, but they are welcome to come to the Northern China Shao Lin Martial Arts Academy to visit us at any time.
Training is offered to foreign students year-round at the academy.
It is still in it's early growth stages. He joined the Shao Lin temple when he was age 12 to become a wu shu monk in the southern Wu Dang temple, and stayed there till he was 21 years of age, then joined the army. He retired from army in 1965. A second monk from the Song shan mountain temple linage has been sent to the academy to teach. Shi yong gang is age 22.