Monday, October 21, 2013

释行浩少林功夫学院应邀参加首届北美少林文化节

2013年10月10日,“首届北美少林文化节” 在美国洛杉矶隆重举行。本次文化节是由中国嵩山少林寺大和尚释永信方丈倡导发起主办、美国少林寺文化中心承办。与会代表有加州华裔参议员余胤良博士、美国 少林寺文化中心负责人释延续、美国少林禅武总会会长释行浩、加拿大禅武中心负责人释延冲、澳大利亚少林禅武堂负责释延洁、当地众多主流政商贤达及华人媒 体、少林文化爱好者及信众等出席。
首届北美少林文化节的重头戏“少林功夫考功大会”在洛杉矶少林文化中心举行,来自北美地区46个团队的一千多人参赛,在世界各地观摩团成员的见证下,与包 括36位少林寺僧人和释行浩大师在内的90余位裁判员一起打造了美国历史上最大的一次“武林大会”。本次活动受到加州政府的高度重视,加州警署专门派遣警 员们全程护送释永信方丈及少林文化代表团保全参加各类文化交流活动。

少林文化代表团此前在哈佛大学和纽约联合国总部开展了文化交流活动,把少林寺慈悲喜舍、和合共生的优秀文化带给全世界,带给爱好和平的人们。释永信方丈指 出:“少林寺是禅宗祖庭,是少林功夫的发源地,是少林佛医的肇始地,少林文化千余年的传承从未间断。作为中原文化、中国传统文化的重要组成部分,少林文化 是人类的遗产。作为少林文化的传承人,少林僧团有义务向全世界传播与分享少林文化这一人类遗产。释永信方丈还指出,文化交流历来是少林寺的优良传统,这些 年少林寺在世界各地建立了几十个文化中心,旨在更好地推广以少林文化为代表的中国传统文化,为中国文化“走出去”贡献力量。

少林文化节的召开,对海外少林弟子而言,这是一次难得的切磋与交流的机会,不仅是武术上的交流,更是一次文化盛会,对少林文化、中华文化在美国的传播意义 重大。做为美国少林禅武总会会长释行浩少林功夫学院负者人(程浩)释行浩师傅向释永信方丈汇报了少林禅武总会及少林功夫学院十五年的成绩及展望、得到了大 和尚的高度认可和评价。并于10月11日上午在美国少林文化中心皈依法会上,赐释行浩师父法名“释延光” 取延续光大之意。平且,表示会安排时间到休士顿做客,把少林禅武文化带到德州休士顿,让美国南部城市的功夫爱好者们也领略一下少林祖庭文化的魅力。同时要 求,勉励(程浩)释延光师傅,一定要把少林禅武文化的传承做好、把少林禅武文化的精髓发扬光大、让少林文化,这一人类遗产,真正的造福世界人民。

Saturday, July 28, 2012

2012 USA Junior Team Trials


CONGRATULATIONS to Gordon Tsai and Kaiser Tin-U for  being selected on the U.S. Junior Team : They  will represent the U.S.A. at the 4th World Junior Wushu Championships, which will be held September 17-25, 2012, in Macau, China.

This is a major and one of the highest achievements in Wushu: they were selected among competitors coming from the entire nation. Only 6 boys and 6 girls are selected per team: Gordon made it to the top A Team. Kaiser was selected in the B Team.

We are extremely proud of them and wish them the best of luck for Macau!


More information on the events in the attachment and links below:

http://usawkftrials.com/?page_id=48

http://www.usawkf.com/enevts/index.php?articleid=675

http://www.usawkf.com/enevts/index.php?articleid=680

Videos of Gordon Tsai's forms



http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D3hl2_328DI&list=PL3653831012640398&feature=mh_lolz

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PcJdOD-igSQ&list=PL3653831012640398&index=2&feature=plpp_video

Videos of Kaiser Tin-U's hand form

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GIYBL871fqA&list=UU81eSZ3zjRsrlsPom6LgHLg&index=1&feature=plcp


2012 Legends of Kung Fu Championship


CONGRATULATIONS to our students who participated to the Legend of Kung Fu Championship held July 28th and 29th in Houston.
They won 29 gold, 3 silver and one bronze medals in Kung Fu and Lion Dance.

A special acknowledgment for first-time competitors who did amazing performances. And to our Lion Dancers who put some real hard work and creativity to achieve First Place.

Here are a list of our medalists:
Kung Fu

- Gabriela Gonzalez
- Marcus Hamilton
- Boris He
- Jean Hoang
- Victor Hu
- David King
- Avi Pasupuleti
- Ronak Pasupuleti
- Brett Trinh
- Clint Wu
- Alex Xu
- Jesse Zheng

Kung Fu Medalists


Lion Dance



- Marcus Hamilton
- Victor Hu
- Ashley Kwan
- Justin Kwan
-Melanie Kwok
- Kevin Phu
- James Zimmerman

Our Lion Dance Team who won First Place


The Lion Dance Team with their Gold Medals

Monday, October 31, 2011

Shaolin Halloween 2011

Shaolin Halloween was back this year at the Academy, with "Cartoon and Movie Characters" as a theme. We had amazing customs, check it out!

















See you next year, for other spooky Shaolin adventures!

Saturday, October 1, 2011

1911-2011: 100th Anniversary of the establishment of the Republic of China

The Republic of China celebrated its 100th anniversary on October 1st 2011: for this occasion, our Demonstration Team performed Shaolin Kung Fu at the Stafford Center.






















Friday, September 30, 2011

AFAOM-ACAOM Gala 2011

On Sept. 30th, our Demonstration Team opened the American College of Acupuncture and Oriental Medicine 20th anniversary Gala with a Traditional Lion Dance Demonstration, at the George R. Brown Convention Center.




Sunday, September 25, 2011

Level Testing - Sept. 25th 2011

The Houston Shaolin Kung Fu Academy hosted another Level Testing on Sept. 25th 2011.