The Practice
Internal Shaolin
This may be the only place available where you can find the true integration of Zen and kung fu—where you can train in a style of Shaolin that is slow, internal, and deeply rooted in Chan Buddhism.
While other styles evolved toward performance and fighting, this practice remained hidden, preserved within one family for 150 years. What emerges now is kung fu in its original form: a method for expressing Zen through movement, for aligning the human body with the patterns of nature.
As Shifu Wu Nanfang reminds us: "We practice Chan, not Chuan." Zen, not fighting.
The Effect of Practice on Our Lives
What are we really doing when we make these strange spiralling movements? What happens to our lives through this practice?
As Shifu says: "The purpose is to help your mind become calm, allowing qi to naturally enter the dantian." This isn't just exercise—it's a complete recalibration of how we exist in the world.
Returning to Natural Movement
We've lost connection with our bodies. We live in our heads, move in straight lines, hold chronic tension we don't even notice. We've forgotten how nature moves—in spirals, waves, cycles.
Watch water flow. Study how plants grow. Observe how energy moves through your body when you're truly relaxed. Nothing in nature moves in the rigid, linear patterns of modern life.
These "strange" movements are actually the most natural thing in the world. We're just so disconnected we've forgotten.
Living Meditation
The problem with sitting meditation for many people? They're using mind to fix mind. Like trying to smooth water with your hand—the more you try, the more ripples you create.
This practice offers a different door. As Shifu explains: "High monks' skill is everywhere, including walking, standing—all bring qi into the dantian, all are practice."
When you must coordinate breath with precise spiralling movement, when you're feeling energy sink through your feet while maintaining structure—suddenly there's no room for mental chatter. You're not thinking about meditation. You're living it.
The Transformation
Through daily practice, something fundamental shifts:
"In this state, your brain, your thinking exceeds that of most people. If your body's original qi is full, your energy abundant, your brain's thinking becomes more agile, your heart becomes more spiritually connected, you can better understand nature."
This is why practitioners report:
Chronic tension dissolving without effort
Mental clarity emerging from physical practice
Emotional stability growing from energetic balance
A sense of coming home to their own body
As Shifu reminds us: "Kung fu lets people enter a healthy body-mind state. On this foundation, they merge with nature."
The Feeling of the Practice
To practice Gulun Kung Fu is to return to your natural state.
Like a tiger roaring in the forest. A monkey leaping across a mountain stream. A bird soaring through vast skies. A horse galloping across boundless plains.
Any forced thought or action creates blockage. When you try too hard, qi stagnates. When you space out, energy scatters. The path lies between—alert but relaxed, focused but natural.
"Your kung fu is like a tree, roots in the ground... like tree roots deeply planted in the soil, but your body sways with the wind very naturally."
The ancient texts speak of reaching a state where you become "as nimble as a rabbit, heavy as a mountain; as imperceptible as the dragon, silent as a tiger."
This isn't metaphor. It's the natural result of correct practice over time.
XinYiBa and Awakening
XinYiBa represents the highest level of Shaolin Kung Fu—the embodiment of Zen itself.
As Shifu says: "XinYiBa is supreme Chan skill. Gulun Boxing can be popularised, but core XinYiBa depends on destiny. Without affinity it cannot be learned."
It's where practice transcends conscious control. Movement emerges from the unconscious, unfolding in perfect harmony with nature. No thought, no intention, just pure expression of your original nature.
The journey follows ancient markers:
First, you learn structure. The body roots, the core fills with energy, the mind stills. "Only when qi sinks to dantian can true internal power be formed."
Then, movement emerges—slow spirals that express nature's subtlest patterns. What begins as conscious practice gradually becomes unconscious expression.
Finally, form dissolves. All techniques merge into one. One contains all. Movement and stillness become the same thing.
Gulun Kung Fu isn't just physical training. It is a complete path to awakening.
"Cultivating Chan starts from daily life. So in a person's life, if they don't practice cultivation, existence is very painful. Only cultivation can bring endless happiness." – Shifu Wu Nanfang
Through the harmony of mind, body, and qi, practitioners grasp the essence of life itself. The body becomes the vehicle for understanding. Each movement peels away what isn't truly you.
As Shifu teaches: "True kung fu exists within our everyday life. This knowledge and cultural essence requires heartfelt, gradual understanding. This is what we call awakening."
Who This Practice Serves
Gulun Kung Fu resonates with those who:
Seek depth rather than display
Value internal development over external achievement
Feel called to something quiet, ancient, and real
Understand that true power comes from alignment with nature
Are ready for practice that transforms life, not just the body
As Shifu says: "Those who can truly learn kung fu all have virtuous hearts. Those without virtue cannot learn, even if the master teaches directly."
The energy of this practice is quiet and internal. It naturally attracts the introverted, the sensitive, those who seek to search deep within themselves rather than perform for others.
We create a sanctuary for such practitioners. A place where going slowly means going deeply. Where silence is valued. Where the journey inward is supported and honoured.
"I want to pass kung fu to destined people, regardless of nationality. As long as you have this heart, I will teach you, letting more people benefit."
The door is open for those who recognise what's being offered. Not to learn fighting techniques or acrobatic display, but to discover what the Zen masters pointed toward—your original nature, expressed through the body, aligned with the Tao.