Shaolin Institute will present Mini-Series Shaolin Legacy Shows in Duluth Fall Festival
World Renowned Shaolin Cultural Arts Teacher and Coach Shawn Liu, Father of American Sanda, and the Head Master of the Shaolin Institute, will bring his Kung Fu Sanda Fighting Team and Kung Fu Performance Team to the Duluth Fall Festival.
Atlanta, GA –“World Renowned Teacher and Coach Shawn Liu” (Inside Kung-Fu Magazine April, 2004), the Grand Master of the Shaolin Institute, named, “Father of American Sanda” by CCTV International Networks (2000, 2002, 2006, 2008) will demonstrate the talents of his Kung Fu Sanda Fighting Team and Kung Fu Performance Team to 80,000 visitors of the Duluth Festival on September 29 and 30th .
They will perform several segments of “Shaolin Legacy” Kung Fu shows at the Duluth Fall Festival Parade. The Head Master of Shaolin Institute, Grand Master Shawn Liu (aka: Grand Master Shi DeRu) will sign autographs and personally write the names of individuals in Chinese for thousands of eager festival visitors. Shaolin Institute coaches and seniors such as Li Qiang, Chen Zhe, Raymond Williams, Mohammed Mansor, Cody Xian and Jerry Lu will be there presenting their talents.
Since 1989 Shaolin Legacy team under Shawn Liu has performed hundreds of different cultural shows and Kung Fu demonstrations nationwide promoting the ancient Shaolin culture and arts. The “Shaolin Legacy” show is about the ancient Chinese Shaolin, the eastern arts, and philosophy of living, portrayed in the beloved movie “ Kung Fu Panda”. Like our performances, it is a poignant representation of Eastern/Asian influence on the Western world, Shaolin Kung Fu Shows and other oriental performing arts shows, presented Cultural presentations and seminars and shows to more a million of audiences worldwide.
The show captured not only the cultural understanding between the east and that of the west but the indomitable unique Shaolin spirit by giving insight into ancient ways of training, their daily lives and mental and physical discipline that requires high levels of mind-body control. It highlighted life’s lessons of about ethics, integrity, character, self-discipline, self-control, compassion and respect for the world and the universe. Those full shows as well as various parts of the shows went as far as Washington D.C. (2010) and Nashville TN (2011). Both of the shows were covered by an international martial arts magazine as “Absolute Pinnacle of Excellence” in martial arts.
The Shaolin Institute will also offer many drawings to adults and spinning wheel activities to children and will be presenting many winners with free training courses and classes for private individuals, schools, business groups, and organizations in personal safety, self-protection, and bully diffusion as well as effective techniques for managing & reducing job stress and its ill effects.
The Duluth Fall Festival weekend (http://www.duluthfallfestival.com)will include a parade, 5k Road Race, plenty of food, entertainment and arts and crafts. The Duluth Fall Festival dates back to 1983, but its roots actually go much deeper. In 1962 Duluth held its very first festival in the streets of Downtown Duluth.
Shawn Liu has been in the southeast area of the US since 1986. He is best known for his lineage as a direct disciple of the Shaolin Temple Spiritual Great Grand Master Monk Shi Suxi and is the only martial arts Master in the Southeastern part of the United States who has the full knowledge and experience that would lead students in a path to learn the esthetic ways of the traditional Shaolin Culture and Arts.
Over the course of 20 years teaching here in the United States, Grandmaster Shawn Liu along with his Shaolin Institute is continuously recognized by members of the Martial Arts World as the leading authority of Sanda/Sanshou Kickboxing.
As 1997 July Kung Fu Magazine front page article “Sanshou Sport in the Spotlight” wrote Shawn Liu as “godfather to the sport (Sanshou/Sanda) in the US”. UFC fighter and Strike-Force MMA world champion Cung Le described his coach and teacher in that article’s fighting interview: “much of his Sanshou training was done with (Coach Shawn) Liu, coach of the US Sanshou Team for the world event”
Further stated Le without hesitation, “Shawn has been like a father to me, and I owe a lot to him. He had me out there doing four thousand kicks a day; he is a hard trainer, but that ‘s what it takes.”
Grandmaster Liu has served as US National Head Coach for the World Wushu Sanda/Sanshou Championships for 10 years after being voted by more than 80% of the fighters, Kung Fu instructors and fighting coaches in 1995. Since his arrival in the US he has been training hundreds of US National and International Champions to include 5 World Champions. This festival provides martial arts enthusiasts a great opportunity to meet Master Liu who is eager, willing and able to provide high intensity, multi-sport training to qualified athletes.
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