Meditation classes involve standing chi-gung moving and breathing exercises, designed to increase energy flow throughout your body. Sitting Buddhist and Tibetan meditation exercises, where we basically just sit and do nothing, just breathe deep and try to calm our minds. Some visualization exercises are included to help the student stop thinking about so much other “stuff.” Our goal is to relax the student’s normal brain activity, enabling the brain to work on what it does best, moving our internal energy through the meridian and governing channels, creating a healthier, calmer, stronger student. Currently meditation classes are held the first Sunday of every month at 11:00 a.m. to Noon. Everyone is welcome, regardless of whether you’re a current student of not.

Tai Chi Chuan -Yang style, long form: the 108 movements of this form are taught in three sections, allowing the student to take their time and learn it well. Tai Chi Chuan involves breathing exercises, light stretching, and then the actual Tai Chi movements. Tai Chi helps the student relax. There’s not enough that can be said for relaxing. It’s an uptight, rush, rush world we live in, relaxing is a good thing. Tai chi also gets the student in shape slowly, without hard impact or too strenuous of moves, but over time the student will realize physical and mental improvement in every aspect of their being. Tai Chi at the Shao-Lin Center is practiced the old traditional way, which means we include the martial applications of Tai Chi, if the student wishes to learn them. We also include training in push hands, single, double, and walking. Tai Chi Chuan at its core is the Supreme Ultimate Fist, and we should not forget that as some schools do and only focus on the health aspects; Tai Chi has something for everyone. There is no age limit, 5 to 105 works just fine. Tai chi classes are taught five times a week.

Shao-Lin Kung-fu - Northern Style: Our martial arts classes are conducted as they are at the Shao-Lin Temple in China. Sifu Frank Versagi has trained there three times now and runs classes as they do in China. The student will learn realistic, practical techniques that will work, not move techniques. Body conditioning, sit-ups, pushups, weapons, weapon takeaways, anti-tackling all are included in the curriculum. Iron palm and Iron Body training is also available. Adult men and women train together and are treated equally. It’s a comprehensive program and no one is rushed through in 18 months, just to say they have a Black Sash in kung-fu. At the Shao-Lin Center you will earn it at your own pace, whatever that pace is. Kung-fu classes are taught five times a week.

CHILDREN'S CLASSES - Children learn focus, hard work, and discipline in our classes. That’s easy to say but sometimes hard to teach, but we work hard at it. Children are taught to respond verbally when asked a question, grunts or nods of the head don’t work, and neither does yeah; yes is the proper response. Children are taught to look someone in the eye when shaking their hand and not look away. They are taught not to interrupt a conversation, but to wait until people are done talking before they talk. They train hard, doing sit-ups, pushups, running laps, and learning self defense techniques that fit their size. We cover problems that arise in society and teach the children what to look out for. We bring in police officers from time to time to add to that knowledge with special seminars for the children. We will teach them how to fight to take care of a bad situation, but in the same breath telling them fighting is the last resort, and not something to be practiced on with their brothers, sisters, or friends. We offer the first class free to children so they and their parents can see and feel what it is like. Children kung-fu classes are taught three times a week.

TESTING AND PRIVATE LESSONS - Available upon request on Saturdays. Email or call for details.

MEDITATION AND QI GONG - held EVERY first Sunday of the month from 11:00 a.m. to Noon.
Classes are free.
2008 schedule: 4-6, 5-4, 6-1, 7-6, 8-3, 9-7, 10-5, 11-2, 12-7

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