Skips Grade 3, 2012

[Skipper-de-do]

1) Describe the titles of ‘Si Gung’ Kung Fu culture.  Who is the current successor of the Shaolin Hek Ki Boen system?  What generation is your Si Gung?
Si Gung in Kung Fu culture is defined as teacher grandfather and Si Taai is defined as teacher grandmother.
The current successor of the Shaolin Hek Ki Boen system is Grand Master Kennith Lin who is fourth generation successor.

2) What is the meaning and importance of Shaolin?
Shaolin Kung Fu refers to a collection of Chinese martial arts which originated in the Shaolin Temple and it is most know for its “external arts”.  The external art, of primary importance, is described as Ti Da Shuai Na combat skills (kicking, striking, throwing, control) and the three Shaolin treasures (wisdom, health/fitness, self-defense/combat). 

3) What is the School Oath?
Harmony of body, mind, and spirit.  To build true confidence through strength in the body, knowledge in the mind, honesty in the heart.  To keep friendship with one another and to build a strong and happy community.  Never fight to achieve selfish ends but to develop might for right.

4) What are the four combat skills?
The four mental skills are:
a)   Ti = kick
b)   Da = strike
c)   Shunai = takedown, throw, sweep
d)   Na = control, lock, trap, submission, choke, break
5)   What is the mental skill for level three?
The mental skill for level three is Perception which is defined as the way we experience the world through our six senses (sight, touch, taste, smell, hear, thought).