Photo Gallery

  • Sifu Shi Miao Zun, (Sam Dyson), in his early days of GoJu Ryu Karate training with Lewis Sensei, performing a roundhouse kick to the head.
  • Sifu Shi Miao Zun, (Sam Dyson), competing at the Shorinji Kempo prefectutural Championships in Oita. He is the only person ever to have won the Championships two years running.
  • Sifu Shi Miao Zun boxing with the late Yuki Yamaguchi, previously Japan light weight boxing champion.
  • The Shaolin Temple, the Home of Zen Buddism, brought to China by Dharmo in AD 464.
  • Young Shaolin Warrior Monks relaxing after training. Training of Shaolin Warrior Monks can begin as early as 3 years old.
  • Sifu Shi Miao Zun, (Sam Dyson), was ordained as a 36th Generation Shaolin Warrior Monk in 2003, after spending more than a year training 8hrs a day 6 days a week at the Shaolin Temple.
  • The Great Fawang Temple at the foot of the Song Mountains, Henan, founded in A.D. 71. It is the second oldest Buddhist temple in China, five miles from Shaolin, where many Shaolin Warrior Monks now train
  • Sifu Wang, teacher and friend of Sifu Shi Miao Zun, (Sam Dyson), in Dengfeng, China
  • Sifu Shi Miao Zun, (Sam Dyson), at the Five Dragon Pools near The Shaolin Temple. Meditation and mental training are at the core of Shaolin Kung Fu training; "if the mind is weak the fist can never be strong".

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