Kung Fu training in China

  J'ai eu la chance de rencontrer Odile Zhang et Shi Miao Hai en Chine, lorsque j'ai réalisé mon rêve de m'entraîner au Kung Fu avec un vrai moine dans un lieu dédié à cet art millénaire et le plus proche possible de Shaolin. Parti avec un ami, aucun de nous ne regrette ce voyage qui a été enrichissant tant sur le plan sportif que sur le plan culturel. Cette rencontre a été un vrai moteur pour la suite. Le professionnalisme d'Odile et de Miao Hai n'ont d'égal que leur gentillesse et leur disponibilité. Ils sont tous deux d'une grande rigueur dans leur pratique, ce qui n'est que valeur ajoutée. Au final, de cette merveilleuse expérience, je ne retiendrai pas les courbatures - inévitables- ou la fatigue -attendue- après de longues séances d'entraînement mais la paix que le voyage procure et la qualité de ceux que j'ai rencontrés et qui sont depuis devenus des amis. Merci et à bientôt (en France ou en Chine)

  Before giving my personal feelings on this, I would like to state: If you are wondering to go to china to train your kung fu, do not hesitate. Is a perspective changing experience. Is beautiful. Having many years holding a position in Fawang not only as teacher but also organising, the experience Shi Miao Hai has to share is overwhelming. If you have the opportunity, don't let it go. ========================================== I still remember the first time I came to meet him. It was late 2016/ early 2017. I got impressed. After training for more than 16 years different martial arts, I think i was already understanding what a human be is able to do. This was proved completely wrong when i had my very first class with Shi Miao Hai. I would like to be able to understand him even more, but the language barrier is strong. Still, he is really expressive, enough to understand his simplicity, authenticity and passion. He loves Kungfu and buddist-chinese culture way more than any other person I ever met. And you can see that in each of his movements and expressions. He loves it and he lives it. That put him in a level that I cannot really understand. Most of the times it comes easy to me to guess and understand how to develop a skill that some one else has and I don't. Most of the times i can clearly see a path. With him, there is a dense cloud that does not allow me to even guess. This simplicity, honesty and authenticity in his character, this indomitable passion towards kung fu and life, and his (since my humble position in the scale of knowledge) unlimited knowledge, and still highly human, makes him more than just a master. He is a natural guide and a beautiful person. To have him as a friend, guide and example is an honour. ========================================== About my experience learning in china with him, i think is enough to say that each time I feel my moral go down on my training, I just need to remember this to recover.

  Grand merci Odile de m’avoir aidé à partir réaliser un rêve. Conseils et ta disponibilité m’ont été très précieux !

  Avant d’etre un maître de kung-fu shaolin émérite et reconnu de tous, Miao hai est un ami proche ! C’est un homme de cœur, très sérieux et discipliné. Il est pédagogue et passionné. Nul doute que son école sera très vite un incontournable des échanges de l’enseignement du kung-fu avec la Chine. A très vite à l’ecole et bon stage à tous !