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Weapons Kung Fu Seminar Jan. 20th: “Fifth Son Eight Diagram Staff” of Northern Shaolin – January 14, 2018

Kai Uwe Pel hosted a weapons kung fu seminar in Recklinghausen, Germany, on Saturday, January 20, 2018, where he taught the original “Fifth Son Eight Diagram Staff” (五郎八卦棍) of Northern Shaolin created by the monk Yang Wu Lang (杨五郎).  In attendance were students from Bremen, Bochum, and Steinfurt, including long time student Kai Ehlemann from Bochum who began training with Kai in 1997, and who previously attended the Qingdao Training Camp in China hosted by Master Pel in 2008.

The seminar ...

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Interview: Master Kai Uwe Pel, Kung Fu Expert

By Andy Best
http://shanghaiist.com/2008/01/21/interview_maste.php

Master Kai Uwe Pel has been a fixture on the Shanghai Kung Fu scene for nearly six years, working at the Jing Wu school and the Long Wu International Kung Fu Centre before finally going it alone in 2006. He has spent more than 25 years in Chinese martial arts. He lived and worked in Hong Kong and then Singapore where he studied Seven Star Praying Mantis Kung Fu.

Pre-war Shanghai was the site of the original Jing ...

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Qingdao Training Camp 2006

July 2006 marked the first Qingdao training camp for Kai Uwe Pel and the Shanghai Luo Guang Yu School of Qi Xing Tang Lang Quan.

The week long camp which focused on two more advanced Qi Xing Tang Lang Quan forms drew students from America, Hong Kong, Germany, England and New Zealand. Everyone took the welcome opportunity of escaping Shanghai’s humidity with some great beach training sessions, and a cool dip to polish it off. During their stay the class visited ...

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Lee Kam Wing: “Selling Tradition”

 

It is now nearly twenty-five years since I began my training with my first teacher Lee Kam Wing and nearly sixteen years since I left his school for the last time. Sixteen years. During the years since I left I have heard many stories and opinions about myself and my time at Lee Kam Wing’s school. Most of these stories come from people who hadn’t joined Lee Kam Wing, or sometimes hadn’t even started training kung fu, by the time ...

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Hawaii Training Camp 1998

Welcome to Maui! You are very fortunate, for it is often said that “if you have not been to Maui, you have not seen Hawaii.” Visit Haleakala, 10,000-foot dormant volcano to view the sunrise; travel to Hana to experience the natural beauty of waterfalls; swim in the blue waters of the Pacific. We are proud to share Maui with you and know that you will feel that Maui is “No Ka Oi,” or Maui is the best. Enjoy your stay ...

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