About Shaolin Culture – Martial Arts School in London & Kent

In 2005 Shifu Yang travelled from China to promote traditional Chinese martial arts and culture and establish a martial arts school in the UK. As the result, Shaolin Culture was founded in Bromley, London. Shifu Yang’s in-depth knowledge of traditional Shaolin Kung Fu and Chen style Tai Chi was recognised and the school quickly became an important part of local community. Through dedication and hard work the school continues to grow and to date over 800 students have walked through our doors. Many enjoy it so much they continue training with us on a weekly basis.

To improve our students knowledge we regularly organise workshops and invite highly respected, world famous masters such as master Chen Zheng Lei (19th generation Chen family grandmaster), master Wu Bin (Jet Lee’s teacher and often referred to as father of modern wushu ) and Shaolin masters from Shaolin Temple in China to do demonstrations and workshops.

Our Instructors

Shifu Yang continues to teach most of the classes and since 2008 Shifu Heng Yi has joined our instructors’ team to meet the growing demand. For more information about our instructors please see below.

Shifu Yang	Shifu Heng Yi
Shifu Yang has been practicing martial arts for over 30 years. He started his training at the age of 6 at Shaolin Temple in China and acquired an in-depth knowledge of traditional Shaolin forms, self defence, weapons and meditation techniques. Later on in life he travelled to Chen village where he learnt Chen Tai Chi directly from master Chen Zheng Lei.	Shifu Heng Yi became interested in martial arts at the age of 8 and trained ever since. He travelled to China on many occasions to improve his knowledge and skills in traditional Shaolin forms, self defence, weapons, Qi Gong and meditation. In 2005 he became a disciple of Shifu Yang and since then has been training daily under Shifu Yang’s close supervision.

Shifu Yang

Shifu Heng Yi

Shifu Yang has been practicing martial arts for over 30 years. He started his training at the age of 6 at Shaolin Temple in China and acquired an in-depth knowledge of traditional Shaolin forms, self defence, weapons and meditation techniques. Later on in life he travelled to Chen village where he learnt Chen Tai Chi directly from master Chen Zheng Lei.

Shifu Heng Yi became interested in martial arts at the age of 8 and trained ever since. He travelled to China on many occasions to improve his knowledge and skills in traditional Shaolin forms, self defence, weapons, Qi Gong and meditation. In 2005 he became a disciple of Shifu Yang and since then has been training daily under Shifu Yang’s close supervision.

What We Teach

Shaolin Kung Fu	Chen Style Tai Chi
We teach traditional Shaolin Kung Fu as practiced by monks in Shaolin Temple in China. You can learn various aspects of the art from traditional forms to weapons such as Shaolin staff, broadsword and straight sword. More advanced students can learn self defence application the forms as well as Qi Gong exercises.	Shifu Yang learned Chen style Tai Chi directly from master Chen Zheng Lei (19th generation Chen family Grandmaster) which he now teaches at Shaolin Culture. As well as learning forms and Tai Chi sword more advanced students practice “pushing hands” and Qi Gong as part of their training routine.

Our Values

We strongly believe in and promote the traditional values of mutual respect, discipline and tolerance to others. We work very hard to maintain a friendly atmosphere where people of all ages and genders train side by side. We teach martial arts for health benefits, self improvement and personal growth and any aggressive or disrespectful behaviour towards out instructors or students will not be tolerated.