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Shaolin |
 The students in neat rows doing their daily morning practices. |
Being martially untrained, the youths were told to learn Chinese gongfu at Shaolin Martial Arts School at Mt Songshan, Luoyang. Shaolin Martial Arts have been well-known all over the world. The skills
are very formidable. Currently, Mt Shaoshan is not just a place of religious
people, but for locals and foreigners to learn martial arts. |
| The youths really admired the students
of the martial arts school. They had so much perseverance and determination
that most Singaporean youths lack. They started to learn martial arts as young as 4. They had to wake up at 5 a.m. everyday and had to practice all the way until it was about 10 at night. They were only allowed at most 2 weeks of holidays a year, during the Chinese New Year to visit their families. They were willing to sacrifice so much for their love in martial arts. Most of them aim to be policemen or security officers after they leave school. |
 Most students start learning martial arts at an early age. |
 The 5 youths and young students forging friendship. Read about the youths experiences in Adopting Panda | Rural School | Beijing Inn (Back to top) |
During
their rest time, the teachers shared with the youths about their life
experiences. They shared many things in common as they were about the
same age. One thing Alvin and them in common was that they wanted to get married by 25. Sharing many interests, they exchanged addresses and contact numbers. While forging friendship with their teachers,
the youths learnt that Martial Arts is not only about physical
strength, but love, interest and determination in whatever
you do. |
