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Welcome!
Our students come from all walks of life and have many reasons for training in Kung Fu: physical fitness, flexibility, self-defense, inner peace, and self discipline. Whatever your goals are, Shaolin Kung Fu Center of Springfield has the staff and experience to help you realize your full potential! We believe that a true martial artist is much more than a fighter, but a warrior, one that has developed skills to meet all of life’s challenges with inner strength and wisdom.
Our Instructors
Master Lisandro VegaMaster Li has over 30 years of experience in martial arts and is a nationally-respected teacher of Shaolin and Eagle Claw Kung Fu. He has trained with Master Leung Li Fu, Master Shi Yan Ming, and Master Hu Jian Quang, among others. Master Li is a brilliant and compassionate teacher of children and adults, who is dedicated to the beliefs and practices of Shaolin Kung Fu.
Assistant Instructors
Ben Quennville – Biography coming soon!
Sebastian Vega – Biography coming soon!
About Us
Our comprehensive training program includes basic techniques, hand forms, weapons, self-defense, and sparring. Shaolin Kung Fu comes from China and is one of the oldest and most repected of martial arts. Our curriculum derives from traditional Shaolin Kung Fu, Northern Long Fist (chan Chuan), Wushu, and Eagle Claw (Ying Zhao Quan) styles.Shaolin Kung Fu Center of Springfield is dedicated to providing training that is well-rounded. We feel that the greatest value of traditional martial arts training is its ability to enrich all aspects of our lives. Our instructors incorporate the best of both modern and traditional training methods to deliver a thorough and effiecient training experience for body, mind, and spirit. We have sister schools in Hadley, MA and Jensen Beach, FL.
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Techniques
Eagle Claw
Ying Jow Pai (Chinese: 鷹爪派; pinyin: yīng zhǎo pài) is a style of Chinese martial arts known for its gripping techniques, system of joint locks, takedowns, and pressure point strikes, not unlike the Chinese grappling known as Chin Na. The style is attributed to the famous Song Dynasty General Yue Fei. Popular legends states that he learned martial arts and archery from a Shaolin Monk named Zhou Tong after his original spear master and martial arts teacher, Chen Guang died.
To train his soldiers, General Yue Fei created the “108 locking techniques”. The footwork included low kicks, sweeps, and trips to disrupt the opponent’s balance. His soldiers continously fought and defeated the Jurchens, Siberian tribes people, invading northern China earning a fierce reputation for “Ying Kuen” or Eagle Fist. Years later, during the Ming Dynasty (c. 1368 AD), a Shaolin monk named Lai Chin combined General Ngok Fei’s locking techniques with the kicking and footwork of the northern Fanzi System. Today, both kung fu styles are blended to form one complete system known as “Ying Jow Pai.”
Eagle Claw
Ying Jow Pai (Chinese: 鷹爪派; pinyin: yīng zhǎo pài) is a style of Chinese martial arts known for its gripping techniques, system of joint locks, takedowns, and pressure point strikes, not unlike the Chinese grappling known as Chin Na. The style is attributed to the famous Song Dynasty General Yue Fei. Popular legends states that he learned martial arts and archery from a Shaolin Monk named Zhou Tong after his original spear master and martial arts teacher, Chen Guang died.
To train his soldiers, General Yue Fei created the “108 locking techniques”. The footwork included low kicks, sweeps, and trips to disrupt the opponent’s balance. His soldiers continously fought and defeated the Jurchens, Siberian tribes people, invading northern China earning a fierce reputation for “Ying Kuen” or Eagle Fist. Years later, during the Ming Dynasty (c. 1368 AD), a Shaolin monk named Lai Chin combined General Ngok Fei’s locking techniques with the kicking and footwork of the northern Fanzi System. Today, both kung fu styles are blended to form one complete system known as “Ying Jow Pai.”
Long Fist
Chángquán (simplified Chinese: 长拳; traditional Chinese: 長拳; pinyin: Chángqúan; literally “Long Fist“) refers to a family of external (as opposed to internal) martial arts (kung fu) styles from northern China. The forms of the Long Fist style emphasize fully extended kicks and striking techniques, and by appearance would be considered a long-range fighting system. Long Fist uses large, extended, circular movements to improve overall body mobility in the muscles, tendons, and joints.
The Long Fist style is considered to contain a good balance of hand and foot techniques, but in particular it is renowned for its impressive acrobatic kicks. In demonstration events, Long Fist techniques are most popular and memorable for their whirling, running, leaping, and acrobatics. Traditional Shaolin Kung Fu, as mentioned above, is part of the long fist (Chang Quan) family. The movements, like stepping, kicking and punching can be short, simple and versatile. While fighting in the Shaolin style, one advances and retreats in a straight line, making the style simple, fast and effective.
Chángquán (simplified Chinese: 长拳; traditional Chinese: 長拳; pinyin: Chángqúan; literally “Long Fist“) refers to a family of external (as opposed to internal) martial arts (kung fu) styles from northern China. The forms of the Long Fist style emphasize fully extended kicks and striking techniques, and by appearance would be considered a long-range fighting system. Long Fist uses large, extended, circular movements to improve overall body mobility in the muscles, tendons, and joints.
The Long Fist style is considered to contain a good balance of hand and foot techniques, but in particular it is renowned for its impressive acrobatic kicks. In demonstration events, Long Fist techniques are most popular and memorable for their whirling, running, leaping, and acrobatics. Traditional Shaolin Kung Fu, as mentioned above, is part of the long fist (Chang Quan) family. The movements, like stepping, kicking and punching can be short, simple and versatile. While fighting in the Shaolin style, one advances and retreats in a straight line, making the style simple, fast and effective.
Class Schedule
Classes for children (ages 6 to 12) are forming now with a 50% discount.| Tuesday | Wednesday | Thursday | Saturday | Sunday |
| Children 5:45pm to 6:45pm Adults 6:45pm to 8:00pm |
Adults 9:00am to 10:30am |
Children 5:45pm to 6:45pm Adults 6:45pm to 8:00pm |
Children 2:00pm to 3:00pm Adults 3:00pm to 4:30pm |
Open Adults 4:30pm to 6:00pm |
