Our school was invited to take part in a kung fu competition(forms and san shou)being held as part of a Shaolin cultural festival which took place over last week during which the Abbot gave a lecture on chan buddhism at Oxford University and met leaders of the different religions,the theme of the festival a being unity of faith. The competition was organised by the european shaolin association and we were heavily outnumbered by (amongst others)spanish ,french,german,italian and slovakian teams. Before the start there was a parade of teams to be presented to the Abbot most of which were 20-30 strong so our team of four looked a little overwhelmed. Although their opposition were mainly older our youngsters won seven medals,my daughter being successful with spear and straight sword. Couple of pics,clips to follow if I can get them
Ah. A friend of a friend posted on facebook having a "Tumble-off" with one of the monks. Looked cool.
