Student Candidate Information

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Click the above link to apply now for this once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to train traditional kung fu with a world reknown martial arts master. Do you want to develop physical strength and skill learning Shaolin Kung Fu in an exclusive class with other exceptionally-gifted students? Are you interested in understanding how martial artists in ancient times were able to develop seemingly superhuman explosive power through qigong training? Would you like to learn to find balance and harmony within yourself using the techniques of meditation and the internal arts? Strengthen your mind and body, understand yourself so that you can understand others, and help yourself so that you can help others. Apply now!

The $9,000 per year tuition is lower than that of conventional schooling, and it is entirely refunded at the completion of the ten-year program, so that you may start your own business or martial arts school. This tuition exists as your motivation to complete the program, and to prepare you financially for your life after school. This is a priceless education, which will provide a clear path in your life toward a meaningful existence of teaching and helping others. Apply now!

Candidates Testing Criteria

General Concept:
30 applicants aged 17 - 22 will be selected after a review of the applications and essays submitted, followed by e-mail and telephone interviews. If possible, a face to face interview is preferred. These 30 candidates will be invited to the CA Retreat Center to participate in Stage 2: a free two-week trial training period. During these two weeks of training and living together, based on a series of psychological, moral, and physical fitness tests, the final 15 will be chosen.

These 15 chosen students will include 10 who are able to pay the required tuition, and also 5 working students who are not able to pay tuition. These 5 working students will have to work 2-3 hours per day and will also have shorter vacation time periods.

For those students who have paid tuition, once the training is completed after 10 years, a total of $90,000 will be returned to them. Naturally, for those 5 working students who have made no deposit, no return will be made after the 10 years of training. (See details at bottom of page)

QUESTIONNAIRE (excerpt)

Questions about the Training Program:

1. Why do you want to participate in this 10-year Traditional Gongfu training program? Why not pursue something else?

2. How much are you willing to sacrifice for this training? (Give some examples of sacrifices you have made to accomplish personal goals.)

3. Are you able to accept mental and physical discipline for the purposes of this training? (Give some examples from your life.)

4. What are your expectations from this training? What do you hope to get out of it?

5. What qualities guarantee you to endure the intensity and boredom of this training?

6. How much confidence do you have in completing the 10 years of training?

7. How will you begin your own business and become financially independent once you graduate?

8. It is important that applicants understand that thoughts lead to impulses, and impulses lead to action (behavior). At some point(s) during the training process the applicants should expect to entertain ideas of quitting. This is normal. How the student responds to these initial thoughts will determine his success in this program. How will you respond to these thoughts/impluses when they arise?


Questions about Gongfu Philosophy:

1. What is Gongfu?

2. What are the general contents of Gongfu training?

3. What is the general value or purpose of training Gongfu?

4. Why do you want to train Gongfu? What are your goals for training?

5. What is your purpose and goal of life?

6. Can Gongfu be used to defend against modern weapons? If not, then what is the purpose of training?

7. In what way do you expect to pass on and develop the art of Gongfu?

Purposes:

1. To test the participants’ physical capabilities, including:
1. Strength
2. Physical Endurance (Tolerance)
3. Physical Stability (Balance and Centering)
4. Physical Flexibility
5. Speed
2. To test the participants’ mental fitness, including:
1. Self-discipline
2. Learning Capability (Pondering, Thinking, and Analyzing)
3. Selfishness
4. Alertness and Awareness
5. Laziness
6. Protection of Public Facilities
7. How thick is the mask, or fascade, on the face?
8. Willing to Accept New Challenge or Try to Avoid It (Sneaky of Not?)
9. Repelling the Rules. Tradition, or New Ideas.
10. Faking
11. Honesty
12. Showing Off
13. Jealousy
14. Judgment (Neutral Point of View)
3. To test the participants’ morality, including:
1. Moralities of Deed
1. Humility
2. Respect
3. Righteousness
4. Trust
5. Royalty
2. Moralities of Mind
1. Will
2. Endurance
3. Perseverance
4. Patience
5. Courage
4. To test participants’ social relationship with others, including:
1. Leadership
2. Public Relations
3. Cooperation
4. Concern with Other People’s Feelings
5. Physical Training/Testing Methods
1. Basic Stance Training (8 Postures) --- Endurance and Strength
2. Learning Lian Bu Quan --- Learning Capabilities
3. Stand on Bricks --- Balance and Stability
4. Stretching and Kicking --- Flexibility
5. Reaction Training --- Speed, Alertness, and Awareness
6. Spiritual Training/Testing Methods
1. Meditation
2. Qigong Lecture
3. Discussion of the Meaning of Life and Other Spirituality-Related Subjects
7. Languages
1. Chinese - Learning attitude and capability
2. English - Speech and discussion
8. Mental Testing Methods
1. Through Observing Daily Activities and Behavior
9. Morality Testing Methods
1. Through Observing Daily Activities and Behavior. Also, Through Daily Discussion of Various Subjects
10. Social Relationship Testing Methods
1. Through Observing Daily Activities and Behavior. Also, Through Daily Discussion of Various Subjects

View the 10-Year Training Curriculum