Shaolinternet?

This morning, I discovered that I had an email from a man asking about one of my old DeviantArt submissions, called 'Shaolin' (not pictured). It was a picture I took in Thailand of me in front of a window doing the traditional Kung Fu bow that I then tweaked in Photoshop. He told me he was a martial artist with a school in Qufu, south of Beijing in Shandong Province, and he was building their website. He asked if he could use my image on their site, and we've started talking about Kung Fu and his master, Shi Yan Jia. Shi Yan Jia grew up as a monk in the Shaolin Temple in the Henan Province. He also invited me to come to the school, if I ever made it out to China.

Honestly, this wasn't the way I always dreamed of helping out Shaolin Monks, but hey... it's still pretty bad ass. Go check them out! It's a beautiful school, truly.

Qufu Shaolin Martial Arts School

-dk