After 5 months break, I come back to Qufu Shaolin Kung Fu School to train for the second year. It was 9 p.m. when we arrived after around 30 hours of traveling.
1st Year at Qufu Shaolin Kung Fu School!
If you haven’t read adventures from my 1st year of Kung Fu training, CLICK HERE
Traveling From Poland To China
Friday, 16th March
8:45 – 12:05 (3h 20min) Koszalin – Szczecin (Train) – 1h waiting
13:00 – 15:15 (3h 15min) Szczecin – Berlin (Bus) – around 4h waiting
19:25 – 11:40 (9h 15min) the next day Berlin (TXL) – Beijing (PEK) (Flight) – around 4h arriving at the train station and waiting
16:35 – 18:55 (2h 20min) Beijing – Qufu (Train)
Together: around 27h traveling
Pic.1 This is how the train ticket in China looks like, with the translation.
Welcome Again Qufu Shaolin Kung Fu School
The school looked exactly, how I remembered. It felt weird, like deja vu. On the way up to Daniel’s room, we met Jacob – an old student. Immediately after, Kevin appeared – my “brother” from the last year, a member of the Master Du group. Then, came Stefan, who I remembered from autumn two years ago. The new students appeared as well. They started to introduce themselves. More old students came. We talked about the school gossips.
What Have Changed
- Master Du (Shaolin Master) was not anymore at school 🙁
- Also Master Miao (Tai Chi Master) left the school.
- There were 2 new Masters: Wing Chun Master and Tai Chi Master. I heard different opinions about them, but all were very positive. I was curious.
Jet Lag
Daniel’s room was a big mess. We spend the next few hours trying to organize ourselves. In the end, we went to sleep around 3 a.m. In the “morning,” Daniel hugged me and asked to guess what time it was. I said 1 p.m. He estimated 11 a.m. It was 4 p.m.!!! Again, we were unpacking and cleaning the room.
On Monday morning, I picked up the bread from the boy, who always arrives in a small car and sells food to the kitchen ladies. After, I went to see Tai Chi class. The new Master movement looked impressive. I wasn’t training because I decided to start my practice on Wednesday to rest and organize everything.
I felt happy to be again at Qufu school. I was motivated. Also, a bit scared about how my body will adapt to the intense training.
LEARN SHAOLIN KUNG FU ONLINE
This amazing 6 week Shaolin Kung Fu Basics Online Program is taught by an authentic Shaolin Warrior Monk from Shaolin Temple, a current headmaster of Qufu Shaolin Kung Fu school. IF YOU ARE INTO MARTIAL ARTS, I HIGHLY RECOMMEND IT 👍
Here, a special gift for my readers. Use this DISCOUNT CODE when joining the Shaolin Kung Fu Online Training: TrainWithBasia