Shen Kung Fu Academy

Introduction: We are a small, private school with no fancy facilities; just true Chinese martial arts. All classes are taught directly by Sifu Mario Figueroa, with over 30 years of experience. We teach: * authentic Ng Ga Kuen Shaolin 5 Animal Kung Fu * Chow Gar Southern Mantis close-range Kung Fu * Chi Kung breathing and concentration training * Chin Na controlling and incapacitating * Iron Body, Iron Palm body strengthening and conditioning * traditional weapons * wooden dummy training * herbal healing We are the only school San Diego county and one of only a few in the world teaching the Ng Ga Kuen, 5-family/5-animal style of kung fu, from the lineage of Great Grandmaster Ark Y. Wong. Our school is not for everyone and everyone is not for our school. We are not in the service industry or any industry or business for that matter. True martial art is not sport or entertainment. Students are not customers and we are not here to cater to anyone's wants. We offer a tried-and-proven system of self-development that challenges every aspect of your being and that awakens your higher self. Although combat does play an important role in traditional kung fu training, we are not thugs, and fighting is not our focus. We are not sports-oriented either, and while we do participate in competition from time to time, it is done for specific reasons and at defined time-frame of a student's progress. We teach: * health of body and mind * understanding of deeper aspects of kung fu as a path * physical, mental, spiritual transformation * higher thinking, open mind to all possibilities * dissolve limitations * compassion, care and consideration for others * develop endurance, determination, patience * serve, support others