Our aim is not only that of ensuring a healthy workout, but also to ensure that the best balance possible between mind and body is achieved, so as to guarantee a truly wholesome and beneficial way.
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Welcome to YuanYang Men School
Our aim is not only that of ensuring a healthy workout, but also to ensure that the best balance possible between mind and body is achieved, so as to guarantee a truly wholesome and beneficial way.
Affiliated Schools Programme
For more information visit Our Affiliated Schools Programme
Mission of Statements
To educate and introduce the Chinese cultures and arts to the public, with the spirit of friendship gathering.
To support the local, national and international community by opening professional training centers/branches of YuanYang Men Schools through an effective program that cover every aspect of life that are Mind, Body and Spirit.
The Taishan Sport Asociation is independent, non-political and oriented toward the true state of art in real work that cover variety in work profession.
To create events, seminars, classes, workshop, training, activities below, but not limited to;
Conducting and creating an educational activities using formal or informal classes and seminars includes but not limited to Traditional Chinese Martial Art of YuanYang Men School, Traditional Chinese Herb Medicine Class, Taoist Agopunture, Traditional Chinese Medicine, Taoist Geomancy (Feng Shui), Qi Gong Meditation, Taoist and Buddhist Philosophy and Spiritual Study, etc.
Conducting and creating appreciation events toward Chinese Arts and Cultures such as, Chinese Lion Dance as well.
Conducting and creating activities in international seminar and workshop, kungfu pilgrims in China.
Conducting and establishing training centers/branches nationwide and internationally.
To identify, train, build, certify and promote instructor seed/candidates.
Conducting and creating a demonstration events in the community that includes but not limited to Kungfu Demonstration, Qi Gong as well as fundraiser for non-profit organization, etc.
Conducting and publishing medias such as books, DVDs, Manuals, etc.
For more information don't hesitate to contact us:
- E-mail: info@taishankungfu.com
- Telephone: +39 393 84 80 535
Affiliated Schools Programme
The International YuanyYang Men Academy's Affiliated Schools Programme provides a lucrative opportunity for those wishing to open their own Kung Fu schools and reap the benefits of the Academy's longstanding reputation in the martial arts, education, health and fitness industries.All International YuanyYang Men Academy-qualified Instructors of Level 1 standard and above are eligible to apply to become Affiliates of the Academy. A student may become an Instructor of the Academy by progressing through the Academy's Grading System and completing the Academy's Trainee Instructor Course.
Please note that this page intends only to give a brief overview of the Affiliated Schools Programme and nothing on this page shall form part of the Licence Agreement for Grandmaster Salvatore Cafiero (referred to generally as the 'Affiliate Agreement'). You should seek independent financial and legal advice before making any commitment or entering into the Affiliate Agreement.
Benefits of Affiliating
Licence to teach YuanYang Men Kung Fu.
Affiliated Schools receive a licence to teach Grandmaster Salvatore Cafiero's unique training programme, Grandmaster Salvatore Cafiero's YuanYang Men Kung Fu, and use its Grading System exclusively within an agreed territory for the duration of the Affiliate Agreement. Grandmaster Salvatore Cafiero's YuanYang Men Kung Fu has been endorsed by the world's leading authority on Kung Fu, Grandmaster Jiang Zhou Cun, and has produced many highly skilled Kung Fu exponents, such as the Academy's Senior and Chief Instructors.
Official Certification of Students
Upon successful completion of a Grading, students of the Affiliate will receive official certification in the form of a Grading Certificate and Badge subject to payment of the Grading Fee set out in the Schedule of the Affiliate Agreement.
Transferable Membership
The International YuanyYang Men Academy recognises the membership of all Affiliated School students and current students of Affiliates may transfer to an Academy Headquarters or Branch and use their remaining Annual Membership. They may also continue training at the Grade or Level they attained at the Affiliate subject to the Academy's Absence Policy. Transfer between Affiliated Schools is also possible, subject to the student obtaining a Letter of Release from their current Affiliated School.
Current Affiliated School students may also access selected seminars and workshops at the Academy. Fees may apply.
Other Benefits
There are numerous other benefits of running an Affiliated School, including the ability to derive income from referring students to an Academy Headquarters for Gradings. To find out more, please contact us!
Apply Now!
To submit a Letter of Interest in the International YuanyYang Men Academy's Affiliated Schools Programme, please click here to contact us online and provide us with the following details:- Your name, address, email address and phone number
- Your training / study history and achievements
- Where you intend to establish your Affiliated School
- Why you consider yourself to be a suitable candidate for the Affiliated Schools Programme
- Provided that you meet the eligibility criteria for becoming an Affiliate of the Academy and your Letter of Interest is successful, the Academy will contact you to arrange a brief interview.
For more information don't hesitate to contact us:
- E-mail: info@taishankungfu.com
- Telephone: +39 393 84 80 535
Rules of the Schools
- Nurturing of both Art and Spirit
- Balance between Knowledge and Strength
- Preservation of what is Ancient so as to generate what is New
THE EIGHT PROHIBITIONS
- Inconsistency: systematic progression must be achieved through consistency and continuity...
- Obstinancy, Excessive curiosity: Wanting to learn faster or by skipping steps without having acquired the necessary preparation or having learned well. One must not try to progress too speedily simply for the sake of progression (do not eat more than you can digest, working hard and obtaining little).
- Superficiality: Kung Fu has an ancient history with uncountable forms and techniques for gaining strength. All this has been obtained through the hard work and sweat of past Masters. Practice must be taken with seriousness, continuous focus and through experience. For every technique learned one must master ability, theory must be profoundly understood and the effect must be felt internally. A superficial attitude will not lead to any success.
- Impulsiveness and Crudeness: All the styles of Tradition have a systematic approach to the Practice. Practice is developed according to scientific laws. Crudeness takes you on the wrong path.
- Compulsive change: The Tradition has hundreds of Schools and every Master his own ability. The apprentice must not desire to continuously change Style or Master. For as when focus is given to one thing others are necessarily lost along the way, in the end, all are obtained. If a disciple is persistent in this attitude he will be respectfully cautioned, but were he/she not to pay heed to this guidance, initiation must be revoked so as to eradicate this vice.
- Interruption of Succession: The Custodian of the Gate must pick his successor before his own death. Succession can be handed down to more than one disciple. If no successor is previously chosen, the Council of Disciples must elect a Successor.
- Lack in Compassion: One must always Love others, have a sense of Devotion to the School and protect the Art for the sake of others.
- Breaking the Rules: One must live in scrupolous observation of the Rules. These are to be passed on to future generations. All must mutually lend a hand and be united. The Masters of the Art must be shown respect.
- One must strive to observe all the teachings and spiritual excellence of the masters by evolving the Art through constant practice.
- Evolve and preserve the Wu De by maintaining a spirit of brotherhood and patriotic fidelity, if necessary even by going into battle for the defense of the weak. Developing and Divulgating the Art.
- Study incessantly so as to grow and better the art through constant practice. Always seek perfection, see the best in others, change oneself. Cultivate humility because knowledge is limitless.
- Compassion and Kindness, help one another, do not speak ill of your neighbour, do not exercise the Martial arts to injure or intimidate the weak and defenseless.
- Candid Honesty, transparency, do not hesitate to help the needy so as to resolve offences. Be a living example of rectitude, fight that which is evil, refine your body and transform your mind. Transformation in your spirit and emotions should be done purely as a process of evolution.
- Select the School’s disciples through a selection based on rigorous practice, virtue and practice must develop hand in hand. Disciples must be honest with their Masters. The Master must strive to love his students. If the disciples behave disrespectfully towards their Master the latter must admonish and correct them.
- Never feel satisfied, Kung Fu is infinite and infinite is its study. Its significance is profound. Always aim higher, never halt your progression, do not be infantile and behave immaturely, never be proud and arrogant in your knowledge.
- Do not be prejudiced towards other schools. All styles have excellent elements, what counts is hard practice that always aims for perfection, never be fanatical. Learn all that is best from every style, internalize it so as to develop new unity, this is the best attitude for growth.
- Never forget your Master and your roots, the disciple absorbed in learning different styles will never be able to grow independently from his Master. As much as abilities or fame may develop even further that those of one’s Master, a true disciple never forgets his/her origin and roots of their talent.
Never be disrespectful towards the Master or Older brothers.
Taoist Yoga
Tao Yin is the cultivation and understanding of Tao through soft, gentle, healing and nourishing exercises. The early Taoists developed many practices geared toward keeping themselves healthy and prolonging their life so they could spend more time practicing, studying and meditating to understand the deepest aspects of Tao.
The postures and exercises of Taoist Yoga are unique and generally have no relation to Hatha Yoga. In regards to the similarity of Hatha Yoga and Taoist Yoga we may look to the fundamental teaching of the 'Three Regulations' in traditional Taoist Yoga Doctrine. These are the 'Regulation of Posture', 'Regulation of Breath', and 'Regulation of Hearth/Mind'. It can be viewed that Hatha Yoga also shares the practice of these Three Regulations, and herein lie their similarity.
Taoist Yoga has at its core a unique and special process of Breath Training.
Taiji Quan
Taijiquan (simplified Chinese: 太极拳; traditional Chinese: 太極拳; pinyin: tàijíquán; Wade–Giles: t'ai chi ch'üan; literally "Supreme Pillar") is an internal Chinese martial art practiced for both its defense training and its health benefits. It is also typically practiced for a variety of other personal reasons: its hard and soft martial art technique, demonstration competitions, and longevity. As a consequence, a multitude of training forms exist, both traditional and modern, which correspond to those aims. Some of Taijiquan's training forms are especially known for being practiced at what most people categorize as slow movement.
Today, Taijiquan has spread worldwide. Most modern styles of Taijiquan trace their development to at least one of the five traditional schools: Chen, Yang, Wu/Hao, Wu, and Sun.
In this Video we can see an example of Taiji.
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Today, Taijiquan has spread worldwide. Most modern styles of Taijiquan trace their development to at least one of the five traditional schools: Chen, Yang, Wu/Hao, Wu, and Sun.
In this Video we can see an example of Taiji.
Shuai Jiao
Shuai Jiao (Chinese-style Wrestling) is the most ancient of all Chinese martial arts with a history of over 4,000 years. Its first recorded use, in a military engagement, was when the Yellow Emperor of China fought against the rebel Chih Yiu and his army, 2,697BC. The original Chinese Martial Arts, a combat wrestling system called Jiao Li (Strength and Endurance Skills), was systematised during the Zhou Dynasty (1122-256 BC). This military combat wrestling system, the first combination of fighting techniques historically employed by the Imperial Army, consisted of throws, hand and foot strikes, seizing joints, attacking vital parts and breaking joints in context of throwing. All of these elements of fighting skills were practised in training during the winter months and used in hundreds of battles in ancient China.
Ancient Shuai Jiao In ancient times, practitioners of Shuai Jiao competed against one another bare-chested, in modern times training is undertaken in a heavy quilted canvas cotton jacket. One important point is that Shuai Jiao does not depend on the opponent’s jacket or clothing in order to throw them. The priority is to grab the muscle and bone through the clothing in order to control and throw the opponent. The use of the competitor’s jacket, that has short sleeves above the elbows and the jacket itself wraps tightly around the torso with a canvas belt, adds variety of techniques in controlling and throwing the opponent. Fast footwork using sweeps, inner hooks and kicks to the opponent’s leg are combined with the controlling-striking arms that create a two directional action making a powerful throw.
Modern Shuai Jiao evolved from an ancient form of battlefield combat. Its techniques are the culmination of tested grappling experience in the best environment – the battlefield. This practical and devastatingly efficient method of combat has evolved into a sophisticated and effective - no nonsense - system of martial arts. Its philosophy shares the same principle of internal systems of Chinese martial arts: Yin and Yang. In fact, the advanced Shuai Jiao practitioner utilises both Internal and External principles and views these principles as two sides of the same coin meeting at a junction, and complimenting each other, but coming from totally different origins.
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Modern Shuai Jiao evolved from an ancient form of battlefield combat. Its techniques are the culmination of tested grappling experience in the best environment – the battlefield. This practical and devastatingly efficient method of combat has evolved into a sophisticated and effective - no nonsense - system of martial arts. Its philosophy shares the same principle of internal systems of Chinese martial arts: Yin and Yang. In fact, the advanced Shuai Jiao practitioner utilises both Internal and External principles and views these principles as two sides of the same coin meeting at a junction, and complimenting each other, but coming from totally different origins.
Tang Lang Quan
Northern Praying Mantis (Chinese: 螳螂拳; pinyin: tánglángquán; literally "praying mantis fist") is a style of Chinese martial arts, sometimes called Shandong Praying Mantis after its province of origin. It was created by Wang Lang (王朗) and was named after the praying mantis, an insect, the aggressiveness of which inspired the style. One Mantis legend places the creation of the style in the Song Dynasty when Wang Lang was supposedly one of 18 masters gathered by the Abbot Fu Ju (福居), a legendary persona of the historical Abbot Fu Yu (福裕) (1203–1275), to improve Shaolin martial arts. However, most legends place Wang Lang in the late Ming Dynasty.
In this Video we can see an example of Tang Lang.
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In this Video we can see an example of Tang Lang.
Sholin Quan
Literally means “Boxing of the Young Forest”.
This style has from its origins always been practiced in Buddhist monasteries. It is characterized by rapid energetic movements and postures that require linear stretching so as to develop the body’s elasticity.
In this Video we can see an example of Traditional Shaolin.
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This style has from its origins always been practiced in Buddhist monasteries. It is characterized by rapid energetic movements and postures that require linear stretching so as to develop the body’s elasticity.
In this Video we can see an example of Traditional Shaolin.
Masters Lineage
GM° ZHOU YONG XIANG E GM° ZHOU YONG FU
GMs° Zhou Brothers
They were the Founders of "Yuan Yang Men School"
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GM° Jiang Zhou Cun
II° Generation Master of Yuanyang Men SchoolASIA - China: This is the Central Headquarter located in Jinan (Shangdong province)
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GM° Salvatore Cafiero
III° Generation Master of Yuanyang Men School
EUROPE - Italy: Second Headquarter based in Brescia, Italy YuanYang Men Europe
YuanYang Men School
YuanYang Men is a traditional school of Kung Fu that prides itself in a profound knowledge of Kung Fu passed on by generation to generation.It was started as a means to further research and study in traditional Chinese arts with the intent of making accessible the philosophy and in a particular way the practice of all disciplines defined as Traditional Arts: Yoga, Ancient and common Martial Arts fromboth Western and Oriental Traditions.
TheFounders of this ancient school are the Grand Masters Zhou Yong Xiangand Zhou Yong Fu.
Currently there are three globally recognized headquarters:
- ASIA - China: This is the Central Headquarter located in Jinan (Shangdong province) and has GM° Grand Master Jiang Zhou Cun as its Custodian.
- EUROPE - Italy: Second Headquarter based in Brescia,Italy and has GM° Grand Master Salvatore Cafiero as its Custodian.
THE TRADITION
The intrinsic charm and advantage that renders these disciplines a treasure of privileged knowledge lies in the fact that the learning of every philosophic principle must be experimented and recognized through practice: Not only is this a fundamental criteria for considering an Art ‘Traditional’, but it ensures that the learning of these principles is fully internalized and lived as first hand experience through its practice.
Having therefore considered the integrity and purity of its foundations, Fit-losophy Africa has been created thanks to years of research and practice and is made richer by the priceless contribution of Masters that have always been a point of reference to all researchers and practitioners the world over.
