Gulun kungfu in the west

Despite the Covid lockdowns all over the world, the students of Gulun Kungfu have continued to practise wherever they are. Since lockdown restriction were lifted, the five students who have been authorised by Master Wu Nanfang to teach his kungfu, have reopened their schools and continued to teach — not only Gulun Kungfu but other forms of martial arts as well. Emilio Pacini (photo above) has a school in Bratislava, Slovakia, Alessio Casarotto has one in Mira, Northern Italy, Naomitsu Zahiro has one in Italy and Michael Bryard is teaching in Paris and Brussels. Emilio, Alessio and Naomitsu can be contacted on Facebook (Chan Quan Kung Fu Bratislava | Facebook and Guardiano del Tempio – Shaolin Gulun Kungfu Italia | Mira | Facebook)

Gulun Kungfu in the west is also extremely fortunate to be supported by many interested people, foremost amongst them being five practioners, all of whom (except for one) run and teach in their own martial arts school. They have all visited or trained at the Academy in China and have a love for Gulun Kungfu. These friends are Marco Pallassini who runs the Chan Dao Kung Fu School in Italy, Jeroen Herzeele who hosts Michael Bryard’s workshops in Belgium: Shi Yan Xiang who runs the Shaolin Temple Athens in Greece; Shi HengYi of the Shaolin Temple Europa in Germany; and Bruno Tombolato (Shi Xing Ying) who runs the Shaolin Cultural Centre in Spain. (All can be found on Facebook and Instagram)