Wu Wei Su Kung Fu Training

To use one of my 5 weeks in China to learn Kung Fu in a monastery, up in the mountains in the middle of no where?

The real question is: Why not??

Through word of mouth, I heard about Wu Wei Su, and I had no idea what to expect... 

It was simply amazing. 

We trained 6 hours every day, ate strictly vegan food, tea and water. Modest dressing, and 9pm curfew. As soon as dinner is over, trust me, you want to sleep! The sore pains only got worse and never better. 

There was no electricity, yet these old style stone rooms kept cool in the day and gave off the heat at night to keep you warm. 

The monks were very strict on no photos, so one had to be quite sneaky!

Schedule

5am - woken up by gongs and chanting right outside your door

6:45am - morning run down the stone paths, then find a large rock and carry it back to the monastery.

8am: Breakfast, alternating every day between noodle soup, or baozi buns and rice porridge. The buns... had this magical sweet peanut filling...heavenly. 

9-12am - morning training. Around 1.5 hours of stretching, then 1.5 hours kung fu

12pm - lunch timeee YES!

1-4pm - free afternoon time. It was optional to stick around and help the teachers practice and learn english. Especially the young boys, who yes, could kick any of your asses. 

4-6pm more training / practice set routine

6pm - dinner

9pm - lights out. And out we were... Especially if you did not have candles!

 Entrance

 Ginger and I's room

 Yep! the toilet! goodbye privacy ladies

 training area

 Coming back with the stones, choosing your spot to set it down

 Morning 9am stretch

 Kung Fu time

Routine time

FOOD RULES:

1. don't leave 1 grain of rice left in your bowl.

2. When you are eating out of your bowl, it must be in your hand and off the table

3. use table chop sticks to pick food 

4. no talking

5. Must walk up to each table saying 'aaaaaami tofu' with hands in prayer form and bow, before leaving the dining room

6. wash and keep your bowl + chopsticks for all meals

7. if you don't know how to use chop sticks, your screwed

 Morning Baozi bun with rice porridge

Noodle soup every other morning

 lunch or dinner kind of food

The food was absolutely amazing, included lots of pumpkin, tofu, greens, corn, eggplant, beans, etc. 

Filling, scrumptious, and always served with rice. 

Dali

China