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Shifu Yan Lei[edit]

Shifu Yan Lei is a 34th generation fighting master from the Shaolin Temple in Henan Province China. He came to the UK in 2000 to help Shifu Shi Yan Zi set up Shaolin Temple UK in London. He is the founder of Yan Press and Productions which produce a graded system of Shaolin Qigong and Shaolin Kung Fu instructional DVDs and books. More than ten DVDs now exist, selling in the thousands worldwide. Yan Lei is the author of a book : Instant Health: The Shaolin Qigong Workout For Longevity.

Life and career[edit]

Shifu Shi Yan Lei was born in 1973 in the Xin Jiang province of China. He began his martial life at the age of fourteen when he went to study at the Shaolin Temple Monastery in Henan Province, China. He specializes in medical and martial Qigong including Shaolin Steel Jacket (Iron Shirthttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iron_shirt),and Bone Marrow Cleansing Qigong. As well as training in traditional Shaolin Kung Fu he also trained as a Sanshou fighting and fought in tournaments in China when he was a teenager. He has had his Shaolin Steel Jacket tested by scientists at the London Science Musuem. He teaches workshops and classes in the UK and USA in both martial arts and wellness. He has developed The Shaolin Instant Health Program which includes the original Eight Treasures Qigong Exercises (sometimes called Eight Brocade or Ba Duan Ji) which was taught at the Shaolin Temple. His program includes Shaolin stretching, stances, Qigong, and self-massage using an Instant Health bamboo massage brush. The Instant Health bamboo massage brush helps to improve the lymphatic system, unblocks the meridians and helps the Qi to flow smoothly.

Philosophy[edit]

Yan Lei believes that the Shaolin arts are not just for martial artists but for everyone who wants to live a long and healthy life. He says that the key to a healthy life is not only through good diet and exercise but also through a regular Qigong program. “At the Shaolin Temple we believe it is best to prevent disease rather than curing it when it occurs. Qigong enables us to do this,” he says in his book Instant Health: The Qigong Workout For Longevity. Just as he uses his Qi to protect himself from the blows of a brick, he says that we can use our Qi to protect our body against the stress and strain of modern living. A recent scientific report backs up his claim.

“If the Shaolin Arts were in pill form then everyone would take it because the results are a longer healthier happier life and I don’t know of a single person who doesn’t want this.”