Master Xu Dezheng’s Shaolin Pudao (少林朴刀 )

Master Xu Dezheng (徐德正) demonstrates the Shaolin Pudao. He oversees his own school, Pure Shaolin Kung Fu, in the modest suburb of Belmont, about twenty miles south of San Francisco on the peninsula. He teaches a curriculum of traditional Shaolin Kung Fu, Tai Chi and Qigong, but any observer seasoned in the martial arts will detect elements of Judo, Taekwondo and Modern Wushu sprinkled into his teachings. This is because beyond being a former touring member of the Shaolin performance troupe, Master Xu was