Our Mission

Our mission is to teach Northern Shou Shu effectively, with clarity, and due diligence, to each student who joins our school. Students who study Northern Shou Shu should expect to gain a firm understanding of their own limitations, which areas they're excelling in, and where they need to improve. Students who study Northern Shou Shu should also expect to gain a firm understanding of what it means to be self-disciplined, and what it means to be an upright person. And above all, through the course of learning Northern Shou Shu, they should expect to gain great sense of self-respect, in addition to a great sense of respect towards their shifu and their peers.

The focus in training in Northern Shou Shu aren't the belts. The belts only help in indicating where a student has progressed. The main focus of Northern Shou Shu is mastering the different movements, not in theoretical scenarios where the student may expect to get out unscathed each time regardless of his or her level of skill but, in realistic scenarios, where the ability to defend oneself will be determined by the ability of the practitioner to utilize the movements and techniques taught to them.