ADV; Come train with one of Bruce Lee's Teachers this weekend !

[Shaolin Concepts]

I am sending this e- mail to in form the arrival of Master Gin Foon
Mark to the Music City for the First Time. He is the 5th generation
Master of Jook Lum Southern Praying Mantis Kung Fu. He will be
teaching a seminar here March 17th at 10 a.m. at Shaolin Concepts
School of Martial Arts at 902 Hart Lane Nashville, Tennessee 37216.
He is a piece of world history and opened Kung fu up to Americans when
no one else would teach them.
He taught the famous Bruce Lee and KO d Boxing champ Rocky Graziano
in a exposition match. He is 84 years old and lived in the temples in
China when the Japanese invaded in World War 2. He also loves country
music and watches CMT regularly.

I am David Stephens owner of Shaolin Concepts School of Martial Arts
902 Hart Lane Nashville,Tn. 37216 (615- 228-1800 school ) and we are
1 of 7 schools currently authorized to teach by Master Mark in the
world as of August 2011.

www.masterginfoonmark.com

www.southernprayingmantis.com

www.karateandkungfu.com
Gin-Foon Mark

Gin-Foon Mark

Gin Foon Mark was born in 1927 in Toison, China, a small village near
Canton (Guandong). At the age of five he began his studies in the art
of Gongfu, under the supervision of his uncle Kong Boon Fu, a 4th
generation master of White Crane Gongfu. His grandfather, who was also
a master, tutored him in their family style known as Mok Gar (Mark
Style) Gongfu.

At the age of nine he was admitted to the Shaolin Temple at Chun San
and studied with the monk Moot Ki Fut Sai. During his stay in the
Shaolin Temple Master Mark received instruction in the Five Animal
Style, White Crane, Eagle Claw, Leopard, and Tiger Gongfu styles.

While in the Shaolin Temple he learned many external and internal
Qigong exercises, including Iron Shirt, Iron Palm and Cotton Palm. He
also learned acupuncture techniques for healing.

In 1947 the Chinese Association of New York asked Master Mark to come
to the United States to teach Gongfu to the Chinese community. In
1956, at the age of 29, Gin Foon Mark began studying under Lum Wing
Fai, the fourth generation master of the Southern Praying Mantis
Gongfu system. For the next 13 years he studied with Mr. Lum. In 1969
Mr. Lum closed his hands (retired) and appointed Gin-Foon Mark to take
over as the fifth generation master of this system.

Mr. Mark opened Southern Praying Mantis Gongfu schools in New York and
Philadelphia. In 1970 he moved to Minnesota and also opened a school
in Minneapolis. Mr. Mark is now living in St. Paul, Minnesota and
teaching daily classes.

In 1979 Mr. Mark went back to China. While he was there he studied Six
Healing Sounds Qigong in Beijing under a teacher known as the Old
Master of China. Mr. Mark gained much valuable knowledge from his
study of many Qigong styles, so he decided to share his knowledge and
experience by teaching the Six Healing Sounds to students in his
Gongfu school.

Gin-Foon Mark is also an accomplished Chinese ink-brush artist and
calligrapher. He has been featured on the national television program
You Asked for It. The State of Minnesota holds Gin-Foon Mark in high
esteem and has produced a videotape of him that is included in the
collection of their State Cultural Treasure Program.