Tempering the Heart to Master Peace and Happiness What does Tempering the Heart mean? The idea of tempering the heart means keeping your emotions steady and not fluctuating. This is at the very core of Zen wisdom and is a very specific skill. This skill is not easy to describe or to practice, so to better guide you through this topic, I will use the analogy of being at the bottom of a hole and using a ladder to get out of it. If you grasp the meaning, you will no doubt ta... [more]

You Are Invited to the Shaolin Team Canada Wushu Festival 2025 Dear Fellow Shaolin Student, We invite you to participate in our Shaolin Team Canada Wushu Festival on Saturday, October 25th at 10am. What makes our tournament so special is the emphasis on friendship through competition. Whereas many tournaments are fixated on declaring a single 1st, 2nd, and 3rd place finisher, we recognize the collective achievement of traditional Shaolin practitioners. Instead, everyone... [more]

What is New for the 2025 T3 Fall Term Shaolin Kung Fu Level 2 Competition Class Coming this September! It is time to strive and make our mind, body, and spirit even stronger! The 2025 T3 Fall Term Begins Monday, September 8th, 2025 with 14 weeks of classes. The term ends on December 21st, 2025. There is a break week from Monday, October 20 and Sunday, October 26Register online at www.stqitoronto.com! Schedule Changes for the 2025 T3 Fall Term *NEW* Shaolin Kung... [more]

Watch Our Shaolin Martial Arts Show on August 9 for FREE Our popular show features traditional Shaolin Martial Zen arts that showcase meditation, qigong, tai chi, and kung fu. This year we promise to raise the bar even more! We will be performing at the main stage at the Chinatown BIA Festival, on Saturday, August 9th, 2025, at 6pm. The stage is located just north of Dundas on Spadina. Come watch a thrilling 1-hour show and be amazed at the secrets and depth of the Shaolin arts!... [more]

Overcoming Perceptual Illusions to Find Peace and Happiness A 'Perceptual-Belief Hole' is an abstract representation of a very stubborn and complex perceptual layer that forms from knowledge and logic. Thus they are ideas that we believe are very important to us, and make us act and behave in a way that causes suffering to ourselves and others. The sources of these holes can be learned or developed by fantasy and self-delusion. We often do not realize the impacts of the holes w... [more]

Shaolin Martial Arts Performance with 10-Course Meal on Sale - Limited Seats Available Shaolin Team Canada is hosting a benefit banquet on Saturday, July 26, 2025, from 5:30 pm to 9 pm, at Dim Sum King near our downtown Toronto school. The banquet includes a 10-course dinner with Peking Duck, and an exciting one-hour Shaolin Martial Arts performance featuring Master Dao, athletes of Shaolin Team Canada, and an iron-bar hard qigong demonstration. The purpose of this event is to raise... [more]

Learn Shaolin Online FREE for STQI Students We are pleased to announce that... Starting Saturday, May 3, 2025, all students who purchase at least 28 tokens will have complimentary access to the Learn Shaolin Online platform! Many details are below, so be sure to read them carefully! What is Learn Shaolin Online? Learn Shaolin Online is a subscription-based learning tool for the Shaolin Arts of Kung Fu, Tai Chi, Qigong, and Meditation. You can train anytime and fr... [more]

What is New for the 2025 T2 SUMMER Term Shaolin Kung Fu Level 3 Competition Class Coming this May! It is time to strive and make our mind, body, and spirit even stronger! The 2025 T2 Summer Term Begins Monday, May 5th, 2025 with 14 weeks of classes. The term ends on Sunday, August 17th, 2025. There is a break week between June 30 and July 6.Register online at www.stqitoronto.com! Schedule Changes for the 2025 T2 Summer Term The Adult Kung Fu Level 1 class has b... [more]

The topic of 'Ego-Self' is an important one and is one of the 4 key components of Shaolin Chan-Dao wisdom. Before continuing, we recommend you first study the previous three key components: Perceptions, Emotions, and Subconscious Partner. This article will put you on a path to understanding who you are in this seemingly complex universe we live in. Who are you? What is life about? Why do we exist? These are some of the most important questions for humanity, and guidance... [more]

The 2026 STQI China Trip Committee Needs You We are looking forward to going back to China as a school in 2026 October! It has been 6.5 years since we went to China to compete at the Zhengzhou International Shaolin Wushu Festival. It was a proud moment as 22 Shaolin Team Canada athletes brought back many medals and fond memories. This time we will be even more prepared and organized. We may have well over 100 people (including 50 athletes) travelling with us as our influence has gro... [more]