Gong Lung (Steel Dragon) Kung Fu and Lion and Dragon Dance

07/13/2026

06/23/2026

RIP Master Zhao Zeren
My Kung Fu uncle Zhao Zeren had a heart attack while teaching push hands last night, and died in the hospital in Beijing. He was an amazing martial artist and teacher, and a very warm human being. I remember being concerned about meeting him the first time because of his reputation as a indomintable fighter. The story was that, when he was young, people would cross the street when they saw him coming the other way. So when he showed up here in Pittsburgh for a seminar, I thought I was going to go home as a pile of bruises. Instead, he had a warm smile and a huge bear hug. he seminar of course was phenomenal. He was a truly amazing man and he will be sorely missed; he was totally irreplaceable. I am very lucky to have met him. He taught me so much in the little time I got to spend with him. I wish I had had more chances.

Here are a photo of him when he was here for a seminar. I showed him a bit of capoeira too, which he found interesting and gave a little shot at playing the berimbau. I also included a couple of clips from a demonstration he did in Beijing.

06/16/2026

Lion does a forward roll. This is from a wedding we performed at last Saturday.

06/16/2026

No classes June 20th due to an out of town perfomance. Sorry for the inconvenience

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06/12/2026

Last Saturday I accept my newest disciple. Jim Heberling, welcome to the Yin Cheng Gong Fa Family.

04/20/2026

We were crazy busy with lunar new year lion dancing during February and I’ve been restoring lions all March. I wanted to post a more movement oriented video this time instead of a talking one, but haven’t had a chance to make a decent one. However I do have some short videos I’ve done over the last, like during the shutdown, which I’ve never posted here so I hope some of these will be useful to done people.

This video to help help people get started on handstands. Handstands are seen commonly in capoeira but are useful in establishing a solid tumbling foundation for skills found in other martial arts as well, such as an aú (cartwheel) or handspring. This technique emphasizes body alignment to help get a kind of “root” through the hands. Be careful not to lock the elbows so your weight can sink through the arms and hands in to the ground and plant you solidly in the ground. In a way, it will kind of feel like you are diving into a tall glass of water in terms of direction; your body will follow your arms and your legs will follow your body. Carefully not to slam hard into the floor since that can throw you off.

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02/13/2026

Schedule changes due to our Lunar New Year performance commitments:
• Friday, 13 February - All classes cancelled
• Sunday 15 February - Capoeira 10:00-noon. Tong bei and Xing-Yi cancelle •
• Saturday 21 February - All classes cancell
• Sunday 22 February - All classes cancel d
• Wednesday 25 February- All classes cance ed
• Saturday 28 February - Kids Class, and Ying Jow cancelled. Tai Chi held as u al.

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01/30/2026

It took me forever to put something up because some of my kf brothers were saying they were looking forward to my post and I thought I needed to put something up really profound but I couldn’t think what and it’s been a while and lion dance season is coming up. And really, hydration is important.

I am naming this series after my friend Saif Kaku, who it seems was murdered by Daesh (aka isis). He was a super cool guy living in Iraq who just wanted to take care of his mom, become an engineer and learn kung fu. I won’t forget you, my friend. You can search or this entire series by looking for

01/05/2026

A seminar on Chen Jin Ba Gu Shi San Shi, the 13 Posture Bone and Tendon Stretching Form, will be this Sunday, 11 January from 11:30-2pm at Steel Dragon. This form is good for strengthening your fundamentals and should be a nice way to start the year off.

This form can be fairly intense physically and challenges leg strength as well as enhancing flexibility and root, and is good for enhancing your basic kung fu, which should underlie whatever style you do. Note that while it starts out fairly easy, it can be a little physically challenging, so despite its name it is a bit of a workout and you will want to dress in comfortable clothes same like any other kung fu class.

The class is open to both Steel Dragon students and others, so feel free to invite your friends. The cost is $30 for current students and $45 for others.

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11/25/2025

We haven't really benn using social media much so hopefully people will find the little brief posts that are put up here going forward useful. Just little tips, discussions and that sort of thing.