Zhou Gao Shan
Praying Mantis Shifu
The information presented in this chart was collected from different sources -see Bibliography-, therefore the romanizations in Pinyin according to the Mandarin pronunciation of the characters sometimes is not available. If you find any mistakes or inaccuracies please contact me.
His name is also romanized as:
Chou Kao Shan
Born in 1945.
Student of Mei Hua Tang Lang under Li Kun Shan and of Mi Men Tang Lang under Zhang De Kui, both in Taiwan. Additionaly he also studied Liu He Tang Lang under Liu Yun Qiao.
Shifu Zhou Gao Shan lives in the mountains about 80 km east of a city to the north of Tainan, he is a farmer and operates a Longyan fuit farm. He speaks Taiwanese dialect but he understands some Mandarin.
Shifu Zhou Gao Shan has "students" or associate clubs in many universities and senior technical schools and colleges in every city in Southern Taiwan and some in the middle and in Taipei too as well as associate organizations and graduates all over Taiwan. Shifu Zhou Gao Shan is the head of the gong-fu family. There are no fees and there are no tests. It is like a brotherhood.
Although shifu Zhou Gao Shan is not educated formally, he has an extensive knowledge about philosophy, religion and martial arts theory. He lectures extensively abouth these subjects and his students usually write down his words.
Being gong-fu brother of shifu Su Yu Zhang, he is also the Vice President of his martial arts association, the "Pa Chi Tang Lang Chuan International Association".
Page Updated: 1st January 2002.
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