Shaolin Temple of Canada Performs at Local Karate Tournament. Today, the organizers of the 2019 Sato Cup specially invited Master Shi Yandi (释延荻) and several students from the Shaolin Temple of Canada to perform Kung Fu at the tournament, with over four hundred karate athletes spectating. The Sato Cup is an annual Karate BC tournament, featuring competitors of various ages and levels from clubs across the province. Like in previous years, this year’s tournament took place at the Student Athletic Centre at the BCIT Burnaby Campus. The demonstration began with students doing a synchronized performance of the continuous chain fist routine (Chinese: 连环拳; pinyin: lian huan quan), followed by a Shaolin staff routine by Master Yandi. The students have been practitioners of Kung Fu for three months to over a year, having rehearsed for a month in preparation for the event. Shaolin Temple of Canada been established only a little over a year ago, and was honoured to get the chance to perform at a large-scale event like the Sato Cup. The objective of this performance was to build community among martial artists. Several karate competitors directly approached Master Yandi after the demonstration, expressing interest in Shaolin Kung Fu. True to their form, the two martial arts disciplines share many similarities in terms of technique and style due to having similar origins. Many techniques in Karate are also in the Shaolin Kung Fu repertoire. The Shaolin Temple of Canada hopes to do more collaborations with Karate BC and other martial arts organizations in the near future. Please like, share the video, and subscript to our channel! Shaolin Temple of Canada: Unit 120, 11300 No. 5 Road, Richmond, BC V7A 5J7 (604) 370-3299 http://www.shaolincanada.org