Greek Shaolin Cultural Organization
少林希腊文化組织

On Saturday, the 18th and Sunday, June 19, 2016, the EPOS mission that consisted of 37 people, accompanied Master Wu Wen Jun, who is the President of the Martial Arts and Culture Research Center of Changchun [Chin.: Zhǎngchūn jīng kāi fútú hànxué yánjiū 长春 经开 国学 武道研究会], to Ilia. The planned visit of Mr. Wu Wen Jun was implemented under the EPOS actions.

Early in Saturday morning, the bus with the EPOS mission that accompanied Mr. Wu Wen Jun and his wife Ms. Ji Zhaoxia, arrived at the archaeological site of Olympia. The international representative of the Center of Changchun, Laoshi Tsimpinoudakis George and the Master of Athens Shaolin Cultural Center, Laoshi Katakalaios Dimitris, guided the couple to the sites of Ancient Olympia, with the help of the archaeologist and student of EPOS, Chrysa Paipati. Mr. Wen Jun and his wife visibly excited by the history of this holy place, toured for a while with all the members of the mission and then visited the Archaeological Museum of Olympia.

After the tour, Master Yan Zhuo with the Laoshi Kapatsoulias Panagiotis, the Jiaolian Stavrakis Marios and the General Secretary of the Association KE.PO.SA.P. "Phoinikas" Mr. Andreas Kostopoulos, welcomed Mr. Wen Jun and hosted a lunch in honor of the guests, at the Club "Touris" in Olympia.

On Saturday afternoon, the EPOS mission reached the Pyrgos Sports Center, where Master Yan Zhuo introduced the President of Martial Arts and Culture Research Center of Changchun to the attendees and then awarded an honorary memorandum on behalf of the EPOS Board to the Chinese Master. Then the masters of EPOS Kapatsoulias Panagiotis and Andrew Banner, handed to the master Wu Wen Jun commemorative plaques and master John Vassilopoulos from the Shaolin Rou Quan Group of Thessaloniki, personally delivered the oath of Hippocrates in Papyrus. Then Laoshi Wen Jun handed to all EPOS Laoshi, a calligraphy written by himself.

At 6:00 in the afternoon, started the first part of the seminar, which included the teaching of the form [chin .: èrshísì shì tàijí quán 二十四式太极拳]. This form is the most widespread and practiced by many people, not only in China but worldwide. Its purpose is to give the practitioner an introduction to the basics of Tai Ji Quan, retaining the traditional form of the Yang family style [chin .: yáng shì tàijí quán 杨式太极拳­]. The EPOS chose this form for teaching, in order to show the advanced students the relevance of Tai Ji Quan with Shaolin Rou Quan, and to introduce beginners and younger students to a completely different style of exercise.

On Sunday June 19, 2016 in the morning started the second part of the seminar, where Laoshi Wu Wen Jun, taught Baji Chuan [chin .: bā jí xiǎo jià yīlù 八极小架一路], the style of Eight Attacks. This form was also an EPOS choice. Not only because Baji has important influences from Shaolin, as its founder Wu Zhong [chin .: wú zhōng 吳鍾 1712 ~ 1802]), stayed and studied six years at Shaolin temple, but because Baji Quan still retains great reputation in China and according to tradition, in order for someone to learn Baji, he should already know another style.

After the completion of the seminar, which was completed successfully, Laoshi Wu Wen Jun, awarded the Changchun Center Membership Cards to 150 male and female Students of EPOS who had the opportunity to be photographed with him.

Then, the management of "Pyrgos" club, with the presence of Master Kapatsoulias, hosted a farewell dinner in honor of their guests and the mission departed for Athens.