The Nam Yang Mountain Retreat is a residential martial arts and meditation training retreat located near the town of Pai in northern Thailand, where students of martial arts or people simply interested in learning about martial arts and meditation during their travels can come for any length of time and learn multiple of forms of Chinese Kung Fu for combat and self-defense, as well as Chi Kung and mediation for health, enlightenment and vitality. We have world famous Masters of Shaolin Kung Fu and Chi Kung (both hard and soft) who speak fluent English.
Small class sizes. Our class sizes range between 1 and 20 with up to six teachers (usually 2 – 5). You will not find your self stuck at the back of a group of 200 students straining to see what the guy at the front is trying to demonstrate. Fluent English. All of our teachers speak genuinely fluent English, including Grand Master Tan. You will not need to rely on getting the attention of a translator.
Real kung fu wisdom. We live the way of kung fu and teach kung fu philosophy, spirituality, history strategy, culture and traditions alongside practicing its physical aspects.
The Nam Yang Pugilistic Association is one of the world’s oldest Traditional Chinese Shaolin Temple Martial Arts schools. Nam Yang teaches Southern Shaolin Martial Arts styles, including Tiger-Crane Kung Fu and Shaolin Weapons systems, Hard and Soft Chi Kung, Lion and Dragon Dancing and Shuang Yang Pei Ho or the Sun and Frost White Crane Soft Internal Art. Nam Yang has trained students to become world ranked martial artists and our Lion and Dragon Dance teams perform around the world.
The mountain retreat is designed to be the ultimate martial arts training and meditation venue. It is set on 2.1 acres of land on the side of a mountain spur, bordering the jungle and maintaining awesome views across the Pai river valley to mountains which rise steadily to the Himalayas.
In the early morning, when we begin training, the mountains are usually shrouded in mist which gradually clears as the sun rises.