Cloud Forest Chin Woo Association

Click to learn more about who we are historically and how we came to be here in Greensboro, North Carolina in 2019.

Chin Woo was founded in 1909 by Huo Yuan-Jia.  Click to learn more about his history and how Chin Woo grew to an International Association.

“Guardian of the Middle Gate” Sifu Kash was selected by GM Feng to keep Cloud Forest Alive.  Read more about who he is & his accomplishments.

“Guardian Thunder Horse” Sifu Johnson has accepted the role of Cloud Forest President and is helping to bring the old traditions back to life in the Modern world.

The history of the Shaolin Temple Five Family Fists starts around 650 A.D. within the Fukien Shaolin Temple in the Fukien province.  Read more about its history and how it's tied to Cloud Forest.

Learn more about Shaolin Wu Jia Quan and how it ties in with Cloud Forest.

What is qigong and why is it different than Nei gong, or even relevant to Cloud Forest? Click to read more about it.

Iron Palm is both mysterious and attainable, but it's going to take all you've got to learn.  Click to learn more about the Invincible Iron Palm Kung Fu.

Herbs, acupuncture, qigong…these are all part of Traditional Chinese Medicine, but no where near the ending of what you can learn here with us.

There are five elements basic to the concept of creation and destruction in Chinese Medicine.  Check out this brief overview to understand it more.

Chinese herbs have different properties of how they are used in medicine.  Click to learn more.

The Five Elements coordinate with five different organs of the body.  Click to find out more.

Most people familiar with the Five Family Fist system knows that it covers the Five Family arts of Choi, Li, Fut, Mok, and Hung and the classic southern Shaolin animals of Tiger, Dragon, Crane, Leopard, and Snake. This is true, but many people do not understand how in-depth and involved the system actually is.

It is a lot easier to become a student in the martial arts these days. Let's look back in time on how it used to be done…

It's important for a martial artist to understand the basic history of Chinese Culture.  Here is a basic time-line to guide you through the History of China.

Here are a few books that Sifu Michael Johnson.  They are available online for you to look them over and decide if you should go and purchase your own copies, as the author's deserve your patronage.

This online version is here for you to enjoy and to decide if you want to purchase the book yourself from your local bookstore, or even online.  We encourage the support of as many local businesses as possible.

Tournaments happen quickly and both judges and referees have to use body movements and gestures to indicate what just happened.  Here is an example of some of the gestures used officially in some tournaments.