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Welcome to the home of Leung's White Crane. Here you will find information about our history, our goal and us. We are a School of Chinese Martial Arts; we are also a premier school of Lion Dancing with over 30 years of experience. The school is structure like an extended family, student are not students in the western sense. They are considered to be brothers, or sisters of varying degrees. The delineation is trough generations, young brother, older brother, and Senior Brothers. We are committed in keeping the ways of our founders, and the Masters that preceded them. The quality of training in which we live by is second to none, perfection is an obsession.

Martial Arts: Chinese Martial Arts has been popularly known by the world as Kung Fu. It’s a 20th century term that became synonymous with Chinese Martial Arts, after the downfall of the last dynasty. Technically it’s not a proper term; you will not find the word Kung Fu in any text pre 20th century. The proper term would be just the name of the school, and the type of form they specialize in. School names are usually the same name as the head Master, and the style could be a geographical region, a symbolic animal, etc.

Lion Dance: This ritual goes as far back as the Qin Dynasty 221BC. Much of its custom remained the same for centuries. Until the late 1970’s when schools in Asia started combining Buc Si tricks (Northern Lion) with the Southern Lion. The sport evolved very fast, today competitions are held in many countries around the world. We use the Liondance to open the San Francisco Chinese New Year Parade every year. We perform a short puzzle in the opening, and a complete puzzle during the grand finale.

Dragon: The Dragon is near and dear to the hearts of all-Chinese. It’s a source of ethnic identity; it is a binding cultural myth that the Chinese are descendant of Dragons. Earliest account of Dragon used in celebration dates back to the Han Dynasty 180AD. The general rule of thumb is bigger, longer, is better! Every year we perform the grand finale in San Francisco Chinese New Years Parade. With over 300 participants in our school we bring out the largest Dragon outside of Asia.
It is no longer just a Chinese customary thing, having a Liondance for that one occasion! We have done performances in all shapes and form! From the traditional Grand Opening, Birthday and Weddings. To a movies like Jade (starring David Caruso), Turner & Hooch (starring Tom Hanks), to countless commercials and promotional videos. You can even see us in a Primus’s Pork Soda music video. We have done a number of for print ads, including shoots for fashion magazines. We are capable of orchestrating shows as small as 5 people to an all out production of hundreds.

Our specialty is Lion Dance, Dragon Dance and Martial Arts performing for various occasions such as weddings, birthdays, grand openings, parades, conventions, anniversaries and many more. All shows can consist of 1 to 50 lion heads and up to 3 Dragons at one time.

We only ask that for large show that you plan ahead accordingly and coordinate with us.
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