I've loved this. I'm starting BJJ next week. You are my hero. I look forward to arm barring you to death.

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Any vids wolfie? I might start a Jiu Jitsu blog just to take notes on how rubbish I am.

Get some more pics up for us mate.

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It took a while but they're all here. Click any to see a bigger version and let me know if any links are broken. Cheers, W

Wolfie and the others doing the Shaking Crane Pattern

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Shaking Crane Master Lin demonstrates his technique with our instructor Neil

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Wolfie practises his Shaking Crane in the hotel gym

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Wolfie and the others practise horse stance on a high wall. A new extreme sport?

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Chen, our interpreter, pours a nice cup of tea

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Wolfie rings the bell in the Southern Shaolin Temple

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Master Lin's son demonstrates the dog style pattern that we had to learn

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Wolfie relaxes after a morning session of dog fighting with a delicious can of Mr. Brown's chilled coffee

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What better after all that training but a cool game of pool. Does he pot the blue?

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Dog style techniques: Slide between his feet then kick him to the ground

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Once you've got him down - get control of his limbs

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Once he's on the ground and under your control, tie his legs in a knot

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After tying his legs in a knot, pull back his arms

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The final move - legs in a knot, arms pulled back then you place a foot on his back. Nice!

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Wolfie recovering from four hours solid training

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Fully recovered, the Wolf takes a motorbike taxi into town

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Wolfie meets an old friend at Dancing Wolves, a trendy clothes boutique in downtown Fuzhou

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Dog Style Master Lin gives Wolfie the certificate that proves that he really did do it

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The celebration banquet when the course was complete. Delicious if you didn't ask too many questions

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Cheers for the tip greg. Looks like you can't force Photobucket images to be smaller so I had to recrop and upload them again. An arse but looking good now

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try this?

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Thanks again Will and Greg.

So those are some of the photos..at last! I hope they give you some idea of what a great time it was out there.

I am now well and truly back in old England with the rain and the wind but at least my hip is nearly better and I am a whole lot better at kungfu.

Hope you enjoyed the story.

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