Classes at the Portland Shaolin Center introduce people of all experience levels to the basics of the 1500 year old martial art Shaolin Kung Fu (Shaolin Gongfu). The training includes physical conditioning, Internal and External Styles, Animal Styles, Empty Hand and Weapons forms, meditation, sparring, Ch'i Kung and T'ai Ch'i Ch'uan. Classes at the CSC Portland are affordable and thorough, offering the broadest range of training at the most reasonable prices in town. The class environment is cooperative, spirited and satisfying. The instruction is dynamic and detailed, emphasizing a technique-based, pragmatic approach to studying the full curriculum of traditional Chinese martial arts.