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Four kung fu masters of the Shaolin Kung Fu Mission, People's Republic of China, performed a demonstration of martial arts Sept. 16 that impressed an audience of several hundred with their skill, agility, and mental and physical discipline and power. The performance, at the Dennis A. Wicker Civic Center, was a collaborative effort by Central Carolina Community College's Confucius Classroom, N.C. State University's Confucius Institute and Pfeiffer University's Confucius Institute. The four masters (pictured, not in order), Yunnan Liu, Zhongxu Mu, Yuehui Yuan and Sun Gaoyang, served as kung fu coaches for the Chinese Kung Fu Center at Pfeiffer from 2009 to 2012. The masters demonstrated barehanded and weapon styles of martial arts. The audience watched amazed and impressed as, among other feats, a master bent a long spear with his neck, another broke an iron bar with his head, and another used a needle to punch a hole in glass without shattering it. For more information about CCCC's Confucius Classroom, visit www.cccc.edu/confucius.

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Shaolin kung fu masters of the Shaolin Kung Fu Mission, from the People's Republic of China, and students at the Black Belt Leadership Academy, in Sanford, performed demonstrations of martial arts for an audience of several hundred Sept. 16 at the Dennis A. Wicker Civic Center. The performance was a collaborative effort by Central Carolina Community College's Confucius Classroom, N.C. State University's Confucius Institute and Pfeiffer University's Confucius Institute. All the performers posed for a group photo following the show. The four Shaolin kung fu masters (all in tan), Yunnan Liu, Zhongxu Mu, Yuehui Yuan and Sun Gaoyang, impressed the audience with their skill, agility, and mental and physical discipline and power. Masters of ceremonies for the show were (second row, from left) Charles Sutherland, CCCC Confucius Classroom student; Guan Wang, Confucius Classroom instructor; and Sherman Tse, who was born in Hong Kong but emigrated to the United States and became a citizen. Also pictured is Jeremy Jackson (second row, third from right), owner and instructor for the Academy. For more information about CCCC's Confucius Classroom, visit www.cccc.edu/confucius.