Film & Television Shooting Cooperation

Introduction to Film and Television Shooting Cooperation of Shaolin Temple Xiaolong Kungfu Academy

Founded in 1980 and located in the hinterland of Songshan Shaolin, Shaolin Temple Xiaolong Kungfu Academy is a comprehensive Shaolin Kungfu education group integrating cultural and Shaolin Kungfu teaching, film and television talent training, Shaolin Kungfu performance output, and on-site shooting support. With more than 40 years of experience in the film and television Shaolin Kungfu field, it is a benchmark institution for film and television action content cooperation in China. With five core advantages—professional action guidance, senior actor reserve, on-site shooting venues, professional war horse configuration, and top-tier Shaolin Kungfu IP (Shi Xiaolong)—the academy provides film and television crews with a full-process, one-stop Shaolin Kungfu content solution to help create high-quality, authentic Shaolin Kungfu film and television masterpieces.

Core Heritage: In-depth Integration of Shaolin Kungfu Foundation and Film and Television Genes

As an authentic Shaolin Kungfu inheritance base, the academy was co-founded by Shaolin Temple and Shaolin Village, and is one of the first professional Shaolin Kungfu academies in China. It has trained more than 100,000 students in total, including over 3,000 film and television Shaolin Kungfu talents, and has been rated as one of the “Top Ten Shaolin Kungfu Academies in China” for many consecutive years.

  • Honorary Principal · Shi Xiaolong (Core IP): Shi Xiaolong, Honorary Principal of the academy and internationally renowned Shaolin Kungfu film star, made his debut at the age of 5. He has starred in more than 30 classic Shaolin Kungfu film and television works such as Oolong Courtyard, Young Justice Bao, and China Dragon, and is an iconic figure in Chinese Shaolin Kungfu films. With more than 30 years of experience in the film and television industry, he has top-tier Shaolin Kungfu skills + mature acting skills + industry resources. He can play the leading role, co-direct, or serve as action director, endowing the project with top-tier Shaolin Kungfu IP and a professional creative perspective. In recent years, he has participated in major action films such as 10,000 Meters Crisis, Tough Guy, and Chasing Evil, continuing to lead the trend of Shaolin Kungfu film and television.
  • Film and Television Art Department (Professional Core): The academy has set up an exclusive Film and Television Art Department, equipped with more than 30 professional film and television coaches and 15 senior action directors. The core team all have provincial and municipal Shaolin Kungfu championship qualifications and more than 10 years of experience in film and television action choreography. Some of them are from top action teams such as Cheng’s Stunt Team and Hung’s Stunt Team, proficient in traditional Shaolin Kungfu boxing and weapons, Sanda, hard qigong, equestrian actions, and modern fight design.
  • Talent Reserve (Ample Options): There are more than 10,000 students in the academy, including more than 800 film and television specialized students, aged 6-25, covering children/teenagers/youth/adults of all age groups. All of them have passed the threefold screening of Shaolin Kungfu skills + performance literacy + discipline execution, and can directly participate as extras, martial artists, guest actors, supporting roles, and even leading roles without additional training, greatly reducing the crew’s time and cost.

Five Core Cooperation Services (Full-Process Coverage)

Professional Action Guidance: Customized Authentic Shaolin Kungfu Design, Rejecting Gimmicks

  • Full-Type Action Coverage: Good at Shaolin hard skills, ancient costume fights, modern combat, gunfight coordination, equestrian stunts, group Shaolin Kungfu fights, on-site blasting actions, etc., suitable for all genres of film and television needs such as ancient costume, martial arts, action, police and bandit, anti-Japanese war, and fantasy.
  • Customized Choreography: Combining the script’s character settings, actors’ skills, and scene characteristics, tailor-made professional, authentic, and ornamental action scenes, balancing safety and visual impact. It can provide full-process services such as action storyboards, technical disclosure, on-site direction, and post-action special effects coordination.
  • Classic Cases: It has provided action guidance and choreography for many film and television dramas and on-site plays such as Police Notes, City of No Phase, Power Over the World, Beauty of the Ages · Xi Shi, and Heroic Menglianggu. The action design is tough and professional, and has been highly recognized by the crew.

Full Echelon Actor Output: One-Stop Supply from Extras to Leading Roles

  • Top-Tier Leading Role (Shi Xiaolong): Shi Xiaolong can be invited to serve as leading actor, co-director, or action director, with its own popularity and reputation, ensuring the project’s popularity and quality.
  • Professional Martial Artists/Guest Actors: More than 800 film and television specialized students, proficient in boxing, knife skills, sword skills, staff skills, hard qigong, high-altitude wirework, and falling stunts, can directly serve as martial artists, doubles, and guest actors, with strong execution, high cooperation, and sufficient professionalism.
  • Extras/Phalanx Actors: More than 10,000 students in the academy can quickly organize an extra phalanx of 50-500 people, suitable for ancient battlefields, martial arts gatherings, street fights, sports meetings, ceremony scenes, etc., with neat queues, unified actions, and strong discipline, no additional training required.
  • Children’s Shaolin Kungfu Actors: Exclusive children’s film and television class, with students aged 6-12, who have practiced Shaolin Kungfu since childhood, with solid skills and vivid images, suitable for roles such as Shaolin young monks, Shaolin Kungfu child stars, and young leading roles, with representative work Shaolin Little Arhats, etc.

On-Site Shooting Venues: Shaolin Hinterland Real Scenes + Professional Venues, One-Stop Location Shooting

  • Shaolin Core Real Scenes: Adjacent to Shaolin Temple, the campus has natural real scenes such as Shaolin ancient buildings, Songshan natural scenery, Shaolin Kungfu City blocks, and ancient battlefield sites, suitable for martial arts, ancient costume, and Shaolin-themed shooting, no additional scene setting required, saving costs.
  • Professional Indoor Venues: Equipped with 10 standard Shaolin Kungfu training halls, a 5,000-square-meter large Shaolin Kungfu performance hall, Sanda ring, Shaolin Kungfu stage, and on-site fight shed, with complete facilities, which can meet the needs of indoor fights, Shaolin Kungfu performances, training scenes, and wirework shooting.
  • Outdoor Supporting Scenes: The campus has ancient-style streets, Shaolin Kungfu practice squares, mountain trails, and water system landscapes, suitable for scenes such as ancient costume streets, martial arts practice, mountain fights, and courtyard martial arts competitions, with convenient location shooting and rich scenes.

War Horses and Equestrian Stunts: Professional Horses + Horse Trainers + Equestrian Actors, One-Stop Equestrian Solution

  • Professional War Horse Reserve: It has its own more than 50 high-quality film and television war horses, covering breeds such as Mongolian horses, Ili horses, and thoroughbred horses, with docile temperament, strong endurance, and high obedience. Suitable for scenes such as ancient wars, cavalry fights, equestrian competitions, and Republic of China horse riding, it can provide professional equestrian cooperation such as single riding, double riding, group gallop of war horses, and horseback fights.
  • Senior Horse Trainers and Equestrian Team: Equipped with 10 professional horse trainers + 30 equestrian actors, all with more than 10 years of film and television equestrian experience, proficient in horse training, equestrian action choreography, horseback fighting, war horse special effects coordination, and horse safety guarantee. They can complete high-difficulty equestrian stunts such as horseback chopping, horseback dueling, war horse falling, and group horse charging, which are safe and controllable with shocking effects.
  • On-Site Equestrian Cases: In the large-scale on-site play Beauty of the Ages · Xi Shi, 70 students turned into Wu-Yue iron cavalry, cooperating with war horses to complete large-scale battlefield equestrian performances, which were magnificent and well-received.

Full-Process Supporting Services: Professional Team + Comprehensive Guarantee, Worry-Free and Efficient

  • Crew Reception: An exclusive film and television docking team provides one-stop services such as venue coordination, personnel scheduling, accommodation and catering arrangements, safety guarantee, and shooting permission assistance, following up the whole process with efficient cooperation.
  • Safety Guarantee: All action actors have received professional safety training, equipped with professional protective gear, wirework equipment, and first-aid personnel, ensuring shooting safety throughout the process with a zero safety accident record.
  • Compliant Qualifications: The academy has formal school-running qualifications, qualifications for recruiting foreign students, and film and television shooting cooperation qualifications. The cooperation process is compliant and transparent, and a formal cooperation agreement can be signed to protect the rights and interests of both parties.

Cooperation Cases (Strength Witness)

  • Films/Web Dramas:10,000 Meters Crisis (starring Shi Xiaolong, with 20 students participating), Chasing Evil (starring Shi Xiaolong), Tough Guy (cooperation between Wang Baoqiang and Shi Xiaolong), Police Notes (public security theme, Sanda scene shooting), City of No Phase, Power Over the World (ancient costume dramas, with 50 students participating), etc.
  • On-Site Performances: Beauty of the Ages · Xi Shi (Huzhou, with 70 students + war horses participating), Heroic Menglianggu (red on-site play, with 30 students participating), Shaolin Kungfu World (Dengfeng resident Shaolin Kungfu play), etc.
  • International Cooperation: Received South Korea’s EBS TV documentary Extreme Job and overseas Shaolin Kungfu-themed film crews, providing action shooting and cultural display to help Chinese Shaolin Kungfu culture go global.

Cooperation Models (Flexible and Diverse)

  1. Full-Package Cooperation: Provide full-process package services including action guidance + actor output + war horse equestrian + venue shooting + supporting services, solving all Shaolin Kungfu content needs in one stop.
  2. Single-Item Cooperation: Can cooperate with any single item such asaction guidance, actor output, war horse rental, and venue shooting separately, flexibly adapting to the crew’s needs.
  3. IP Linkage Cooperation: Invite Shi Xiaolong to participate in the project (leading actor/director/action director), combining with the academy’s Shaolin Kungfu resources to create top-tier Shaolin Kungfu IP masterpieces.
  4. Long-Term Strategic Cooperation: Establish long-term cooperative relations with film and television companies and crews, provide priority resources and preferential prices, and jointly build a Shaolin Kungfu film and television creation base.

Reasons to Choose Us

  • Authentic Shaolin Kungfu: More than 40 years of Shaolin Kungfu inheritance, authentic Shaolin Kungfu and solid strength, rejecting false special effects, restoring the true essence of Shaolin Kungfu.
  • Full-Chain Resource Integration: One-stop supply of action guidance, actors, war horses, venues, and supporting services, saving worry, effort, and money.
  • Top-Tier IP Support: Led by Shi Xiaolong, with its own popularity and reputation, ensuring the project’s popularity and quality.
  • Professional Team Escort: Senior action directors, professional horse trainers, and high-quality actor teams, with rich experience, efficient cooperation, and safety and reliability.
  • Rich Cooperation Cases: Served hundreds of film and television projects, with a good reputation, and the strength has stood the test of the market.

Shaolin Temple Xiaolong Kungfu Academy, with Shaolin Kungfu as the bone, professionalism as the wing, and integrity as the foundation, sincerely invites film and television crews and film and television companies at home and abroad to cooperate hand in hand, create new classics of Shaolin Kungfu film and television, and let Shaolin Kungfu shine on the screen and go to the world!