Shaolin Warriors

A week ago today I went to watch the exhilarating stage performance of the Shaolin Warriors at Her Majesty's Theatre. Accompanied by eight of my friends, it was a fantastic night out. Siew Yum and Kam had wanted me to organise this at the very last minute and when I took the initiative to do so, they both bailed out on me. Lucky I have friends. The performance was spectacular. Ball Breaker and Mr S were not terribly excited about it. Then again, what would two Aussies understand about Chinese martial arts. I guess Ball Breaker was just disappointed the crew didnt pick her out of the crowd to demonstrate on stage. The performers only picked males out from the crowd. Were they afraid of an impending sexual harrassment lawsuit? Traditionally and culturally, monks are not allowed to touch women, so maybe that was it. You should've seen Ball Breaker try her best to get their attention everytime they came down to the crowd to pick a member of the audience. No luck. Some of the performers were rather cute too. Well, not that any of us were actually there to look at hot men *wink*. We were very commited to this energetic performance. Well, except for Swing Sister that is. In the heat of the spiritually intoxicated atmosphere, she managed to scrutinise the stage for performers with a large package. STOP! This was a well choreographed martial arts show, not a Chip and Dale performance. Why was Swing Sister looking down there??? She is too funny.

The performance incorporated alot of Buddhist chanting, martial arts demonstrations and even a solo act by a little boy no more than 10 years old. Why this kid has chosen a life to remain in the Shaolin temple is anyone's guess. He may even grow up to be the head abbot of the Shaolin temple one day. And we can claim to have witness his truly inspiring performance. I would recommend that you go witness this show yourself but the troupe is probably half way across the globe now. Unfortunately they only had 10 shows here and surprisingly the one we went to last week was packed out. The only thing disappointing about the show was there wasnt enough props. Not as much knife throwing as I had hoped to see. There was one solo act that stunned me though. A young man, no more than 21 had such acrobatic flexibility that he could put his knees behind his ears. But the stunning part was that he was so flexible that I'm not kidding, he could literally lick his own balls. Eeewww.... But it was amazing to see it live.