Fitness Essentials Northeast Dragons is a community-based organization dedicated to the advancement of individuals through the martial arts. Formally established in 2009, we are connected to a lineage of schools dating back to the earliest known records of martial arts in China.
We teach Pai Lum Kung Fu, which has roots in various disciplines.
Daniel K. Pai
Dr. Daniel K. Pai (Great Grandmaster) – Po Fong (Founder of Pai Lum) was such a practitioner of a southern Shaolin Temple outside of Singapore. In 1924 he traveled to Hawaii with the dream of being able to give his family a better life using his vast martial arts knowledge. He later adopted the name Po Pai. He passed his teachings on to his grandson, Daniel K. Pai. His grandmother passed on to Daniel the white crane. As a young boy, his grandfather sent Daniel K Pai to the White Lotus Monastery in Okinawa. After World War II, Pai went to work on the Parker Ranch on the “Big Island”. In the 1960’s Pai brought his martial arts to the mainland and they spread across the nation. By the early seventies he had fifty plus Pai Lum and Fire Dragon schools in North America.
Clarence Cooper Jr.
Clarence Cooper Jr. (Grandmaster) – Clarence Cooper has been a practitioner of Chinese Martial Arts for over 47 years. Grandmaster Cooper is a top student of Daniel K. Pai. Dr Pai and Grandmaster Cooper along with other students traveled the United States, The Caribbean and abroad and obtained many victories. Dr. Pai also had a passion for reconstructive therapy which was passed down to Grandmaster Cooper. Throughout the many years of battles and training He learned the embrace the pains and find cures to reconstruct injuries through martial arts and medicines
Location:
United States