She also serves as Treasurer for Warrior’s Path Buddhist Academy. the parent company of HealthKick Kung Fu. In 2017, Sifu Adrienne became part-owner of Energy Fitness, Inc. She looks forward to getting to know the many students who come from all cultures, walks of life, and professions to share in the art and love of Shaolin Kung Fu. Sifu Adrienne continues to fine-tune her teaching skills everyday to carry forward the many benefits and challenges Shaolin Kung Fu has to offer. I have found it to be a unique merging of learning, fitness, and fun!” I encourage everyone to give Kung Fu a try. In her own words, “ As someone new to martial arts when I started, I can understand why some people feel intimidated by the practice or uncomfortable just walking into a martial arts school. She appreciates the discipline, patience, respect, and perseverance that traditional martial arts develop in an individual.
During this journey, she learned that Kung Fu offers so much more. Having no prior background in martial arts, Sifu Adrienne started her practice with the intention of getting a great workout and learning some self-defense. Her training includes a study trip to the original Shaolin Temple in Henan, China under Shaolin master Shi Yanju and self-defense intensives with 8th degree Shaolin Chuan Fa master, Waysun “Johnny” Tsai. She began under our founder, Master Daniel J. Sifu Adrienne, a 3rd degree Black Sash, started studying martial arts at HealthKick Kung Fu in 2004. She is the founder and President of Warrior’s Path Buddhist Academy. HealthKick Kung Fu is the Shaolin program offered by Energy Fitness, Inc. Lazarz is a co-owner of Energy Fitness, Inc., a martial arts and exercise program service provider. Paula is also an ordained Soto Zen Buddhist priest in the lineage of Shunryu Suzuki-Roshi. She has a firm belief in the transformative power a solid martial arts practice offers a person and hopes to instill a passion for the art in her students. Master Paula was a 2017 inductee into the Illinois Martial Arts Hall Of Fame. While studying under Shi Yanju, a 34th Generation Songshan Shaolin Temple master, she completed two study trips to the original Shaolin Temple in Henan, China to deepen her understanding of the art, culture and spirituality of Shaolin. Her practice includes 24 years of Qi Gong training along with 18 years of Tai Chi. Master Paula holds a 6th-Degree Black Sash in Tsai’s Shaolin Quan Fa. She has competed both locally and nationally and was a NBL regional forms champion in 2003. She earned her Black Sash under Grandmaster Andrew Lee within the Shaolin Quan Fa system established in Chicago by Grandmaster Tsai.
She began her study of martial arts to build confidence and increase her own awareness of practical self-defense. Master Paula Lazarz has been practicing Shaolin Kung Fu for the past twenty seven years and has been teaching on a daily basis for the past 24.
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