Complete beginner? Perfect — everyone starts here.
Never practiced a single strike? Foundation assumes nothing. We teach the stance before the kick, the breath before the power.
Mabu · 马步 — the horse stance
Real Shaolin Kung Fu — from your first stance to your first form. In three months.
A guided path that takes you from zero to skill that sticks. Filmed with the care of an old tradition, trained at your own rhythm. No annual contract, no endless video library — just training that works. Month by month.
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How it works Why Mabu
You don't want “content”. You want to learn Kung Fu.
Learning Kung Fu online usually comes with two catches: a long commitment — and, at the end, a mountain of videos you're left alone with. Mabu is built differently: a guided path instead of a collection, one teacher who takes you along step by step, and no long-term obligation. You stay as long as it moves you forward.
How it works
Kung Fu isn't learned topic by topic.
From the very first week you train everything that belongs together — stance, strikes, kicks, forms, strength, breath. Nothing waits its turn. Every session joins the pieces into a whole, and all of it grows with you across the three months.
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Stance & rooting
From a horse stance that no longer shakes to moving powerfully from one stance into the next.
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Strikes & kicks
From clean fundamentals to combinations with clear intent.
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Forms (taolu)
Piece by piece, week by week, up to your first complete Shaolin form.
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Strength & mobility
The strength and supple joints to train hard and stay healthy.
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Breath & focus
The part most apps leave out — here it's in every session, with a meditation timer for your quiet practice.
Starting from zero, after three months you'll command a complete form, hold a deep stance without shaking, strike and kick with control — and be visibly stronger and fitter. You will know what Kung Fu is.
Your pace, your plan
Train when it suits you.
No daily obligation, no rigid plan. You choose your rhythm — a few sessions a week, mornings or evenings, however it fits your life. Each session takes 30–45 minutes. The path stays clear; you set the pace.
The path doesn't end after three months
The foundation is the beginning, not the whole path.
After that, it continues — deeper forms, weapons fundamentals, advanced conditioning, partner drills. And Mabu isn't just for beginners: experienced Shaolin martial artists train here too — to sharpen forms, drill fundamentals at a high level, and keep a regular practice when the temple or school is too far away. However far along you are, there's a next level. And it's already filmed.
Who it's for
Already trained — even years of Shaolin? This is for you too.
Skip the beginner path and pick up where you left off: drill fundamentals with intent, sharpen forms at a high level, keep your own practice. Mabu challenges you at your level — healthy, but hard.
What's inside
Everything you need. Nothing that distracts you.
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Masterfully filmed lessons
Multiple angles, broken down in slow motion, so you see exactly what matters.
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Follow-along sessions
Train along in real time, as if you were standing in the middle of class.
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A guided path
Every session shows you the one next step. No second-guessing.
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Made for your life
Sessions of 30-45 minutes, at your own rhythm.
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Strength & mobility from day one
So you train hard and stay healthy. We protect knees, hips and back — from day one.
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Technique & forms library
Rewind, slow down, drill the details.
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Visible progress
Stages, milestones, your first form on video — and the Mabu Challenge: hold the stance as long as you can while AI reads your posture through the camera.
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Anywhere
iPhone, iPad, or streamed to your TV. No equipment needed — room for a few steps is enough.
Your teacher
One teacher for the whole path.
Mabu is taught by Julian Jacobi — trained at the Shaolin temple and a well-known name in the scene. Judo at five, Kung Fu at eight, the monastery at eighteen: four years of training at Shaolin Temple Europe, then training in China. Today he teaches at his own school in Wuppertal — the same way he learned it himself: from the stance up.
One handwriting instead of changing faces: over the weeks you learn how he explains things — and that's why you truly understand them.
Julian Jacobi
Pricing
Honest pricing. No annual trap.
Mabu will be cancellable month by month — no annual contract, no minimum term. Your first week is free, no card required. We'll reveal the prices at launch.
You stay because it works — not because you signed.
FAQ
What you want to know.
Do I need to be fit to start?
No. Foundation meets you exactly where you are.
How much time do I need?
Sessions of 30-45 minutes, at your own rhythm — no daily obligation.
Do I need equipment or a lot of space?
No. No equipment — and room for a few steps is enough.
Is this really Shaolin Kung Fu?
Yes. Stances, forms and conditioning as they've been passed down — taught by Julian Jacobi.
I've trained before. Is this too easy?
No. Skip the beginner path and start where it challenges you.
Really cancel anytime?
Yes. Monthly means monthly. No minimum term.
What comes after the three months?
New courses lead on — deeper forms, weapons fundamentals, advanced conditioning, partner drills. You decide how far you go.
What about injuries?
Mobility and safe progression are built into every week — we protect knees, hips and back from day one.
Everything begins with Mabu.
Your first week will be free. In 20 minutes you'll know whether this is the training you've been looking for. In three months you'll know what Kung Fu is.
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