Shi Heng Yi

Shi Heng Yi, 35th Generation Shaolin Kung Fu Apprentice.
Headmaster and Founder of the Mexico Shaolin Temple
Representative of Sifu Shi Yan Ming in Mexico and Central America.
“One of Mexico’s most active Martial Artists” – “La Revista” by El Universal
“Daniel Corona: Youth, impetus, and a new proposal in the martial world” – Mundo Marcial Magazine

Shi Heng Yi / Daniel Corona has dedicated his life and efforts to travel the world looking for the best teachers in Eastern arts and to transmit his learnings in Mexico and other Spanish-speaking countries. His work has been recognized by various organizations and celebrities in Mexico and abroad. He has participated in numerous media outlets in Latin America and the US:

On the cover of “Mundo Marcial” magazine, in “Area Deportiva” magazine, in El Universal‘s magazine “La Revista”, twice in the widely distributed journal Excélsior, in Sanborn’s “Sólo para ti” magazine, in MVS Radio‘s with Fernanda Tapia and Martín Achirica, in Radio Ibero 90.9 with Emilio Gallardo, in Radio Universitaria UFM Alterna with Paco López, in Televisa Deportes with Armando Valencia (in Morelos), in Televisa’s“Los Reporteros”, in TV Azteca with Claudia Álvarez, in Canal 40 with Ana María Salazar, in Jaime Mausán’s “Tercer Milenio” magazine, as a martial arts choreographer in Cinepantera’s film “Lake Tahoe”, as an instructor in the Kellog’s Nutrición y Deporte and in National Geographic with Sifu Shi Yan Ming. (Gallery)

As a writer in the magazines “Artes Marciales de México,” “Mundo Marcial” and “Defensa Personal”. As an editor in Mina Group and Berbera Editores’s magazine “Kung Fu”. As the editor of the Gaceta de Artes Marciales del TSM AC.

In 1985, he begins studying Shito Ryu Karate Do with Roberto Hernandez, who later would serve as the Mexican National Team’s Head Coach.

In 1990, his father initiated him in the practice of Tai Chi Chuan , which he had learned from Chie Ming Xie, a distinguished professor of the Beijing Normal University, and a Chinese soldier. However, at his young age, he did not pay much attention to it and he chose to practice Kung Fu, and went through different schools from 1995 onwards.

In 1996, while he has a Computer Science student, he created the first Chinese Martial Arts web portal in Mexico, KungFu.com.mx, which remains a hub for martial artists to date.

In 2001, he obtains his Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Science and joins the staff of Mexican “Artes Marciales” magazine, under the direction of Juan Chía, and published by Editorial Mina. There, he begins working as a graphic designer and web programmer, and later as a columnist, writing about Eastern culture and sports. When, in 2005, the magazine closed down and became “Kung Fu” magazine, Corona took the position of Co-Editor in the founding team.

In 2003, he met Master Yang Jun, a 6th Generation Descendant of the Yang Family, creators of the most popular Tai Chi Chuan style in the world, and begins the preparations to bring him to Mexico. He became his student and an official member of the International Yang Family Tai Chi Chuan Association in Seattle, USA. He remains to be so to this date. It is under the instruction of Master Yang that he retakes interest in Tai Chi Chuan.

In September 2004, he traveled to New York to study under Shi Yan Ming, an authentic 34th Generation Shaolin Monk, from whom he receives his Buddhist name. He becames his disciple and contact in Mexico and Latin America. He remains his student to date.

In 2005, he travels with Shi Yan Ming to Chile to create the Chile Shaolin Temple, under the direction of Shi Heng Shi (Gustavo Ponce).

In 2006, he traveled to Thunder Bay, Canada, invited by the Yang family and master Peng You Lian from the Beijing Normal University, to attend the First International Forum on Taijiquan 2006, with the living descendants of the five families that created Tai Chi Chuan and the former coach of the Chinese National Wushu Team, Zeng Nailiang, for all of whom he presents a demonstration of his skills in Tai Chi. He was evaluated by Chen Zheng Lei, direct descendant of Chen Wangting, creator of Tai Chi Chuan.

In March 2007, he was appointed Yang Family’s representative in Mexico and Central America by master Yang Jun.

In 2008, he travels to Argentina with master Shi Yan Ming, to found the Argentina Shaolin Temple, a branch of the USA Shaolin Temple, with Juan Manuel Escobar, representative in Argentina.

In September 2008, he went on a learning tour with master Shi Yan Ming, visiting the best Wushi schools in the People’s Republic of China, among which the famous Jin Woo Federation and Shi Xiao Long school (the largest in the world) in Shaolin Dengfeng stand out.

Currently, he is doing a Bachelor’s Degree in Law and continues learning under his masters, Yang Jun, Sifu Shi Yan Ming, Peng You Lian and Randy Willias. Together, they have founded the Templo Shaolin de México AC, where the real teachings of their traditions are taught.

Downloads:
*Televisa “Los Reporteros” choose to be comfortable with yourself. – Video – Interview with Heng Yi TSM
*The Best of Martial Arts – Video Interview with Heng Yi, Channel 40