2005-10-09 04:00:00 PDT Shaolin, China-- Revered in myth, extolled in film and almost destroyed by revolution, China's famous Shaolin Temple, where the martial art of kung fu was created, has been ...

What is kung fu like? Shaolin kung fu can involve agile movements, resilient spirit, elegant motions or powerful strikes. Regardless of age, race, gender, or body type, every Shaolin disciple shares a ...

Shaolin kung fu is considered the largest school in Chinese martial arts. It contains hundreds of extant styles including barehanded and armed techniques, each boasting routines that promise to ...

This is the third time that the Shaolin monks will be performing in Malta. What is so different this time? The Shaolin monks have been touring the world since 1995. They have put on more then 4,000 ...

Translating a Chinese tradition for American students requires that a Shaolin kung fu master learn the art of positive encouragement. "The American teacher mostly says, 'You are very good already, but ...

The heads of the St. Petersburg Shaolin Culture Center practice their moves in the Russian city. [Photo provided to China Daily] Fourteen years ago, Australian cancer sufferer David Ian Burn visited ...

BEIJING – Chinese border police collared a dozen would-be illegal immigrants masquerading as the famed kung fu monks of Shaolin Temple, state media reported Friday. The 12 had joined a team of genuine ...

Everyone with an interest in martial arts films has heard of the Shaolin Monastery on Songshan mountain near the former Chinese imperial capital of Luoyang in Henan province. According to film critic ...

Martial arts and meditation practitioners in Atlanta don’t have to take the 7,500-mile journey to the Shaolin Temple in China to get a taste of authentic Shaolin culture and its ancient teachings.

DENGFENG (CHINA) — The young martial arts pupils cartwheel across a pitch, before football coach Sun Dawei orders one to deliver him a kung fu kick to the stomach. “You see I avoid the kick like this, ...