S H A O L I N, China, March 26 -- The warrior monks of the Shaolin Temple have been perfecting and passing on their martial arts skills for 15 centuries. But not even the wisest of monks could have ...

Monks from the Shaolin Temple perform kung fu at the United Nations headquarters during the 2013 Shaolin Temple Cultural Festival. Hu Haidan / China Daily Shi Yongxin, the 30th-generation abbot of the ...

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 ...

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 ...

The Shaolin Temple, nestled in the Songshan mountain range of Central China's Henan Province, is renowned not only as a sacred site of Zen Buddhism but also as the birthplace of the renowned Shaolin ...