Throwing a needle through a pane of glass is one of the most difficult skills to perform as a Shaolin Master, taking at least ten years to train. It's impressive enough on its own, but how does it ...
Ever wish you had the discipline and concentration of a monk? Easily done, says secular monk Walter Gjergja, who practices discipline and concentration for a living. Gjergja, or Shi Xing Mi, is said ...
Two Shaolin masters, from the Henan province in China, have arrived in Ireland to take up a three-month residency at Monart Destination Spa which will continue until December 7. Zen Master Zheng and ...
Training montages are undoubtedly one of the best parts of kung-fu movies. They can distill years of training into a short, evocative clip, usually set to a rousing soundtrack. Watch enough of them ...
On the second floor of Far East Plaza in Chinatown, six kung fu students assume warlike expressions and ball their hands into fists. Shaolin Master Shi Yanxu bellows a command: “Mao Bu” — Chinese for ...
Following is a transcript of the video. - For me, real fighting is not really like this. Shifu Yanzi: My name is Shifu Yanzi. Shifu Yanzi is the Shaolin Temple name. Since 1983, I went to Shaolin ...
An adorable three-year-old kung fu master has risen to fame in China after videos of his hardcore training regime have gone viral. The boy, surnamed Qi and nicknamed Little Stone, has been learning ...
About a millennium and a half ago, Buddhist teachings from India began seeping over the Himalayas and into China. Yuan Hong, an emperor of the Wei dynasty, had a Buddhist monastic institution set up ...