CHICO —Martial arts. Many people encompass it into one bulk style that involves punches, kicks and getting different colored belts. That could not be further from the truth. Just as there are many ...

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 ...

Like many kids growing up the early ’90s, Master Shi Yanqing watched Jet Li movies and dreamed of being a hero. Unlike most of those kids, Yanqing lived only 170 miles from the 1,519-year-old Shaolin ...

Our Mission: The Shaolin Hung Mei Kung Fu Association is a 501(c)3 nonprofit organization dedicated to the integration, instruction and promotion of traditional Chinese martial and cultural arts.

More than 15 Kung Fu Shaolin masters from both China and beyond will descend on Washington to showcase their unique Shaolin skills on Sept. 9. The community is invited to witness an authentic Shaolin ...

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 ...

China's Shaolin Temple, the birthplace of kung fu and the star of many martial arts films, has set up an online store to flog its wares. Named "Shaolin The Stage of Joy," a Web page has been set up by ...

The hushed silence that descends over the old courtyard inside the Shaolin Temple carries the expectation of something magical. Abbot Shi Yongxin, a rotund Buddhist monk with a shaved head and a ...

City Manager Brad Miyake spoke as well, making reference to doing martial arts in his childhood and the discipline it taught him. Sparring with weapons, demonstrating mental fortitude as they do ...