Though Shi Yan Ming is a world-renowned kung fu master, he was lucky to survive a poverty-stricken childhood as a peasant in China. He was born in 1964 in Henan Province, the heart-center of the ...

BOB ABERNETHY, anchor: Think of Buddhist monks and you probably imagine practitioners sitting stark still trying to quiet their minds. Who knew that the violent martial art kung fu has it’s own ...

's face is turning red, sweat is dripping from his jet black hair and he's trying to keep his legs from trembling. Kwan, 11, is among a class of students at Shaolin Kung Fu Academy. The school is ...

WAN Shan Qing had finally arrived. In defiance of his parents and carrying only a blanket, the 13-year-old had traveled more than 900 miles from his home province on the east coast of China to the ...

Shi Yan Ming didn’t intend to make me feel bad. But when a 40-something journalist asks a 59-year-old interviewee to confirm his age, it’s not really appropriate to lift a straight-kneed leg over your ...

Editor’s Note: In Snap, we look at the power of a single photograph, chronicling stories about how both modern and historical images have been made. A young Shaolin monk runs horizontally across a ...

The Shaolin monks of the school are currently accepting students from around the world who wish to learn Shaolin Kung Fu, Sanda (Sanshou), Tai Chi, Qigong, Bagua, Xingyi and Baji Chuan. Set in ...

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