Today, it's a training ground for thousands of young boys as young as five, who dream of becoming warrior monks, or martial arts film stars. Here's what the home of kung fu is like. The Shaolin ...

Though legend says kung fu was created at the Shaolin Temple as a series of exercises to keep the monks active and fit, martial arts had been in existence in China before the founding of the ...

The little dragons have taken their kung fu stances on the floor of Dennis Brown's Shaolin Wushu Academy in Silver Spring. Decked out in black, Chinese-style uniforms, the group of 4- to 6-year ...

Shaolin's single paved road is now lined by more than 40 kung fu schools, many of them set up by warrior monks or their disciples. (Unlike other Asian martial arts like karate or tae kwon do ...

Shaolin monks practice martial arts at the Pagoda Forest of the Shaolin Temple in Dengfeng, Central China's Henan Province.

If you don't practice kung fu, you don't have life." Source: USA Shaolin Temple In 1992, Shi was touring the US with a select group of Shaolin monks when he defected from China, sneaking out of ...

The 36th Chamber of the Shaolin isn't as famous as it should be, considering how great it is as a martial arts revenge epic ...

A monk practices Shaolin kung fu at Wanshou Temple, northeast China's Jilin province on March 2. Wanshou Temple is the only temple in Jilin province with warrior monks. There are 12 monks and the ...

Today, Shaolin kung fu is widely known, and the monks’ feats in athleticism have been emulated in popular movies. The 1982 movie “The Shaolin Temple,” which launched Jet Li’s career and ...

Shaolin Temple, like The Expendables, boasts a star-studded cast of kung fu movie legends from the 1970s and 1980s. The 1976 film brought together top actors like David Chiang, Ti Lung, and ...