Martial arts and meditation practitioners in Atlanta don’t have to take the 7,500-mile journey to the Shaolin Temple in China to get a taste of authentic Shaolin culture and its ancient teachings.

Translating a Chinese tradition for American students requires that a Shaolin kung fu master learn the art of positive encouragement. "The American teacher mostly says, 'You are very good already, but ...

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 ...

Chinese-born Shaolin kung fu master Heng Zhen has been demonstrating those moves and teaching other techniques to a growing number of adults and children since the start of the year. His classes have ...

Meet Shifu Kanishka Sharma: the first Indian to ever train at the Shaolin Temple. Watching ‘The 36th Chamber of Shaolin’ changed Kanishka Sharma’s life. Introduced to the film by his driver, he was so ...

With kinetic motions, hard percussive strikes and sweeping kicks, the Seattle Shaolin Kung Fu Academy brought the ruckus and celebrated six years in business in a big way with a performance on stage ...

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 ...

Within the Shaolin Temple, in the mountains of China’s Henan province, Shi Yanqing lived regimented, disciplined days. He generally woke up around 5 a.m., prayed for an hour, ate, studied, cleaned ...

BUFFALO, N.Y. -- The Center for the Arts at the University at Buffalo will present Shaolin Warriors on Oct. 29 at 8 p.m. in the Mainstage Theatre in the Center for the Arts on the UB North (Amherst) ...

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