From bostonfamilylife.com
()
Chinese martial arts
A community portal about Chinese martial arts with blogs, videos, and photos. According to Wikipedia.org: Chinese martial arts refers to the enormous variety of martial art styles native to China. Kung fu and wushu are popular Chinese... [more]
A community portal about Chinese martial arts with blogs, videos, and photos. According to Wikipedia.org: Chinese martial arts refers to the enormous variety of martial art styles native to China. Kung fu and wushu are popular Chinese terms that have become synonymous with Chinese martial arts.
Here is a chance to motivate your young martial arts enthusiasts, stretch their attention span, and introduce them to other great cultures of the world - take them to see Shaolin Warriors live in action!
For over one thousand years, Shaolin Kung Fu has been the heart and soul of Chinese martial arts culture. The Shaolin Warriors Troupe consists of more than twenty kung fu masters who have each perfected the art of hand-to-hand and weapons...
More perspectives...
Southern Shaolin
← Previous revision
Revision as of 14:21, 26 September 2009
Line 14:
Line 14:
In Southern Chinese martial arts (Shaolin), a wide horse riding stance is assumed as if riding a horse. The reason for this is that Southern Chinese martial arts were designed to be used whilst fighting on boats and barges. The wide posture was created for greater stability in such conditions. The Horse Stance...
More perspectives...
From en.wikipedia.org
()
Jackie Chan will star in a $29 million Chinese-language remake of 1982's The Shaolin Temple with Andy Lau, Nicholas Tse and Fan Bingbing.
The film will be about China's famed shrine of martial arts, a 1,500-year old temple whose famous fighting monks have featured in films by stars such as Bruce Lee and Jet Li, and in the 1970s TV series "Kung Fu" with David Carradine.
In the original, Jet Li played a boy adopted and trained by Shaolin...
More perspectives...
From feedburner.com
()
Twice this month, critics of Shi Yongxin, the abbot of China's fabled Shaolin Temple, have hacked the temple's website. The critics accuse the abbot of running a commercial enterprise instead of a Buddhist temple.
Shaolin, first built in the 5th century CE, is thought to be the birthplace of Chinese Kung Fu as well as Ch'an (Zen) Buddhism. The temple was sacked in the late 1960s during the Cultural Revolution, but martial arts clubs around...
More perspectives...
From z.about.com
()
The king of kung fu cinema is set to star in a new movie about China's famed shrine of martial arts, the Shaolin Temple.Jackie Chan will star in the $29 million production, "Shaolin," the latest screen portrayal of the 1,500-year old temple in central China whose famous fighting monks have featured in films by stars such as Bruce Lee and Jet Li, and in the 1970s TV series "Kung Fu" with David Carradine.Chan's Chinese-language film will co-star...
More perspectives...
From thestate.com
()
