Legend has it, that more than 1500 years ago, at the Shaolin Monastery in Henan province, China, a monk named Bodhidharm created what is considered today one of the oldest martial arts in existence, ...

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 ...

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 ...

There are few traditions as storied as that of the Shaolin Temple. Originally founded more than 1,500 years ago in China at the foot of Shaoshi Mountain, the legendary monastery has played a seminal ...

Five children in blue uniforms run around the room at the Shaolin Tai Chi Cultural Center, practicing their poses and punches before class. At the instruction of Shifu Chang Yuan, they race to the ...

In the first of a series of lectures dedicated to the memory of Ilya Chalik ’11, Shaolin Master Monk Shi Dezun presented on how to live a fulfilling life through zen, martial arts, and medicine.

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 ...

Wellness centres are currently in, and everyone is looking for one that caters to their overall well-being. As a recently-launched boutique wellness centre in Juhu, Core Clubb aims to cultivate ...