Kung Fu's first home is hard to kill. Since it was built in 495 AD, Shaolin Temple, the original home of kung fu and Zen Buddhism, has been attacked and nearly destroyed multiple times. It's survived, ...

(CNN) — A young Shaolin monk runs horizontally across a wall, intense concentration, and perhaps a hint of astonishment, visible in his face. Four other trainees at a martial arts academy near the ...

Meet the golden-aged granny with the golden arm. Zhang Hexian, 98, from Zhangkeng in southeast China, is being recognized by the country’s leaders for her demonstration that “kung fu spirit never gets ...

As sweaty, sometimes bloody and rigorously violent as it is, boxing somehow has acquired a romantic-sounding nickname, "the sweet science." What, then, might we call the whirling dynamism of kung fu, ...

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 ...

In 1974, the disco song “Everybody Was Kung Fu Fighting” shot to the top of the pop music charts in Canada, the U.S., Britain, and Australia. This catchy certified “gold” tune by Carl Douglas ...