As the famous setting of countless Kung Fu movies, the original Shaolin Temple of China was brought back from near-destruction by a Jet Li movie.

And also weapons. And also the training, 72 styles. If my opinion, so, it's that Shaolin style basically is kung fu and wisdom together. So it's balanced. The mind-body spirit balanced.

Over the past decade Shi Yongxin, the 45-year-old abbot, has built an international business empire—including touring kung fu troupes, film and TV projects, an online store selling Shaolin-brand ...

Mural of two kung fu fighters at Shaolin Temple, China In China ... competitions and formal training were stopped, and books and weapons confiscated. Long before cinema swept the world, fantastic ...