Shaolin KungFu

Shaolin Virgin Boy KongFu

One of the major exercise of Shaolin KongFu. It combines the basic martial art skills and the internal practice, which can prevent aging and keep the practitioner youthful and vigorous.

Shaolin Muyu KongFu

Developed by Shaolin martial monks through the combination of Zen and martial art skill. "Muyu", literally "wooden fish" is a Buddhist wooden beater in a form of a fish or a crab without feet. Shaolin monks are hitting the MuYu, a way of meditation.

Breaking Armor Plate With One's Head

One of the rigid Qigong (Controlled Breathing Exercises).Channeling Qi (breath) to the head makes it capable of splitting bricks and slates. This art requires the practitioner to do both the inner exercise and outer exercise. Head is the most vulnerable part of human body. Due to its special position, it is hard to gather breathes there and build up the force.

The 18 Martial Arts of Shaolin

Include spear, sword, lance, shield, axe, whip and hand-to-hand wrestle. In fact they are only a glimpse of the whole picture. The ancient Chinese martial art and weapons had many more varieties than those listed above. Today, "the 18 martialarts" has become a set phrase. It is an official programme in martial art competition.

Shaolin Golden Bell

One of the Shaolin rigid Qigong that practices bodily defense. As it is integrated with the essence of rigid Qigong with the essence of rigid Qigong, practitioners can stand kicking, boxing, and even strikes of sticks. It can thereforce boast the top martial art in the defensive rigid Qigong.

The Arhat Battle Array

A rule in Shaolin Temple, saying that if a person who learned Shaolin martial art wants to leave the temple, he must outfight the monks who keep the gate. This is called "Fight at the gate of the temple". Those who are not able to beat the gate keepers cannot leave the temple. This array is grand and spectacular and is practiced by many people.

Shaolin Baduanjin

One of the earliest KongFu practiced by Shaolin Temple monks. It is said, as early in the Tang Dynasty. Lingqiu, a famous monk of Shaolin Temple, was good at Baduanjin and lived to be 109. In the Song Dynasty, Monk Fuju compiled Baduanjin into Shaolin KongFu manual. Baduanjin has the functions of stimulating blood circulation and causing muscles and joints to relax, regulating vital energy and blood, promoting metabolism. Practising Bdaduanjin permanently can make one healthy and strange, dispel pestilence or illness and have a long life.

Lying on Iron Forks With One's Abdomen

Shaolin rigid Qigong that the practitioner channels Qi (breath) to the cinnabar field, and make it circling there, to form an ability to endure strikes. Laying on the sharp points of a steel fork cannot hurt the practitioner.

Shaolin Flying Needle

One of the 72 tour de forces of Shaolin Temple. It requires good hand power in channeling Qi (breath) to the needle in hand and combining inner energy with the outer weapon. Only then could thrust the needle through the glass. This is a very rare art in the Chinese martial art circle.

Absorb Bowels With One's Abdomen

One of the 72 Shaolin tour de forces. The practitioner channels Qi (breath) to the cinnabar field and swells the abdomen to suck the bowls tightly on it. Several people could not pull the bowls off the abdomen.

Shaolin Twin-finger KongFu

One of the major exercises of the 72 martial art skills of Shaolin. It combines the Bone-strengthening practice and the internal practice and integrates the body, the mind, and the Qi (breath). It is also one of the methods of Zen meditation of Shaolin martial monks.

Shaolin Pictographic Boxing

Developed by Shaolin martial monks through the combination of Zen and boxing . The base of the boxing art is the survival skills of animals. During the practice of martial arts, Shaolin monks observed the movements and actions of birds, beast, fish and insects, digested and summarized the essentials from them, and created a number of pictographic boxing actions. For example, Shaolin monkey boxing, dragon boxing, tiger boxing ,leopard boxing, crane boxing, snake boxing and rearhorse boxing etc. are all well-known Shaolin pictographic boxing.