Spurs’ Victor Wembanyama puts Shaolin training to use with basketball high kick

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Victor Wembanyama’s trip to the Shaolin temple

While most NBA stars spend their offseason in Mykonos or the Caribbean, Victor Wembanyama chose a 10-day spiritual bootcamp at a Shaolin temple. Because of course he did. The young man who reads ...
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Money, sex and a Buddhist monk: Head of China’s famed Shaolin Temple under investigation

China’s famed Shaolin Temple announced on Sunday that its abbot is under investigation for suspected embezzlement and “improper relationships” with women, reviving decade-old allegations against the ...
San Diego Union-Tribune

Shaolin monks to open first international branch in Australia

Beijing, Feb 26 (EFE).Beijing, Feb 26 (EFE). — China’s Shaolin Monastery, the cradle of Zen Buddhism and kung fu, is to build a tourist complex the first of its kind outside China which will include a ...
Los Angeles Times

Shaolin Temple’s real kick is inner peace

China’s world-famous Shaolin Temple gained prominence among many Americans with the release of the 1980s martial arts movie of the same name. An updated version of the film, loved by fans for the ...
The Hollywood Reporter

Fresh ‘Shaolin Temple’ Goes for Drama Over Kung Fu

A remake of the 1982 classic "Shaolin Temple" plays up drama over kung fu, and stars Andy Lau and Jackie Chan. By The Associated Press HONG KONG — It’s the kung fu classic that launched the career of ...
The Hollywood Reporter

‘Shaolin’ brings kung-fu back to the temple

First film to use famous name officially in 28 years By Jonathan Landreth, The Associated Press SHANGHAI — “Shaolin” is the first movie in 28 years sanctioned by the famous kung-fu temple of the same ...
Bloomberg L.P.

Shaolin Temple Should Take a Vow of Chastity, Not Poverty

Shuli Ren is a Bloomberg Opinion columnist covering Asian markets. A former investment banker, she was a markets reporter for Barron’s. She is a CFA charterholder. As China’s fiscal conditions worsen, ...
San Diego Union-Tribune

Shaolin monks bring secrets of Kung Fu to Chile

Santiago, Aug 26 (EFE).Santiago, Aug 26 (EFE). — Monks from China’s Shaolin Temple have traveled to the Chilean capital to spread awareness about Zen Buddhism and Kung Fu. Already seen by 5 million ...
Newsweek

Mr. Buddhism Inc.: Shaolin Temple’s Shi Yongxin

The Shaolin monastery—the birthplace of kung fu, immortalized by scores of martial-arts movies and the adulation of the Wu-Tang Clan—is run by the Abbot Shi Yongxin, a portly apparatchik with a flair ...