With painted faces and vivid costumes, 40 young dancers leap through the streets of Shantou in southern China to the sound of gongs and drums as hundreds of spectators watch. We came especially to ...

stories have arisen over the ages that attribute martial arts to ancient gods and legendary figures. Some say kung fu was invented by the fabled founder of Chinese Buddhism, Bhodidharma ...

Centuries of scrolls detailing kung fu theory and training as well as treatises on Chinese medicine and Buddhist scriptures—essentially the temple's soul—were destroyed, leaving the legacy of ...

How does India’s ancient martial arts heritage connect to Kung Fu and Tai Chi today? The names ‘Kung Fu’ and ‘Tai Chi’ are Chinese, but their roots trace back to India’s ancient ...

The name Shaolin kung fu is used to describe the different Chinese martial arts associated with the Shaolin Monastery. It's a Buddhist temple founded in the fifth century at Song Shan, a sacred ...

here are five martial arts masters who deserve more recognition Kung fu used to be an integral part of ancient Chinese society. It was one of the ways in which conflicts were resolved – but in ...

A mix of martial arts and Chinese opera, this traditional dance of "heroes" with ancient roots still lights up parts of Guangdong province ahead of the Lunar New Year. "They have a lot of energy!

Trebitsch Lincoln drifted eastward, intriguing with French and Czech agents on the way, turned up in China, where for a time he seemed to be close to the late Warlord Wu Pei-fu. About the time his ...

Star Times Vice President for Marketing Mark Lisboa.PHOTOS:JAMES WANZALA/STANDARD Kenyan based Kung Fu clubs received intense training on the sport from China-based Kung Fu masters. The team of ...