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Shaolin

Shaolin

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A style of Chinese martial arts from the Shaolin Temple
  • noun
  • /ˈʃaʊlɪn/
: shaolín
  • There's a form in Shaolin Kung Fu called the Drunken Form.
  • Shaolin Temple

Now we're doing Shaolin and doing this Honggar Kongfu.

Examples

  • He is studying Kung Fu in a Shaolin monastery in China.

  • It's one of the things you realise whether you go to train the Shaolin teachings here in London or wherever you go, the training is not easy.

  • Now we're doing Shaolin and doing this Honggar Kongfu.

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  • He is training in the traditional art of Shaolin at a monastery in Henan province, China.

  • The students learned the fundamentals of Shaolin martial arts, practicing strikes and balances.

  • Many athletes visit the Shaolin Temple to study its unique techniques and disciplined training methods.

Surface Forms

Shaolin singular
Shaolins plural

Etymology

Shaolin is the name of a Chinese temple written 少林, and the characters 少 and 林 mean 'young'/'small' and 'forest'. The monks at that temple became famous for their special kung fu, so Shaolin now names the Chinese style or school of martial arts.