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The Shaolin Temple China – Beyond Myth

The Shaolin temple China was first set up by the Indian monk Batou around 495AD in he’nan province, for the transmission of Buddhism; later a monk known as Bodhidharma was said to have traveled to the...

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Chinese Martial Arts – The Truth Revealed

Chinese martial arts have a ridiculous amount of different styles of Gong Fu, many are related to animal movements but by no mean exclusively so. Even if you studied Chinese martial arts for your...

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Chinese Martial Arts – The Truth Revealed (part 2)

(Chinese Martial Arts part 2, this is the second of a three part series, go to Chinese Martial Arts Part 1 to see the first, or Chinese Martial Arts Part 3 for the third.) …Kung fu/Gong fu/Wu shu has...

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Empress Wu – China’s First Feminist (kind of)

Empress Wu was China’s one and only female ruling monarch. And if you believe the general Chinese idea of 5,000 years of history (3,200 which is actually verified and historically provable at...

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Chinese Martial Arts – The Truth Revealed (Part 3)

(This is ‘Chinese Martial Arts part 3′, this is the third of a three part series, go to Chinese Martial Arts Part 1 to see the first, or Chinese Martial Arts Part 2. for the second.) …In 1949 the...

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