Translating a Chinese tradition for American students requires that a Shaolin kung fu master learn the art of positive encouragement. "The American teacher mostly says, 'You are very good already, but ...

JUNTUN, China — Wang Liutai is no ordinary kung fu master. The 65-year-old from a village in central China practices a unique and excruciating-looking strand of martial arts coined “iron crotch kung ...

Today I had the opportunity to meet a real life 34th generation Shaolin monk in NYC’s Chinatown to practice kung fu and ...

In English, we use kung fu as an umbrella phrase for the all types of Chinese martial arts. But in Chinese, the words refer to any skill — combat-related or otherwise — that requires patience and ...

In the pantheon of Marvel superheroes, there’s Spider-Man and Iron Man and Captain America and … Shang-Chi? Admittedly one of the lesser-known players in the comic company’s roster, Shang-Chi, aka the ...

First, they came for Seuss. Then, Ook and Gluk. The Cultural Revolution in our midst. It’s a story about two cavemen buddies — one black, one white — traveling through time and space to fight an evil ...

Shang-Chi is also known to comic book fans as the Master of Kung Fu, a Chinese martial arts expert inspired by the 1970s David Carradine television series Kung Fu and martial arts movie icon Bruce Lee ...