The Ming General Qi Jiguang included description of Shaolin Quan Fa ( Pinyin romanization: Shào Lín Quán Fǎ or Wade-Giles romanization Shao Lin Ch ' üan Fa, 少 林 拳 法 " fist principles "; Japanese pronunciation: Shorin Kempo or Kenpo ) and staff techniques in his book, Ji Xiao Xin Shu ( 紀效新書 ), which can be translated as " New Book Recording Effective Techniques ".

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Shaolin Kung Fu refers to a collection of Chinese martial arts that claim affiliation with the Shaolin Monastery.

In the martial arts context it is natural to assume that " shorin " really refers to the Shaolin Temple, But that is not the only direction we can go.

In its broadest sense, Northern Shaolin (; Pinyin: Běishàolín, Cantonese Yale: Bak-siu-làhm ) refers to the external ( as opposed to internal ) martial arts of Northern China referring to those styles from the Northern Shaolin Monastery in Henan.

At its most specific, Northern Shaolin refers to a style called Northern Shaolin Boxing School (; Cantonese Yale: Bak-siu-làhm Kyun-mun ), disseminated by Gu Yu-jeung ( 1894 – 1952 ; also known as Ku Yu-cheung or, in Pinyin, Gu Ruzhang ) and represented today by Grandmaster Chan Kowk Wai.

Shaolin Monastery or Shaolin Temple (, ; ) is a Chán Buddhist temple on Mount Song, near Dengfeng, Zhengzhou, Henan province, China.

According to the Continued Biographies of Eminent Monks ( 645 ) by Daoxuan, Shaolin Monastery was built on the north side of Shaoshi, the central peak of Mount Song, one of the Sacred Mountains of China, by Emperor Xiaowen of the Northern Wei Dynasty in 477.

In the past, many have tried to capitalise on Shaolin Monastery fame by building their own schools on Mount Song.

Shaoshi, the peak where Shaolin Temple is located on Mount Song, means " little hall " and thus the name of the peak becomes a play on words for the six gates or doors by which the reader may enter the little hall on Mount Song and find enlightenment.

* 477 ( or 497 ): Chan Buddhists found the Shaolin Monastery on Mount Shan in Henan, China.

* Shaolin Temple is founded ( according to the Continued Biographies of Eminent Monks ( 645 ) by Dàoxuān, the monastery is built on the north side of Shaoshi, the western peak of Mount Song, one of the four Sacred Mountains of China, by emperor Xiao Wen Di of the Northern Wei Dynasty in 477.

The famous Mount Song and its Shaolin Temple is located in the far east of the region, near the capital city Zhengzhou.

16th and 17th century sources allude to the practice of martial arts in the monasteries of Mount Emei made the earliest extant reference to the Shaolin Monastery as Chinese boxing's place of origin.

He also hears from the Shaolin abbot that Yue Buqun has publicly announced that he has expelled Linghu Chong from the Mount Hua Sect.

The six leading orthodox sects in the wulin ( Shaolin, Wudang, Emei, Kunlun, Kongtong and Mount Hua ) form an alliance to attack the cult at its headquarters on Bright Peak.

According to legend, the Shaolin monks learned Pào Chuí from a martial artist of Mount Emei.

Some accounts claim that a supposed southern Shaolin Temple was destroyed instead of, or in addition to, the temple in Henan: Ju Ke, in the Qing bai lei chao ( 1917 ), locates this temple in Fujian province.

In his book The Shaolin Monastery ( 2008 ), Tel Aviv University professor Meir Shahar notes that the bodhisattva Vajrapani is the patron saint of Shaolin Monastery.

In his book The Shaolin Monastery ( 2008 ), Tel Aviv University Prof. Meir Shahar claims that Sun influenced a legend concerning the origins of the Shaolin staff method.

Liu Kang, the main character in the Mortal Kombat series, is a Shaolin monk, and Kung Lao from the same series, is also a Shaolin monk who seeks to avenge the temple's destruction, ( led by Baraka in Mortal Kombats story ), they were so popular, they were turned into their own video game, Mortal Kombat Shaolin Monks.

In 2000's, Shaolin gets pop-culture recognition by appearing on The Simpsons ( TV series ), where they visit the Shaolin Temple in the episode Goo Goo Gai Pan, which first aired in 2006.

This work lists what are alleged to be authentic Shaolin training methods that can produce extraordinary skills and abilities ; examples of these skills include iron body techniques ( both offensive and defensive ), jumping and wall scaling techniques, pole-top leaping dexterity training, pressure-point and nerve manipulation, and a host of other feats.

The best known tourist attraction is the Shaolin Temple ( 少林寺 ), which is more than 50 miles southwest of downtown Zhengzhou.

One Mantis legend places the creation of the style in the Song Dynasty when Wang Lang was supposedly one of 18 masters gathered by the Abbot Fu Ju ( 福居 ), a legendary persona of the historical Abbot Fu Yu ( 福裕 ) ( 1203 – 1275 ), to improve Shaolin martial arts.

One legend attributes the creation of Mantis fist to the Song Dynasty when Abbot Fu Ju ( 福居 ), a legendary persona of the historical Abbot Fu Yu ( 福裕 ) ( 1203 – 1275 ), supposedly invited Wang Lang ( 王朗 ) and seventeen other masters to come and improve the martial arts of Shaolin.

* The Shaolin temple, where the blue-eyed Indo-Iranian Buddhist monk Bodhidharma is reputed to have established the new sect of Chan Buddhism ( Zen Buddhism ), is colored a bright tone of vermilion.

If one wants to talk about recent or ' modern ' developments in Chinese martial arts ( including Shaolin for that matter ), it is the over-emphasis on bare hand fighting.

* The Changs, including Dark Princess Chang ( Marie Matiko ), a family of Kung-Fu-fighting Shaolin monks who live next door.

* At least three Kill Bill references originate with this film: Pai Mai's introduction scene references the stairway and water training scene, Pai Mai himself though in white in Kill Bill is the blind orange master monk ( who in Kill Bill blinds Elle ), and finally the five point finger exploding hand technique comes from the end battle scene of Shaolin Wooden Men where the villain uses a special punch technique on the protangontists but is only able to deliver 4 of the 5 blows ( with the protagonist holding his heart as Bill does right before dying ).

In his book The Shaolin Monastery ( 2008 ), Prof. Meir Shahar notes Vajrapani is the patron saint of the Shaolin Monastery.

During the Qing Dynasty, a Shaolin Buddhist nun and abbess, Ng Mui ( 五枚師太 ), reportedly fled the destruction of the Siu Lam Temple at the hands of the government ; the temple was believed to be harbouring revolutionaries.

Stanley Henning proposes that the Epitaphs identification of the internal martial arts with the Taoism indigenous to China and of the external martial arts with the foreign Buddhism of Shaolin — and the Manchu Qing Dynasty to which Huang Zongxi was opposed — was an act of political defiance rather than one of technical classification.

However, as of 2010, the Ta Gou kung fu school, one of the largest martial arts schools in China, owns and practises on land below Shaolin Temple.

The Shaolin Temple is not only known as one of China's important Buddhist shrines, but also as the ancient center of Chinese Kung-fu.

According to some historical accounts, Indian Buddhist monk Bodhidharma was one of the main founders of the Shaolin Kungfu.

According to legend, in the late Ming Dynasty Yue Fei's material is said to have made a re-appearance at one of the sister schools of the Shaolin temple.

The snake style of green bamboo viper is one of the five subsets that was taught at the Southern Shaolin Temple.

His mother is also the daughter of one of the legendary Five Elders of the southern Shaolin Monastery.

The story above makes no sense though as Ng Mui was one of his teachers, during the burning, of Shaolin, no solid records were found but stories are told of her help of escaping the fire Shaolin.

Vanessa Lewis is a black Vale Tudo / Muay Thai kickboxer with two completely separate moves sets that can be switched between on the fly, and Lei-Fei, a Shaolin monk, employs many stances that flow into one another.

The Hong Kong-made film Shaolin Soccer contains a scene in which one of Sing's brothers is being asked to join Sing's soccer team, and he refuses because he mathematically predicts the team will fail ; he uses a coin toss to demonstrate his point, saying it has zero chance of landing on its edge.

Stephen Chow refused to change the title ; as a result, Shaolin Soccer < nowiki >' s </ nowiki > producers were banned from shooting films in mainland China for one year.

Michael Dante DiMartino and Bryan Konietzko, co-creators of the Avatar: The Last Airbender animated television series, stated in an interview that " Shaolin Soccer is one of our favorite movies.

* In the TV series, Deadliest Warrior, the taiaha is one of the Māori warrior's weapons is a contest with a Shaolin monk.

Furthermore, Vajrapani is one of the earliest Dharmapalas and the only Buddhist deity to be mentioned in the Pali Canon as well as be worshiped in the Shaolin Temple, Tibetan Buddhism, and even Pure Land Buddhism ( where he is known as Mahasthamaprapta and is one of a Triad comprising Amitabha and Avalokiteshwara ).

* Multality: MK: Shaolin Monks features Multalities, which are Fatalities performed on multiple common enemies at one time.

This is one of the 72 arts of the Shaolin Temple.

36th Chamber of Shaolin is widely considered to be one of the greatest kung fu films and a turning point in its director's and star's careers.

36th Chamber of Shaolin is widely considered to be one of the greatest kung fu films ever made and a highly influential entry in the genre.