Shao Lin Si
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Shaolin Kung Fu
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Author : Zi Ying
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1981
Shaolin Kung Fu written by Zi Ying and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1981 with Hand-to-hand fighting, Oriental categories.
Shaolin Temple
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Author : Shao lin si (Dengfeng Shi, China)
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2009
Shaolin Temple written by Shao lin si (Dengfeng Shi, China) and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2009 with Martial arts categories.
A History Of Shaolin
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Author : Lu Zhouxiang
language : en
Publisher: Routledge
Release Date : 2019-03-18
A History Of Shaolin written by Lu Zhouxiang and has been published by Routledge this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2019-03-18 with History categories.
Shaolin Monastery at Mount Song is considered the epicentre of the Chan school of Buddhism. It is also well known for its martial arts tradition and has long been regarded as a special cultural heritage site and an important symbol of the Chinese nation. This book is the first scholarly work in English to comprehensively examine the full history of Shaolin Monastery from 496 to 2016. More importantly, it offers a clear grasp of the origins and development of Chan Buddhism through an examination of Shaolin, and highlights the role of Shaolin and Shaolin kung fu in the construction of a national identity among the Chinese people in the past two centuries.
The Shaolin Monastery
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Author : Meir Shahar
language : en
Publisher: University of Hawaii Press
Release Date : 2008-01-10
The Shaolin Monastery written by Meir Shahar and has been published by University of Hawaii Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2008-01-10 with History categories.
This meticulously researched and eminently readable study considers the economic, political, and religious factors that led Shaolin monks to disregard the Buddhist prohibition against violence and instead create fighting techniques that by the 21st century have spread throughout the world.
The Shaolin Monastery
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Author : Meir Shahar
language : en
Publisher: University of Hawaii Press
Release Date : 2008-01-10
The Shaolin Monastery written by Meir Shahar and has been published by University of Hawaii Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2008-01-10 with History categories.
"Written in clear and lucid style and ambitious both in scope and methodology, this book offers a fascinating window into Chinese culture, religion, and history. Ranging from historical and ethnographic documents to a wide variety of literary sources, it weaves them all into a compelling narrative. In this fashion, Shahar is uniquely able to bring together social, historical, and mythological elements, providing a demythologized account of martial Chinese traditions such as Shaolin Boxing. This is sinology at its best."—Bernard Faure, Columbia University "The book clearly belongs in a new group of books challenging conventional understandings of Buddhism and violence. Meir Shahar documents with meticulous accuracy and mellifluous prose the fighting monks of Shaolin monastery in China, who appear first in the Tang dynasty (618–907) and continue to the present. Scholars of Buddhism and Chinese history will learn much from the author's scrupulous analysis of the historical record—particularly the texts on stone steles at the monastery—that documents the monastery's traditions of fighting. Anyone interested in martial arts or Bruce Lee films will find it fascinating to learn about the actual history of the monastery’s fighting techniques. I found the book a powerful and compelling read." —Valerie Hansen, Yale University "Meir Shahar's book will assure that the martial arts of Shaolin take a prominent place in the history of Chinese Buddhism. Shahar has mastered a prodigious amount of secondary scholarship, pored over a wealth of primary documents, and brought a critical rigor to the study of these materials that is unprecedented in any language. Throughout, his analysis is cogent and clear. The result is a delightful tour of one of the most enigmatic and compelling stories of Chinese religion: the emergence and development of martial arts at Shaolin Si. Entertaining as the book is, it delivers as well a meditation on the sources of Chinese religion, and how fiction and scripture, myth and history combine to produce novel traditions. The Shaolin Monastery will appeal not only to scholars of Chinese religion, but to those interested in military history, self-cultivation, martial arts, and popular culture."—John Kieschnick, University of Bristol The Shaolin Monastery charts, for the first time in any language, the history of the Shaolin Temple and the evolution of its world-renowned martial arts. In this meticulously researched and eminently readable study, Meir Shahar considers the economic, political, and religious factors that led Shaolin monks to disregard the Buddhist prohibition against violence and instead create fighting techniques that by the twenty-first century have spread throughout the world. He examines the monks’ relations with successive Chinese regimes, beginning with the assistance they lent to the seventh-century Emperor Li Shimin and culminating more than a millennium later with their complex relations with Qing rulers, who suspected them of rebellion. He reveals the intimate connection between monastic violence and the veneration of the violent divinities of Buddhism and analyzes the Shaolin association of martial discipline and the search for spiritual enlightenment. Shahar’s exploration of the evolution of Shaolin fighting techniques serves as a prism through which to consider martial-art history in general. He correlates the emergence of the famous bare-handed techniques of Taiji Quan, Xingyi Quan, and Shaolin Quan in the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries to the social, political, and religious trends of that age. He then goes on to argue that these techniques were created not only for fighting, but also for religious and therapeutic purposes. Thus his work fills an important gap in the understanding of Chinese religion and medicine as well as the martial arts. The Shaolin Monastery is the most exhaustive study to date on the topic and the most systematic introduction to the history and the religious context of the Chinese martial arts tradition. It will engage those interested in Chinese religion and history and martial arts, illuminating for specialists, martial artists, and general readers alike the history and nature of a martial tradition that continues to grow in popularity in its native land and abroad.
American Shaolin
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Author : Matthew Polly
language : en
Publisher: Penguin
Release Date : 2007-02-01
American Shaolin written by Matthew Polly and has been published by Penguin this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2007-02-01 with Biography & Autobiography categories.
Bill Bryson meets Bruce Lee in this raucously funny story of one scrawny American’s quest to become a kung fu master at China’s legendary Shaolin Temple. Growing up a ninety-pound weakling tormented by bullies in the schoolyards of Kansas, young Matthew Polly dreamed of one day journeying to the Shaolin Temple in China to become the toughest fighter in the world, like Caine in his favorite 1970s TV series, Kung Fu. While in college, Matthew decided the time had come to pursue this quixotic dream before it was too late. Much to the dismay of his parents, he dropped out of Princeton to spend two years training with the legendary sect of monks who invented kung fu and Zen Buddhism. Expecting to find an isolated citadel populated by supernatural ascetics that he’d seen in countless badly dubbed chop-socky flicks, Matthew instead discovered a tacky tourist trap run by Communist party hacks. But the dedicated monks still trained in the rigorous age-old fighting forms—some even practicing the “iron kung fu” discipline, in which intensive training can make various body parts virtually indestructible (even the crotch). As Matthew grew in his knowledge of China and kung fu skill, he would come to represent the Temple in challenge matches and international competitions, and ultimately the monks would accept their new American initiate as close to one of their own as any Westerner had ever become. Laced with humor and illuminated by cultural insight, American Shaolin is an unforgettable coming-of-age tale of one young man’s journey into the ancient art of kung fu—and a funny and poignant portrait of a rapidly changing China.
Shao Lin Si Yu Shao Lin Quan Chan Zong
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Author :
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1984
Shao Lin Si Yu Shao Lin Quan Chan Zong written by and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1984 with categories.
The Shaolin Workout
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Author : Shi Yan Ming
language : en
Publisher: Rodale
Release Date : 2006-05-16
The Shaolin Workout written by Shi Yan Ming and has been published by Rodale this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2006-05-16 with Health & Fitness categories.
A thirty-fourth-generation warrior monk from China's Shaolin Temple draws on his years of experience in martial arts training to present a four-week program of fitness and spiritual exercises designed to improve both physical and mental health. 100,000 first printing.
Secret Shaolin Formulas For The Treatment Of External Injury
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Author : Deqian
language : en
Publisher: Blue Poppy Enterprises, Inc.
Release Date : 1995
Secret Shaolin Formulas For The Treatment Of External Injury written by Deqian and has been published by Blue Poppy Enterprises, Inc. this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1995 with Medical categories.
Part of the monastic lineage of fall and strike medicine. Presents hundreds of treatments for a wide variety of external or martial arts injuries.
Authentic Shaolin Heritage
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Author : Jin Jing Zhong
language : en
Publisher: Lulu.com
Release Date : 2006-09-01
Authentic Shaolin Heritage written by Jin Jing Zhong and has been published by Lulu.com this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2006-09-01 with Sports & Recreation categories.
Devoted to the most enigmatic and little-known aspect of training of Shaolin monks. Training methods allow supernatural abilites to develop, far beyond abilities of an ordinary man. The book was writen with the blessing and direct participation of the Head of the Shaolin Monastery Reverend Miao Xing, nicknamed "The Golden Arhat," one of the best Shaolin fighters of all times. These secret practices traditionally called "72 arts of Shaolin" or the essence of the Shaolin Combat Training.