{"id":23517,"date":"2013-02-17T16:49:16","date_gmt":"2013-02-17T22:49:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.drishtikone.com\/?p=23517"},"modified":"2013-02-17T16:49:16","modified_gmt":"2013-02-17T22:49:16","slug":"shaolin-kung-fu-making-monk-warriors-beyond-compare","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/drishtikone\/2013\/02\/shaolin-kung-fu-making-monk-warriors-beyond-compare\/","title":{"rendered":"Shaolin Kung Fu: Making Monk Warriors beyond compare"},"content":{"rendered":"<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC \"-\/\/W3C\/\/DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional\/\/EN\" \"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/TR\/REC-html40\/loose.dtd\">\n<html><head><meta http-equiv=\"content-type\" content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\"><meta http-equiv=\"content-type\" content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\"><\/head><body><p>Shaolin Kung Fu is a martial art form that dates back to somewhere in 500 AD.\u00a0 The South Indian monk, Bodhidharma is supposed to have left behind his knowledge in two books, of which one is said to be the basis of Shaolin Martial Arts.<\/p>\n<p><b>Shaolin Kung Fu<\/b> refers to a collection of Chinese martial arts that claim affiliation with the Shaolin Monastery.<\/p>\n<p>Of the multitude styles of kung fu and wushu, only some are actually related to Shaolin. 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