As we continue our coverage on “Monks of the City,” we visit a Shaolin monk in Manhattan who has made a name for himself teaching Buddhism through the martial arts. NY1’s Roger Clark paid a visit to ...

LOS ANGELES, April 27, 2011 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- A first-of-its-kind event focusing on China's renowned ancient Shaolin Temple and its 1,500-year-old influence on traditional and popular cultures will ...

He had begun studying martial arts in the mid-1960s, when karate was still an exotic skill and ninjitsu was nearly unheard of in the West. His college studies at Miami University gave way to life and ...

While Buddhism is famous for espousing pacifism, martial artists who draw on Zen as they practice Eastern forms of combat raise the puzzling question of how a philosophy based on ahimsa (nonharming) ...

A dozen kung fu nuns from an Asian Buddhist order displayed their martial arts prowess to bemused scientists at CERN this week as their spiritual leader explained how their energy was like that of the ...

NEW YORK is full of closed doors, hidden communities and secret places. We pass by them all the time, without a hint of what lurks within, above or, in this case, below. It has been almost 12 years ...

Before “Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon,” 1971’s “A Touch of Zen” was the closest the martial arts genre came to Prestigious: It’s three hours long, it’s heavy on symbolism and Buddhism, and it was ...

Grand veneration ceremony in Xinzheng city of Henan province to mark the birthday of Emperor Huangdi. As one of the ancient capital cities of China, Zhengzhou has a vast historical and cultural ...

Shi Yan Ming didn’t intend to make me feel bad. But when a 40-something journalist asks a 59-year-old interviewee to confirm his age, it’s not really appropriate to lift a straight-kneed leg over your ...

The martial arts have less to do with breaking bones than building a beautiful mind. That's the powerful message from 45-year-old presenter Doug Kim and 10 martial artists who'll put on a display of ...

Stephen K. Hayes has developed a system that honors traditions, relates to modern life. This is a story about opposites. Extreme opposites, even — violence and nonviolence, Western ways and Eastern, ...