Their training, moves, discipline??
2007-02-02 15:25:43 · 11 answers · asked by ? 1 in Sports ➔ Martial Arts
the real shaolin monks living in monastaries in china are crazy
they devote their life to shaolin kung fu and are very disciplined. you should see some of their qi demonstrations.
2007-02-02 15:29:06 · answer #1 · answered by BruceNasty 5 · 2⤊ 1⤋
The first person who answered has a good answer! Sure they have great martial arts, and discipline (a prerequisite)...but they tend to be somewhat fanatical...the movies you have seen probably portray them as great heroic patriots. There is no glamor in the life of a Buddhist Monk, especially a Shaolin.
2007-02-02 18:30:06 · answer #2 · answered by Jalapinomex 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The monks today do not train in the same disciplines as they did years ago under Abbot Gee Shim. Back then there were only a few "kung fu forms" and the conditioning was more vigorous. Nowadays Monks practice a lot of wushu (more acrobatic).
2007-02-02 17:58:03 · answer #3 · answered by mephster 2 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Bad motorscooters. I've seen boards broken across throats with no ill side effects.
But then, I'm a smidge biased. I study northern shaolin long fist. Of course, I've put on twenty pounds of muscle in six months, without gaining any inches (anywhere!). My muscle is just getting denser. I have muscles in my forearms that, even when relaxed, are nearly as hard as bone.
I one were to go through this training for eight hours a day, instead of the paltry three that I put in, and do it for twenty years, I imagine one would undeniably be a bad motorscooter.
2007-02-05 11:44:19 · answer #4 · answered by Lokishadow 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The Internal martial arts are merely a tool.
This tool is used to develop: self control, self discipline, insight,
self knowledge and wisdom.
Shaolin monks (or anybody else who has dedicated their life to
self exploration and self mastery) are worthy of respect, honor
and imitation. The methods that they use are difficult and
require a great deal of time to master.
Just because the methods can also be used for self defense
does not mean that this is their primary function.
2007-02-03 07:20:22 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
contrary to popular opinion the shaolin monks are not the same as they were a 100 years ago or more.and any one who thinks they just hide in a monastery and train is only fooling themselves.in case you dont realise this is 2007 not 1807.and there not and never have been warriors.as the name suggests they are religous monks.duh!
2007-02-02 16:50:04 · answer #6 · answered by BUSHIDO 7 · 3⤊ 1⤋
there discipline is the best in the world there moves are some of the finetsit in the world it all gose back to there discipline
2007-02-04 04:53:46 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
they are amazing people...i dont know how they do it...ive been training in tae kwon do for about 9 years and i could only hope to be half as disciplined as they are in my lifetime...watch some of their demostrations, goes to show you that people can do anything if they have the right mind set.
2007-02-03 02:29:17 · answer #8 · answered by Paulien 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I think they are incredible. They spend almost all their waking hours training & meditating. Their discipline is beyond belief.
2007-02-02 15:46:15 · answer #9 · answered by yupchagee 7 · 1⤊ 1⤋
they are actors hired by the prc,
shaolin was destroyed in the qing dyansty ( look it up ), mao later used it for target practice.
after jet li's first movie SHAOLIN TEMPLE the prc rebuilt it to bilk money from stupid foreigners ( wanzhu )
2007-02-02 15:54:34 · answer #10 · answered by emeraldforest 2 · 3⤊ 3⤋