16/12/2025
Traditional martial art of Korean Buddhist monks. An interesting article about a little known fact.
https://www.blackbeltmag.com/post/buddhist-martial-arts-of-korea-emerging-from-the-shadow-of-shaolin?fbclid=IwdGRzaAOuFQxjbGNrA64U6GV4dG4DYWVtAjExAHNydGMGYXBwX2lkDDM1MDY4NTUzMTcyOAABHmibg1Y5XnGo3c3NBKKGjyRuOvLLhhKBmaT_ql9mkz8L_P15Pm7L8UkzDRho_aem_ok-ijUzpCHzpj51LCjYSEA
I blame David Carradine, may he rest in peace. If he hadn’t done such a fine job portraying Kwai Chang Caine for three seasons on the Kung Fu TV series, chances are the Western world — or, at least, America — wouldn’t think that China’s Shaolin Temple is the sole source of Buddhist martial...