I attempted a full day of Shaolin Kung Fu training, and it turned out to be one of the hardest things I’ve ever done. The ...

The Beginners Class is perfect for folks new to martial arts or interested in a high energy work out based in traditional kung fu practice. PGB White Crane is an Indonesian martial art that traces its ...

This story appears in the March 2011 issue of National Geographic magazine. The master spent his last day of life wrapped in a quilt stitched by his wife, his rasping, irregular breaths filling the ...

Fighters aren’t usually the blushing type. But Xu Xiaodong can’t hide his embarrassment when asked about his latest battle scar, a three-inch crimson railroad track that snakes over his right eyebrow.