Shaolin kung fu practitioners from the United States exchange martial arts skills with kung fu monks at the South Shaolin Temple in Putian, Fujian Province. (Photo: Zhu Chongfei/Courtesy of chinadaily.com.cn)
A group of more than 50 Shaolin kung fu practitioners from the United States visited South Shaolin Temple in Fujian Province's Putian city on Thursday for an extensive martial arts and cultural exchange.
Led by David Sword, director of the China Shaolin Center of America, the group exchanged martial arts techniques with the temple's kung fu monks through demonstrations of traditional Chinese boxing, weapons techniques and strong qigong, a traditional breathing technique that strengthens the body's resilience and ability to withstand external shocks.
Shaolin kung fu practitioners from the United States exchange martial arts skills with kung fu monks at the South Shaolin Temple in Putian, Fujian Province. (Photo: Zhu Chongfei/Courtesy of chinadaily.com.cn)
The two sides signed a strategic cooperation agreement to strengthen cooperation and jointly promote the inheritance and development of Southern Shaolin martial arts.
Sword, who first visited Putian's Southern Shaolin Temple in 2000, said he would strengthen the promotion of Shaolin Kung Fu and its culture in the United States and play a greater role in cultural and friendly exchanges between China and the United States.
