Archive for January 21st, 2018

Article written by Jessica Levine. Originally published in Teaf Leaf Nation on January 8, 2013. See link here.

The early morning in Dengfeng, Henan province in Central China resonates with the thwacking of landed kicks on brick, of wind pants and tennis shoes rubbed flat from unforgiving overuse. Kung Fu students, fueled on rice porridge, are preparing for a full day of training.

As scooters pour into nearby streets, a fog peels back to reveal Shaolin Temple (少林寺) perched in the ...