暢談世界文化:9 天下功夫出少林 (1/2)

Hi, I hope you can help me. I want to get fit, but I hate going to the gym. I want to try something different, any ideas? What about Kung Fu? Like in a Jackie Chan movie? I don't know... There's much more to Kung Fu than Jackie Chan or Bruce Lee. Kung Fu is an art form and also, very good for you. OK, tell me more. Many styles of Kung Fu are based on the ideas of nature. Ancient boxing masters often developed their fighting techniques by observing the world around them. Animals, birds, and insects provided the basis for many systems of Kung Fu developed in the past. So, I could learn to fight like a bird? Kind of ... there are many different styles but they take years to master. What about Shaolin? How is that linked? Many of the hard forms of Kung Fu came from a Buddhist monastery called "Shaolin".