Forget Harry Potter, Transformers and any comic book superhero you’d care to name. None of them can match what is arguably the most popular franchise in film history, featuring the 1,500-year-old ...

BOB ABERNETHY, anchor: Think of Buddhist monks and you probably imagine practitioners sitting stark still trying to quiet their minds. Who knew that the violent martial art kung fu has it’s own ...

A remake of the 1982 classic "Shaolin Temple" plays up drama over kung fu, and stars Andy Lau and Jackie Chan. By The Associated Press HONG KONG — It’s the kung fu classic that launched the career of ...

As we continue our coverage on “Monks of the City,” we visit a Shaolin monk in Manhattan who has made a name for himself teaching Buddhism through the martial arts. NY1’s Roger Clark paid a visit to ...

The hushed silence that descends over the old courtyard inside the Shaolin Temple carries the expectation of something magical. Abbot Shi Yongxin, a rotund Buddhist monk with a shaved head and a ...