The development of Shaolin kung fu

The development of Shaolin kung fu is from Kunyu mountain shaolin kung fu school China.
In the Ming Dynasty, the Shaolin kung fu flourished and getting
famous in the world. The Shaolin kung fu stick held an important status in the Shaolin martial arts, which was also known as the most famous enginery for the
monks. Mao Yuanyi, author of the book Records of the weapon highly
the Shaolin stick. In his opinion, "Stick is the ancestor of all marital arts,
Shaolin is the cradle of the stick." Especially in the Anti-Japanese Pirate War,
stick was recorded in the weapon in July, 23 of perpetual calendar of Shaolin
Temple stele as "Our temple's monks were maneuvered for several times and
fought against the enemy bravely."

Another record in the senes-Wasong says "All of them held the stick which was 7 feet long, 30 jin in weight, and swift like the bamboo rod. The warriors were so if any soldier be ahead of the war field, he would act as a vanguard¡­" The
monks wrote many moving and praisable glorious epics which record their
behaviors for the nation and people.

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