For most of us, our impression of Kung Fu comes from Hollywood martial arts movies. (Or worse, Kung Fu Panda.) So it can be easy to forget that real martial artists go through years of grueling ...

And the kinetic choreography of kung-fu masters Yuen Wo Ping and Yuen Cheung Yan, who worked on "Crouching Tiger," "Charlie's Angels" and "The Matrix," gives these films a hip appeal. TV's "Dark Angel ...

Translating a Chinese tradition for American students requires that a Shaolin kung fu master learn the art of positive encouragement. "The American teacher mostly says, 'You are very good already, but ...