MASTER YAN'AN HAS trained at the Shaolin Temple in the Henan province of China since he was 6 years old. He has climbed the roughly 1,500 stone steps up Wuru Peak to the Bodhidharma Cave thousands of ...

Victor Wembanyama spent the offseason doing things that don't sound real, turning a basketball workout into something more mythic. With stories all around him, from remote mountain trails in China to ...

Editor’s note: French basketball star Victor “Wemby” Wembanyama — leader of the NBA’s MVP rankings in March — spent 10 days last June receiving training in martial arts and meditation at China’s ...

The Spurs superstar told ESPN’s Malika Andrews how meditation, kung fu training, and guidance from Hakeem Olajuwon helped reshape his mindset after a frightening blood clot diagnosis. For those who ...

In this video, we showcase Shaolin Kung Fu workouts and training with Master Yandi, a master from the Shaolin Temple now ...

I was at the back of a group of demure, shaven-headed Chinese students in silk kung fu outfits as we walked single-file onto the veranda. You’d be forgiven for thinking we were North of the Great Wall ...