Take a look inside the Shaolin Temple in Henan Province, China—home to monks who have developed their own unique style of Kung Fu. | National Geographic History

The Shaolin Path is simple and straightforward for the student, but there is a whole “universe” to explore within the Master. He has over 1000 years of Shaolin wisdom within his bones, and moves effortlessly without thought. As automatically as the heart beats every second, as naturally as the organs arrange themselves and as smoothly as the river flows… He trains, lives and breathes Shaolin. For the student, all the moving pieces in this universe are simple: he merely needs to follow the Master