A famous monastery in China where the monks trained in what we now call the martial arts with the original purpose of removing the Manchurian invaders from their land.

Comments:

The modern day Shaolin arts are basically a re-creation of the original monk training, since the monks were defeated and training was banned for a period of time.

The Shaolin arts are considered to be one of the original formulating arts of American Kenpo.

Related Definition(s):

Kenpo

Related Term(s):

American Kenpo, Ed Parker's American Kenpo