US Shaolin kung fu practitioners visit Fujian temple

A group of Shaolin kung fu practitioners from the United States exchange martial arts skills with the kung fu monks at the South Shaolin Temple in Putian, Fujian province. [Photo by Zhu Chongfei / For chinadaily.com.cn]

Both of them signed a strategic cooperation agreement to strengthen their cooperative relationship and jointly promote the inheritance and development of South Shaolin martial arts.

Soard, who first visited the South Shaolin Temple in Putian in 2000, said they will strengthen the promotion of Shaolin kung fu and its culture in the United States, playing a greater role in the cultural and friendly exchanges between China and the US.