martial arts?
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is there any temple in singapore which teaches shaolin skills?
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http://www.shaolinsingapore.org/index.shtml
Maybe not exactly taught in temples, but they are taught in Singapore.
FYI,
Shaolin is the original martial art taught by the first Zen Partriach in China, Bodhidharma, da mo zhu shi.
Other martial arts systems like Taekwondo, Jujitsu, and Karate can trace their roots to the art first introduced at the Shaolin Temples in China.
So they are all Buddhist martial arts. -
i was active in chinese martial art for some years in the past. so do happens to know a bit of singapore chinese shaolin history. not really on shaolin side, but a side branch call wing chun. i stop martial art totally for sometimes now after start practicing seriously.
anyway singapore shaolin kungfu fed in singapore. can trace its origin back to an old shaolin monk who is long gone. i think he was the abbort of shuang lin shi. he was from shaolin in china. he was the first head chief of that fed. 2nd generation onwards the chief are lay disciple. he started teaching shaolin kunfu in singapore because there are a lot of gang members distrubing the temple in the past. he one person chase all of them out and really defeated them. thus making a name of himself.
anyway just to correct a misunderstanding that bodhidharma teaches any kungfu. he did not. all he teaches is nei chi gong which enables the monks to stays away. over the generations later, the monks for purpose of defending themselves, uses the knowledge of chikung and developed different fighting style from observations of animals.
wing chun itself bares a lot of similarities to, present crane, mantis style which has a close links to shaolin. these are mere evidence that they all shares the same roots. e.g wing chun famous chi shao, is very much similar to mantis sensitivity training if one observe carefully. although to the eyes of none martial artist its totally different. one who knows wing chun/ mantis, upon seeing the practice of the other party will realise immediately with ease what the purpose.