Shaolin Monks as well as many other martial artists, improve their skills but they never use them to fight. Their religion doesn't allow them to do any harm. If so what is the meaning in practicing martial arts?
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Lee the Greek
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Its for self discipline.
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Discipline and self awareness.It also helps one become more connected with the universe.
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To enable the monk to preserve the peace and defend both themselves and the innocent from the deliberate harm of others ... the combat aspects of Shaolin Chuan allow and ensure the survival of the truly important lessons of health and spirituality ... it also helps with the discipline ... to become a living weapon, yet find the wisdom to seek peace both within one's self and in the world & universe around us.
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Its a myth that monks don't or didn't fight. Monks in China and Japan weighed into may battlefields depending on the politics of the day. Just like in Europe. Also consider: it wasnt just monks at the temples, they were safe havens for criminals and outcasts. Kung Fu developed not just by monks meditating but by the exchange of ideas between these hardened killers and the monks that gave them a safe haven. Later as things developed and news spread, great fighter came to learn from the monks they too added their ideas. to the monks pool of knowledge. It was an evoloution over thousands of years.
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