Show Less Product DetailsĪ sensibility more alien to my own than Matthew Polly's is hard to imagine. American Shaolin is the hilarious story of Matthew's remarkable two-year travel odyssey - a tale of gruelling training, forbidden romance and an eye-watering insight into the art of 'iron-crotch' kungfu. By the end of the second day of training his knees were in agony and he was walking like the dead - and that was just the induction.
The Chinese term for tough training is chi ku (eating bitter) - and Matthew quickly leaned to appreciate the phrase. He finally found the Shaolin village hidden away between five mountain peaks. And asking for directions proved problematic - after three years spent learning Mandarin in college, Matthew couldn't understand a. For one thing, no one knew where exactly the Shaolin Temple was. But, as Confucius might have said, path to becoming kung fu master very difficult. Dropping out of university, he travelled to China to study at the granddaddy of all Chinese martial arts monasteries: the Shaolin Temple, the birthplace of both Zen Buddhism and kungfu. Matthew Polly was your typical 98-pound weakling with sand kicked in his face - until he decided to learn to kick back.
A raucously funny memoir of one scrawny American's quest to become a kung fu master at China's legendary Shaolin Temple. Description for American Shaolin: One Man's Quest to Become a Kungfu Master Paperback.
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