Also found in:Dictionary,Wikipedia. The following article is fromThe Great Soviet Encyclopedia(1979). It might be outdated or ideologically biased. a term that indicated in ancient China during the Shang era (16th to 11th centuryB.C.) the distant ancestors of the kings, the Wangs; and in ...
The following article is fromThe Great Soviet Encyclopedia(1979). It might be outdated or ideologically biased. Stele in botany, the central, or axial, part of the stem and root in higher plants. The stele consists of conducting and mechanical tissues and is surrounded by a primary cortex. ...
Another closely associated style is “Great Sage Axe Boxing” (Can: Taishing pek kwar kyun; Man: Dasheng pigua quan, 劈掛拳). These arts also have staff styles associated with the Monkey King. His time in Laozi’s furnace and ability to grow 100,000 feet tall influenced a Shaolin ...
Another closely associated style is “Great Sage Axe Boxing” (Can: Taishing pek kwar kyun; Man: Dasheng pigua quan, 劈掛拳). These arts also have staff styles associated with the Monkey King. His time in Laozi’s furnace and ability to grow 100,000 feet tall influenced a Shaolin ...
Twitter Google Share on Facebook cartoonish Thesaurus Medical Encyclopedia Wikipedia car·toon (kär-to͞on′) n. 1. a.A drawing depicting a humorous situation, often accompanied by a caption. b.A drawing representing current public figures or issues symbolically and often satirically:a politica...
Twitter Google Share on Facebook Thesaurus Encyclopedia Wikipedia the Nether World; the supposed abode of souls after leaving the body. See also:Shade Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, published 1913 by G. & C. Merriam Co. Want to thank TFD for its existence?Tell a friend about us, ...
KungFused #2 – How Kung Fu Came to Shaolin Twenty years ago today, way back in November 2004, I recorded my first podcast. It was the very early days of podcasting, which really kicked off in August 2004. I, along with my co-host Mick Stanic, recorded the first Australian podcast ...
From here it would be south to the Shaolin Temple and to the northeast Peking, now Beijing. One can only imagine the words Auṃ maṇi padme hūṃ being spoken with every strike of the hammer and chisel. It first appeared in the Mahayana where it is referred to as the “innermost...
It’s great,’ says he, sliding a VHS into the video and pressing Play, and promptly I fall asleep on the floor to the opening bars of the Leftfield score, waking only right at the end ready for the reprise to kick in. But it was enough to catch the final reel fight, Sabatier-in...
I think this is a great article. It is amazing to think about how old these trees actually are. Oh, if only they could talk! Beautiful pictures as well. Reply Toby says January 6, 2012 at 3:42 pm Not to mention Joshua Tree National Forest in Southern California! Reply shaolinswordmas...