In
Shaolin kung fu one speaks of the 18 weapons of Shaolin. This is
because originaly the warrior monks used 18 weapons. Nowadays the
number of weapons used in Shaolin kung fu has well passed the
number of 18. However, because of the importance of the number 18
in Buddhism, one still symbolicaly uses the number 18...
The most
famous of the Shaolin weapons is of course the stick. There are
many legends about the monks defending the temple, and fighting
battles with the stick. The fist is also regarded as one of the 18
weapons...
In
this section we will line up the best known and most used weapons
in Shaolin kung fu :
