![]() ![]() ![]() The Chinese term for tough training is chi ku (“eating bitter”), and Matthew quickly learned to appreciate the phrase. Growing up a ninety-eight-pound weakling tormented by bullies in the schoolyards of Kansas, Matthew Polly dreamed of one day journeying to the Shaolin Temple in China to become the toughest fighter in the world, like Caine in his favorite 1970s TV series Kung Fu.Īmerican Shaolin is the story of the two years Matthew spent in China living, studying, and performing with the Shaolin monks. ![]() The raucously funny story of one young American’s quest to become the baddest dude on the planet (and possibly find inner peace along the way) ![]()
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