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Shaolin Monks at Hackney Empire

'Jaw dropping... the monks are lifted aloft on sharpened spears, sandwiched between beds of nails, knives and concrete blocks, perform handstands on 2 finger tips, and backflips using heads not hands!' Evening Standard. 'Wheel of life is a mesmerising hybrid of drama, dance and incredible Kung Fu skills' Sunday Telegraph. For the first time in four years, the SHAOLIN MONKS, legendary warrior monks of China's Shaolin Temple, bring their unique physical feats to the UK. The SHAOLIN MONKS are the ultimate masters of Kung Fu: Buddhist soldier monks who have refined defensive martial arts over a period of fifteen centuries to a rare and spectacular point of perfection. Their art enables them to shatter wooden staves which attackers smash against their heads, arms and legs, balance the entire weight of their bodies on sharpened spears, perform handstands on two finger tips and break bricks and iron bars against their heads. Print this pageSend to a friend