My Shaolin experience is more than 35 years ... They directly push you, and then they feel you push back, then the hands come back. Then, because you push to me, then I come to fight you.

"Shaolin kung fu is designed for combat ... "But I am always practicing kung fu," he says. He grabs my hand and puts it on one of his immense quadriceps. I can feel him pulsing the muscle.

The Shaolin Temple sees Jet Li training with a purpose: to avenge his father’s death at the hands of the corrupt emperor. The 36th Chamber of Shaolin is essentially one long training montage.