Shaolinn.
/ˈʃaʊlɪn/, U.S. /ˈʃaʊlɪn/ Any of various styles or schools of Chinese martial arts developed by or popularly associated with the monks of the Shaolin monastery. Frequently attributive.
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1964 Black Belt July 48/2 When a student has mastered sufficient physical and mental skills, he is introduced to the fundamentals of Shaolin.
1974 Washington Post 19 May pc13/2 Over 30 different systems will be represented, including northern and southern Shaolin, the kind the TV show has millions of viewers wincing and howling about.
1975 Daily Intelligencer (Doylestown, Pa.) 23 Dec. 12/1 Ten students..traveled to Fairfield, Conn. for the 3rd annual Shaolin Kung-Fu Championships.
1986 M. Salzman Iron & Silk (1990) 30 These schools range from the slow, graceful Taijiquan, or T'ai Chi Ch'uan, to the explosive Northern and Southern schools of Shaolin boxing.
1989 P. Crompton Compl. Martial Arts 99/1 Most of the subsequent Shaolin styles of kung fu belonged to the hard or external group of styles; it was the Taoist influence which seems to have introduced the softer internal styles.
2005 SL (Cape Town) Feb. 43/1 There are approximately 330 recognised styles of Kung Fu..and there are 18 weapons. The three main Wu Su systems are Shaolin, Wu Dan and Emei.
This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, December 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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