American Shaolin is the hilarious story of Matthew's remarkable two-year travel odyssey - a tale of gruelling training, forbidden romance and an eye-watering insight into the art of 'iron-crotch' kungfu. American Shaolin: Matthew Polly Matthew Polly 510 subscribers 112 43K views 16 years ago Clips from my time at the Shaolin Temple. By the end of the second day of training his knees were in agony and he was walking like the dead - and that was just the induction. The Chinese term for tough training is chi ku (eating bitter) - and Matthew quickly leaned to appreciate the phrase. He finally found the Shaolin village hidden away between five mountain peaks. And asking for directions proved problematic - after three years spent learning Mandarin in college, Matthew couldn't understand a word outside the classroom. A Princeton University graduate and Rhodes Scholar, he spent two years studying kung fu at the Shaolin Temple in Henan, China. For one thing, no one knew where exactly the Shaolin Temple was. About the author (2018) Matthew Polly is the national bestselling author of American Shaolin, Tapped Out, and Bruce Lee. But, as Confucius might have said, path to becoming kung fu master very difficult.
Dropping out of university, he travelled to China to study at the granddaddy of all Chinese martial arts monasteries: the Shaolin Temple, the birthplace of both Zen Buddhism and kungfu. Matthew Polly was your typical 98-pound weakling with sand kicked in his face - until he decided to learn to kick back.
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