About a dozen nuns performed hand chops and high kicks, some of them wielding swords, as they showed off their martial art ...
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How the kung fu nuns of Nepal are kicking down stereotypesClad in umber robes, their heads shorn, Jigme Yeshe Lhamo, Jigme Tontam Wangmo and Jigme Deepam squat in a kung fu stance.
About a dozen nuns performed hand chops and high kicks, some of them wielding swords, as they showed off their martial art skills to hundreds of ...
Reuters journalists worldwide bring diverse stories ranging from Nepal's Kung Fu nuns reopening their nunnery, dinosaur footprints uncovered in the UK, to the empowerment of Pakistani women through a ...
The nuns of the hill-top Druk Amitabha Monastery, put on the show of strength to mark the institution’s reopening five years ...
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These Kung Fu Nuns Kick Butt and Seek EnlightenmentThese are kung fu practitioners from Nepal, but they are more than meets the eye. These martial arts students are also nuns ...
The nuns come from Bhutan, India and Nepal and are all trained in kung fu, the Chinese martial art for self-defence and strength. "With the confidence from kung fu, I really want to help the ...
At Nepal's Druk Amitabha Monastery, kung fu nuns performed martial arts displays to celebrate the reopening of their nunnery after a five-year closure. These nuns, embodying the Drukpa lineage's ...
The nuns come from Bhutan, India and Nepal and are all trained in gongfu, the Chinese martial art for self-defence and strength. “With the confidence from gongfu, I really want to help the ...
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