American Shaolin

Trade Paperback

One Man's Quest to Become a Kungfu Master

A hilarious memoir by the first skinny white American to learn Kung Fu from the original Shaolin masters.

AMERICAN SHAOLIN is the brilliantly funny memoir from the first American - and a 90 pound weakling at that - to study kung fu with monks at the original Shaolin temple in China, in a two-year martial arts odyssey that includes gruelling days of training, a forbidden romance with a local woman, and ultimately a challenge match against a rival Kung Fu master with the Temple's honour at stake.