About a dozen nuns performed hand chops and high kicks, some of them wielding swords, as they showed off their martial art ...
KATHMANDU: About a dozen nuns performed hand chops and high kicks, some of them wielding swords, as they showed off their ...
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 ...
These nuns, trained in self-defence, are part of the Drukpa lineage, which promotes gender equality and empowers women ...
"We do kung fu to keep ourselves mentally and physically fit, and our aim is to promote women's empowerment and gender ...
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 ...
The group of kung fu nuns, aged from 17 to 30, are members of the 1,000 year-old Drukpa lineage, which gives nuns equal ...
Kung fu nuns at Nepal's Amitabha Drukpa Nunnery demonstrate their martial arts skills. It is the only Buddhist monastery in its lineage where women practice martial arts, attracting those who advocate ...