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Did people in martial arts shave their heads?
They only shave your heads if your a Shaolin Kung Fu Monk.
Is there a live in martial arts school or monastery where they practice martial arts?
Yes! The Shaolin Temples actually have a program that includes room and board and a number of weeks of training. There are a numerous camps and programs offered by different schools throughout the world. Keep your eyes and ears open and you'll find them! Not only the Shaolin Temple, but also the Wu Tang monastery [not Method man or ODB] on top of Mount Wu-Dang, they also offer boarding style kung fu training camps for foreign students if they are interested.
Where is the best place in china to learn a Kung Fu?
The best place is really the Shaolin Temple. The downsides are you have to eat monk food, they might not take you, some of the "monks" there are not real monks but actors placed by the Chinese government to make money. Also, kung fu is all you do at the temple. Training is six hours a day. You have to be willing to put everything else in your life on hold for however long you plan to be there. Alternatives for people who want to be as good as you possibly can be and still be able to sort of have a life, the Beijing Wushu Institute is good.
What is the connection between yoga and Kung Fu?
Yoga originated in India. It was a very ancient art. It is believed that an Indian Prince that had been trained in Yoga and the Indian Martial Arts moved to China and became the Bodhidharma, teaching what became Kung Fu to the monks at the Shaolin temple.Second AnswerBoth Yoga and Chinese qigong are stretching and breathing exercises. They improve joint strength and flexibility. The breathing is believed by both cultures to fuel an internal energy--Prana (India) and Qi (China)--that fortifies the body and, when directed and compounded in the brain, leads to enlightenment or immortality (depending on the tradition). Both India and China came upon these ideas independently. Many other cultures associated breathing with such properties. The ancient Greeks referred to it as the "humors."Both the South and East Asian traditions existed long before the aforementioned Buddhist monk came to China. Therefore, there is no evidence that Bodhidharma introduced any such exercises to the Middle Kingdom. Most importantly, the concept of him teaching martial arts at the Shaolin monastery did not come about until the early 20th century.See Chinese Martial Arts (2012) by Peter Lorge, The Shaolin Monastery (2008) by Meir Shahar, and "Ignorance, Legend, and Taijiquan" by Stan Henning.
Are there martial arts in China?
Pretty much any Chinese martial arts school will teach you the appropriate forms. But they do often require you to obtain a basic knowledge of the art before they introduce you to the weapons forms.
