Monks turn kung fu into artform

Abstract

The show, features jaw-dropping demonstrations of physical endurance, as the monks fly through the air in a dizzying series of spins, perform handstands on two fingers and break bricks and iron bars against their heads.

The Shaolin Monks are bringing their amazing display of Kung Fu to Grimsby.

The monks, from the Shaolin temple in China, will perform the Wheel of Life at the Grimsby Auditorium on Monday, October 27.

The show, features jaw-dropping demonstrations of physical endurance, as the monks fly through the air in a dizzying series of spins, perform handstands on two fingers and break bricks and iron bars against their heads.

Among the monks is British convert Matthew Ahmet. He was so inspired when he went to see the Wheel of Life in London ten years ago, that he decided to take up the art. Three and a half years ago he went to train at the Shaolin Temple.

Matthew (20) said: "The show is a mixture of martial arts and Buddhism, and is about a path to self-enlightenment.

"I was young when I went to see the show and I was blown away. The wheel has turned and now I am one of the monks.

"You train all day long, getting up at 5am to run up a mountain and then do stretches. It's a very different life and we don't have many of the things that you have in the UK.

"But in the UK a lot of people have money but they don't find inner happiness. When they come to the show they will the see monks finding fulfilment through their art."

Tickets are pounds15-23. Call 0844 847 2426.