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Unarmed combat
For nearly 1,500 years the monks of Shaolin temple in central China have perfected the art of unarmed combat. For most of that time the secrets of their strength and agility have been closely guarded behind the monastery's walls. But as the BBC's Rupert Wingfield-Hayes reports from Beijing, the monks are now revealing their secrets to audiences across China with a spectacular stage show.

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