Chinese martial arts have long been considered a male-dominated sphere, but a cohort of Gen Z women is challenging that ...

I thought that girls learning martial arts was super swaggy," Duan, 23, said. The ancient Emei school where she trains in the ...

I thought that girls learning martial arts was super swaggy,” Duan, 23, said. The ancient Emei school where she trains in the ...

The ancient Emei school in the mountains of Sichuan is thought to have welcomed a higher proportion of women and girls but has struggled in recent years to raise its profile. That is now changing ...

The daughter of a Mandarin-speaking Chinese family, Emei took a year off of high school in 2015 to compete on Chinese Idol, where she placed third. "I became a much better performer," the singer ...

In front of a secluded temple in southwestern China, Duan Ruru skillfully executes a series of chops and strikes, practicing kung fu techniques she has spent a decade mastering. Chinese martial arts ...

The ancient Emei school where she trains in the mountains of Sichuan is thought to have historically welcomed a higher proportion of women and girls. But it has not achieved the same level of ...