About a dozen nuns performed hand chops and high kicks, some of them wielding swords, as they showed off their martial art ...

These are kung fu practitioners from Nepal, but they are more than meets the eye. These martial arts students are also nuns ...

These nuns, trained in self-defence, are part of the Drukpa lineage, which promotes gender equality and empowers women ...

About a dozen nuns, from the hill-top Druk Amitabha Monastery, performed hand chops and high kicks, some of them wielding swords, as they showed off their martial art skills to hundreds of cheering ...

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 ...

A group of kung fu nuns has displayed their martial arts skills to celebrate the long-awaited post-pandemic reopening of ...

At Nepal's Druk Amitabha Monastery, kung fu nuns performed martial arts displays to celebrate the reopening of their nunnery after a five-year closure. These nuns, embodying the Drukpa lineage's ...

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About a dozen nuns performed hand chops and high kicks, some of them wielding swords, as they showed off their martial art ...

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KATHMANDU: At the eagerly anticipated reopening of their nunnery in Nepal, a dozen nuns displayed their martial arts prowess to hundreds of applauding well-wishers by doing hand chops and high kicks, ...