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

After closing their doors because of the COVID-19 pandemic, this group of kung fu nuns are back in the public eye.

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

The nuns of the hill-top Druk Amitabha Monastery, put on the show of strength to mark the institution’s reopening five years ...

Clad in umber robes, their heads shorn, Jigme Yeshe Lhamo, Jigme Tontam Wangmo and Jigme Deepam squat in a kung fu stance.

"We do kung fu to keep ourselves mentally and physically fit, and our aim is to promote women's empowerment and gender ...

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

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