A Buddhist monastery near Kathmandu is enjoying a surge in popularity after its spiritual leader directed its 300 nuns to use martial arts techniques.

Enrolment is rising and Buddhist nuns as far afield as the Himachal Pradesh in India want to become kung fu instructors.

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The real question here is why the hell weren't they teaching them kung fu all along? If you're in a Buddhist monastery, you learn kung fu. It should be a given. I know. I've seen plenty of kung fu movies. I've seen Tai Chi Master, and God of Cookery, and the Kung Fu tv show. Monks know kung fu.