Meet the adorable 'kung fu kid': Three-year-old boy gets up at 5am every day

Posted by freemexy on October 5th, 2019

An adorable three-year-old kung fu master has risen to fame in China after videos of his hardcore training regime have gone viral. Children KungFu in Shanghai

The boy, surnamed Qi and nicknamed Little Stone, has been learning martial arts at the renowned Shaolin Temple in central China's Henan Province since April this year.

The little Shaolin monk, who now has 180,000 followers on popular short video site Kuaishou, wakes up every morning at 5am to train for at least five hours in hopes of becoming a legendary master one day.His master, Abbot Yanbo, who films the videos for Little Stone, said the youngster used to cry all the time when he first arrived at the temple.

'But after a month or so, he got used to the training and turned out to be a very smart and hardworking student,' Abbot Yanbo told MailOnline.

'Little Stone still cries from time to time when he thinks about his mother, but he's learned to wipe away his tears and carry on training,' he said, adding that the child could only see his family every two months. The viral video clips show Little Stone - the youngest student in his class - showing off a wide repertoire of martial arts techniques, thanks to his hard training.

The adorable child is seen throwing punches, kicking and blocking in perfect form in front of impressed onlookers while another clip shows him mastering a staff that's almost twice his height.

However, in one of the videos, the three-year-old is seen frowning in pain and on the verge of tears while doing a split at the command of his master - a demonstration of how tough his every day training is.

The videos melted the hearts of net users, who said the child was 'too cute to handle'. Such touch training on such a young kid,' one user commented, 'But he will grow into a well-disciplined adult.'

'So adorable! This is a very good environment for a child to grow up in,' another user commented. 'I don't think I can last two days at the Temple!'

The ancient yet powerful Shaolin kung fu combines kicks, blocks and punches to stop attackers, achieved through rigorous mental and physical training.

The discipline also stresses on 'hard' and 'soft' striking techniques, making it an aesthetically pleasing fighting style.