The attribution of Shaolin's martial arts to Bodhidharma has been discounted by several 20th century martial arts historians, first by Tang Hao on the grounds that the Yi Jin Jing is a forgery. Stele and documentary evidence shows the monks historically worshiped the Bodhisattva Vajrapani's "Kimnara King" form as the progenitor of their staff and bare hand fighting styles.

  Meanwhile Shaolin Kungfu stands fof the Mainstay of Chinese Martial Arts festuring culturll connotation,religious details, healthpreserving, virtue cultivation, mental improvement and mind nourishment. The key to improving shaolin kung fu is dhyana which requires the practitioner to practise with supreme quiet and clear heart.

  Some lineages of Karate have oral traditions than claim Shaolin Origins Martial Arts triditions in Japan and Korea,and Southesst Asia cite Chinese influence as transmitted by Buddhist monks.

  Recent developments in the 20th centuty such as Shorinji Kempo(Shaolin Temple Quan )practised in Japan's Sohonzan Shorin ji(The Gold Chan Benshan Shaolin temple) still maintains close ties with China's Song Shan Shaolin Temple due to historic links .Japanese Shorinji Kempo Group financial contributions to the maintenance of the historic edifice of the Song Shan Shaolin Temple in 2003 received China's recognition.