Kung Fu to help Chinese football

The soccer school is being constructed in Dengfeng City of Henan Province.

It's located only miles away from the Shaolin Temple, the birthplace of Kung Fu.

It is expected to recruit more than 10,000 students in three years.

However, a monk from the Shaolin Temple said on condition of anonymity that the temple was not part of the project and no disciples were involved.

The "Shaolin Jianye International Football School" was launched earlier this year.

It was founded by a local temple monks training institution and a local football club.

The two sides will invest more than 320 million U.S. dollars in the school, which covers an area of 55.7 hectares.

A stadium and two gyms will also be built.

The founder of the school said the football school aims to integrate the spirits and skills of Kung Fu into sports.

Although soccer fans still have to wait three years for the construction to be completed, 500 football players have already been chosen out of 15,000 teenagers from the group's martial arts school.

Football training, martial arts practice and general knowledge courses occupy one third of the player's time respectively.

According to the founder of the school, the reason that Chinese Kung Fu is gaining popularity at home and even around the world is that so many people love it.

He hoped that Chinese football can also become as attractive as Kung Fu.