Like any other boy, Jason Luo wanted to be strong, so he started practicing kung fu eight years ago. Luo enrolled in a Shaolin kung fu program eight years ago and has been practicing almost every day since. "When I first arrived in the US 11 years ago, I felt the enthusiasm of the American people for Chinese kung fu, but there were few programs offering kung fu classes," said Yan Ran. He admitted that he fell in love with Shaolin kung fu because of Jet Li's 1982 film Shaolin Temple. Young as he is, Delaney has been practicing kung fu for two years.