Wembanyama was awarded a section of Shaolin! Practice and don't forget your old job: playing basketball shirtless with Spurs fans

On June 17, Beijing time, Spurs star Wembanyama completed a 10-day retreat at Songshan Shaolin Temple, passed the Shaolin Duan product system merit review, and was awarded the "Shaolin Section 1", becoming the first NBA player to obtain the Shaolin Wushu rank.

Wembanyama has been practicing in Shaolin since June 8, and he is only accompanied by a physical trainer throughout the whole process. It is reported that Wembanyama gets up at 4:30 a.m. every day to train, and the training intensity is higher than the regular training of Shaolin monks. There is also a running session in the evening. During his stay at the temple, Wembanyama and the monks of Shaolin Temple used vegetarian food in the dining hall every day, trained and played basketball in their spare time. It seems that Wemban has not forgotten his old job, and the picture of him playing shirtless with Spurs fans has also been exposed.

It is reported that the Shaolin Kung Fu section is a standard for evaluating the level of Shaolin Kung Fu of practitioners, which is divided into ranks, grades, and honorary grades. Rank, grade are divided into nine levels, of which each grade is divided into three levels, Jin Duan and Jin have strict theoretical and technical evaluation standards, after the applicant is successful, issued by the Shaolin Kung Fu Duan product system evaluation agency to award the corresponding certificate, badge, belt and clothing.

Previously, the picture of Wembanyama following the Shaolin monks to practice martial arts also caused heated discussions among fans, and some fans ridiculed Wembanyama for practicing strong King Kong legs and returning to China to deal with the dream of the warriors.

Wembanyama also made his own ice bucket during his practice at the Shaolin Temple, and I have to say that this trip to Shaolin was really interesting.