- Jet Li
- Self
- Hongbo Chiao
- Instructor
- Yafei Cui
- Li's childhood classmate (archival footage)
- Chin De
- Shaolin monk historian
- Shien De
- Abbot
- Yang De
- Water jug monk
- Yinglian Fan
- Plum pillars monk
- Deng Hai
- Four sides monk
- Yang Jiang
- Shaolin teacher
- Xingyao Li
- Plum pillars monk
- Ziming Li
- Pa Gua master
- Sugang Shi
- Monk smashing boulder
- Xingcheng Shi
- Bullfighting monk
- Xingkun Shi
- Monkey fist monk
- Xingpeng Shi
- Rolling fist monk
- Xingping Shi
- Snake fist monk
- Xingqing Shi
- Leopard fist monk
- Xingshan Shi
- Eagle fist monk
- Xingyu Shi
- 'Buddha Overhung' monk
- Yinyu Shi
- Shi's understudy
- Yongdi Shi
- Monk
- Xi Su
- Instructor monk
- Jianyun Sun
- Self
- Wei Tai
- Finger skill
- Bin Wu
- Self
- Tunan Wu
- Tai Chi master
- Cai Xu
- Self
- Weisha Zhang
- Temple Vice-director
