First Western Shaolin monk, this Trojan with “Incredible Talent” recounts his journey in a book. Mickaël Renaut, aka Shaolin YanYou, has just released his autobiography.

Former BMX champion, he became the first French and only Westerner to live in a Shaolin temple. His daily life consists of waking up at 4:30 a.m., followed, for an hour, by reciting sutras: “this is the teaching of Buddhism”