Bodhidharma - Legendary founder of Kung Fu

Legends say that Kung Fu began when a stern Indian Monk, known as Bodhidharma (Bodhi-Dharma) (or Dot Mor) came to the Shaolin Temple (in 527) to teach the students Chan (Zen) Buddhism. The monks were weak, and not trained to endure the exhaustive methods that Bodhidharma was teaching, so to find a solution he mediated for 9 years in a cave. When he came back he taught them a system of exercises called The 18 Hand of Lo-Han, said to be based on exercises from the beyond the Himalayas. After practising these movements the monks started to notice that their strength had greatly imporved.

Also taught or similiar to
The Muscle Change Classic or The Change of the Sinews
The Marrow Washing
The Eighteen Hand Movements of the Elightenend One (=18 hand of Lo-han)

wrote the two classics; Yi Jin Jing (Sinew Metamorphosis Classic), and Xi Sui Jing (Marrow Cleansing Classic), which were the basis of Shaolin Chi Gung

Also know as Ta Mo, Ba Mo, etc.
Lived 448-527