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Oestad John · 12-19-2007, 05:00 PM

I've been a practitioner of TOAS Nabard for many years. I've known its origins and its founder for long time.

KUNG FU

Defined by Merrian-Webster as a noun, Chinese derivative of the word GONGFU-- as a skill, art: dated in 1966

Webster dictionary
defines KUNG FU or gongfu as its original meaning referring to one's expertise in any skill, not necessarily martial.

Wikipedia.org/wiki/kungfu/history
Quoted as "according to legend Chan (Zen) Buddhist monk Bodhidarma, kung fu also has its origin in India. around the time of 500 C E"
Kung fu in a 20th century term doesn't exist in an ancient texts
Introduced to the Shaolin monk of Henan Province.
Kung fu the term was first used by a Westerner, French Jesuit missionary Jean Joseph Marie Amiot in the 18th century
The term kung fu was popularized in the late 1960's by Hong Kong films. Then later the term kung fu was define as "Chinese Boxing", now in modern times is defined as chinese martial arts.
But in truth kung fu true roots reffered to the process of one's training and strenghering of the body and the mind, learning and perfecting of one's skill rather than to what was being trained. " refers to excellence achived through long practices in any endeavor. IE. you can say that a person's kung fu is good cooking, or that someone has kung fu in calligraphy.......... a person possesing kung fu in an area implies skill in that area.
Tell me that I should take down the sign Kung fu----know the truth of the word kung fu... We of TOAS NABARD are practitioners of a true art separate from your Chinese KUNG FU. We train to strengthening of the body and the mind to transcend and excel beyond the norm or comfort zone.
Tell me that I'm lost in a dream having illusions of what is true. Being true to your art is knowing yourself and having roots to your art versus posing an idea of your art.
Thank you for your acknowledging TOAS NABARD, a skill and an art in the martial genre.

12-19-2007, 05:00 PM	#19 (permalink)
Oestad John Registered User Join Date: Dec 2007 Posts: 4	I'm Lost in a Dream having illusions!! I've been a practitioner of TOAS Nabard for many years. I've known its origins and its founder for long time. KUNG FU Defined by Merrian-Webster as a noun, Chinese derivative of the word GONGFU-- as a skill, art: dated in 1966 Webster dictionary defines KUNG FU or gongfu as its original meaning referring to one's expertise in any skill, not necessarily martial. Wikipedia.org/wiki/kungfu/history Quoted as "according to legend Chan (Zen) Buddhist monk Bodhidarma, kung fu also has its origin in India. around the time of 500 C E" Kung fu in a 20th century term doesn't exist in an ancient texts Introduced to the Shaolin monk of Henan Province. Kung fu the term was first used by a Westerner, French Jesuit missionary Jean Joseph Marie Amiot in the 18th century The term kung fu was popularized in the late 1960's by Hong Kong films. Then later the term kung fu was define as "Chinese Boxing", now in modern times is defined as chinese martial arts. But in truth kung fu true roots reffered to the process of one's training and strenghering of the body and the mind, learning and perfecting of one's skill rather than to what was being trained. " refers to excellence achived through long practices in any endeavor. IE. you can say that a person's kung fu is good cooking, or that someone has kung fu in calligraphy.......... a person possesing kung fu in an area implies skill in that area. Tell me that I should take down the sign Kung fu----know the truth of the word kung fu... We of TOAS NABARD are practitioners of a true art separate from your Chinese KUNG FU. We train to strengthening of the body and the mind to transcend and excel beyond the norm or comfort zone. Tell me that I'm lost in a dream having illusions of what is true. Being true to your art is knowing yourself and having roots to your art versus posing an idea of your art. Thank you for your acknowledging TOAS NABARD, a skill and an art in the martial genre.