Thread: Kung Fu?

If we know where you are then maybe we may be able to help you with a school in the area.

Originally Posted by Sim Diddy

Im from Australia in Brisbane

I wasnt exactly planning to go to a school, I was just planning to get books and research it and learn it myself slowly.

Brissie has excellent Praying mantis there, the grand master henery sue i think was his name has been on a SBS documentary for his kung fu. Ask around, better than reading and sorting out hours of useless information.

before rushing into gung fu start small, try a few drill excersizes and home training to prepare yourself before dedicating to a style. i suggest you harden your body and make it more supple before actual combat training methods. start by doing basic drills look it up and maybe go along to some classes around your area picking up some tips on the basics then practise in your own time. start going jogging every morning at around 5 am before you get up to start your day and before breakfast, walk with your arms out beside you holding them up, then kick each leg in turn upwards to your head straight out infront of you while you walk forward then backwards in a straight line, do this for aslong as you can each time increase the lenth of time you do it for. stand in horse stance crouching down for long periods of time, again increasing the lenth of time you do it for every time you do it. (obviously if you master these basics and can do them for seriously long periods of time, dont go and stand in horse stance for too long like a whole day lol serious leg cramp) there are many basic drills for you to learn look into it a little further and ask advise from people for basic routines and methods to perform before you start actual combat fighting, the basics are the root and foundation for your whole fighting style/styles they are so important. ask Boarspear for a couple of tips for before combat training/conditioning. ile help you out a little more once you reaserch gung fu a bit more and grasp some basic concepts.

here is so you can visually see the effects of Qigong if you are going to learn gung fu then qigong is a must.
http://www.shaolins.com/shaolin6.htm

heres the history for you to brush up on, i think to learn the roots of things are helpfull in understanding certain aspects.
http://www.crystalinks.com/qigong.html


heres explaining about different methods and types of qigong, devided into "hard" and "soft" Qigong,
http://www.qi-energy.com/qigongstyles.htm


heres a site you might find helpfull with choosing a chinese style.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chinese_martial_arts



i will help you out more just ask for tips when ever i have time to answer i will.
peace.