Why is Kung Fu not considered to be truly effective in actual combat?

[dacosta]

Kung Fu cannot compare to military combat training. I took up Kung Fu when I was in my teens but it was useless. My dad and uncle would come home after a drinking spree and abuse me. Not just hit me, abuse me.

Not until I took up military combat training after running away from home was I able to defend myself. Only then did the abuse stop. I'm not about to take someone's word over my own experience.

I am sorry, when I said "military" I ment the military of the time period KF got its birth (before the 1st Emperor of China). You could not rely on a gun back then. And yes, today, most no longer train to kill, ... and it is mainly just for fun.