"Kung Fu" explained.

[shaolin-warrior]

good points, Kung=accomplishment Fu=effort / Kung Fu is a general term meaning mastery of an art. You could say Muhamad Ali achieved Kung Fu in boxing. The actual Chinese term for martial arts is Wu Shu or translated Militaristic techniques.

[shaolin-warrior]

good points, Kung=accomplishment Fu=effort / Kung Fu is a general term meaning mastery of an art. You could say Muhamad Ali achieved Kung Fu in boxing.

[danfaggella]

Those are valid points, because poeple do consider "kung fu" to be a style or a way of fighting but it means something else to those who invented the term. I think fighting arts are called "wu su" or "wu shu" and can be a way of expressing kung fu, but like the violin or mathematics or any other art or skill or talent.

[blitz]

I really don't think any of that will help anyone ;o

[gong fu]

sarcasm exepted, want to add anything else aswell? say something that would actualy help a young begginer martial artist?, that is the point of this thread by the way,


peace.

[jubaji]

Whew! Thank goodness! No one's ever mentioned all that before!

[gong fu]

i just wanted to teach some new students to chinese martial arts something,

kung fu is a bastardisation, is it pronounced gong fu, and it is not a martial arts style, some westeners insult gong fu for its true nature and defenition, it can be translated a number of ways, hardwork/skill/dedication,etc

you might say " i learn eagles claw shaolin gong fu" meaning i learn shaolin eagles claw skill/dedication/hardword.


it is not correct for someone to say kung fu is a crap style, kung fu is not a style, it means as i mentioned above, skill and dedication is hardly crappy,


also i wanted some people to know, the forms, stances, set patterned style movements, are for training/conditioning/making you stronger/more flexible, and you dont have to stand in a horse stance or lohan pattern while fighting somebody. could if you want though i guess.

i dont expect many replies to this thread, but i just want begginers to understand a few things, also maybe some ignorant people might learn a thing or 2.


peace.