Why Kung fu is the ultimate martial art.

[Thai Bri]

Why is everyone dogging jiu-fu fighter for stating his opinion?

For fun! -

[Oraenor]

this is the style of kung fu I did

http://www.kajukenpopailum.com/

and you are right there are many styles of kung fu

Not to bag you out but kajukenpo and pai lum are not part of the TCMA school, nor is it authentic chinese.

Quoting the fact that you 'did' this style, I am just wondering if you did quit or was it just bad wording?

[Mephariel]

Kung Fu is more than just self-defense. It is an experience of both physical and spiritual nature. Kung Fu teaches you to be a better person, etc. But Kung Fu is not the ultimate art. There is no ultimate art. Kung Fu can be a useful for fighting and it might not. Depending on how you train and how long you train and what you train. There is nothing wrong with this thread except the title: Kung fu is the ultimate art. There is no ultimate art.

[Oraenor]

Kung Fu is more than just self-defense. It is an experience of both physical and spiritual nature. Kung Fu teaches you to be a better person, etc. But Kung Fu is not the ultimate art. There is no ultimate art. Kung Fu can be a useful for fighting and it might not. Depending on how you train and how long you train and what you train. There is nothing wrong with this thread except the title: Kung fu is the ultimate art. There is no ultimate art.

Not to disappoint you but kung fu is not an art, rather it means hard work. Technically speaking, boxing, judo, etc can be called kung fu.

[Jiu-fu fighter]

Yes, i did do the kajukenpo style kung fu for a year, but eventually I had to quit, because I have been travelling over canada lately.

it may not be the "real" kung fu, and i am sure there has been stuff added on to it, but it was a really good place and i learned a lot, also the high ranking kung fu teacher i had talked to the other day did another style of kung fu "temple kung fu".

I can see your guys points about how kung fu nor anyother martial art is the ultimate art, but for me I think kung fu is.

I guess we all have different abilities and needs from the martial arts, and I guess that is why I choose kung fu, others may choose boxing, kickboxing, karate, muay thai, tae kwon do......etc..

thanks for the discussion guys

[Tom Yum]

Not to disappoint you but kung fu is not an art, rather it means hard work. Technically speaking, boxing, judo, etc can be called kung fu.

True - but the association with gong fu is a fighting/weapons/meditation martial art, whereas wushu is associated with flowery forms.

Thanks for the distinction.

[Tom Yum]

For fun! -

You really need your own talk show. I would watch it daily.

And just like Ed McMahaon had Doc Severinsen and Dave Letterman has Paul......


Thai bri could have jubaji. That's a helluva combination.

[jubaji]

Hey now, I ain't gonna be no sidekick ta no fish n' chips sucking bobby!

[Tom Yum]

Hey now, I ain't gonna be no sidekick ta no fish n' chips sucking bobby!

You could double as the bouncer and have your way with unruly guests. To top it off, the staff would have fresh kim chi and soju in your back room

[jubaji]

You could double as the bouncer and have your way with unruly guests. To top it off, the staff would have fresh kim chi and soju in your back room

Hmmmm...you make a persuasive argument sir!

[WildWest.]

Jiu-fu fighter>

I checked out your website and to be honest it doesn't tell me a lot. It doesn't explain what sort of training they do, what techniques they focus on or what their philosophy is. Are they sport or self defence motivated? It doesn't explain who the instructor is, where he/she received their training or anything that might be remotely necessary if you were a beginner looking for a MA to study.

I will give them credit for opening their doors to other MA stylists and new ideas though, but it does make me wonder if their training may have been based on this "gather whatever they can" mentality rather than following a set principle.

I won't bag Kung Fu or your style, but I would have thought an MA website would have a little bit more information on it.

[WildWest.]

Also, are the classes only an hour in length??? That's a little short in my opinion.

[Jiu-fu fighter]

Actually, that website is the main page for the martial arts, but they have schools all over, the one I went to was in truro, nova scotia

the classes there were an hour and a half in length, the focus was self defense oriented and not for sport, it also had some philosophy in it, and the school also teached shoot wrestling also,

it was more of a modern kung fu than the old traditional styles you would think of, but the defense forms also included animals such as the tiger, crane, snake...etc..

it was actully really well rounded and would not mind going back another time to put more work into it

[Tom Yum]

seconded.

...Agreed.

[WildWest.]

Actually, that website is the main page for the martial arts, but they have schools all over, the one I went to was in truro, nova scotia

the classes there were an hour and a half in length, the focus was self defense oriented and not for sport, it also had some philosophy in it, and the school also teached shoot wrestling also,

it was more of a modern kung fu than the old traditional styles you would think of, but the defense forms also included animals such as the tiger, crane, snake...etc..

it was actully really well rounded and would not mind going back another time to put more work into it

Thanks for your reply.

By philosophy I didn't mean a derivative of Socrates/Descartes/Confucious but rather a principle that the school follows be it based around linear attacks and defenses, circular movements, punch and kick combos, locking techniques etc etc. Inadvertantly though I think you answered this when you mentioned the animal forms.

If it (Your style of Kung Fu) works for you then that's all that matters.