was out in 1973 and the name is spell karado|||Karado - the Hong Kong Cat - is what it was called when I watched it in the early 70's.
If I remember correctly, Karado was played by Jimmy Wang Yu.
You'd probably have to buy the dvd online because it's not very popular these days. It was a terrible movie.
Edit:
I was wrong - not Jimmy Wang Yu. I saw this around 1975. I don't remember anything about it. As I said, it was a terrible movie.|||Say what?? Spells karado? Wow! Who spells karado in the first place?
Friday, December 2, 2011
Where can i find web to watch free kungfu movie?
the latest kungfu movie|||you can try www.ovguide.com ... its all free and i always watch my movies from there...|||http://movieslinks210.blogspot.com/|||http://cinemalivetv.com/
http://themoviesempire.com/|||You can try this site http://watch.faststreamingmovies.com/?movie=KingFu
http://themoviesempire.com/|||You can try this site http://watch.faststreamingmovies.com/?movie=KingFu
Can an anverage kungfu-trained man kill another man with a single kick?
Hi,
i need this information for a story i'm writing - just in case you wonder ;)
details:
a young man (who is well trained and knows some kungfu, but is ways from being a real fighter) tires to escape from a dark cellar where he's kept prisoner and meets with one of his guards. My man now needs somehow to kill this guard without seeing really much (besides the guard's flashlight) and without any weapons at all...|||it depends on the presure , angle and location but men have died from a single punch so of course they can die from a single kick sepecialy chuck noris he could kill the devil with a roundhouse|||ANYONE CAN, IN THE TEMPLE!!|||Yes, but it depends on how out-of-shape the other man is and if the trained man hits him in the right place. Also, the trained guy could trip the guard with one hit, causing the guard to hit the ground and either die or be knocked unconscious.
Callida|||Use sheer dumb luck and the environment to kill the guard.... its formulaic but audiences love it.... for example Protagonist and guard struggle, Protagonist slips and falls on his butt, Guard grabs for empty place where Protag was standing before he fell, guard loses balance and falls onto rusty pitch fork hidden in the dark shadowy basement. It's gruesome, cool and believable, much more so than some lucky kung fu death blow.... If you make a ton of money with this story you are writing, I want a cut!!|||won't happen and the only way dumb luck could happen is if the guard fell down the stairs and broke his neck.what do you mean well trained but a long way from being a fighter?it's the other way round?
EDIT%26gt;it's very easy to kill someone but a kick wouldn't be the way to do it.|||A single kick would almost CERTAINLY NOT kill a man. The person would have to sick, old and with brittle bones or a head fracture already. Yeah someone said use the environment, that could work. Why doesn't he plant a kick on the guard and take the flashlight and bludgeon him?
WTF YOU MORONS TALKING ABOUT PRESSURE POINTS?
Pressure points aren't magic, you can kick someone in the nuts, they may not stop, you can do your silly crescent kick to the forearm and he won't drop what hes holding.|||If the person that knows Kung Fu kicked them in a pressure point by luck (it takes more than average skill to locate a pressure point in a fight and hit them their) and if the Kung Fu guy hit really hard, in addition to the other guy being rather weak. The odds are that an average Kung Fu guy couldn't kill anyone with 1 kick, but a very adept Kung Fu person with a bit of luck facing someone with less than their skill, could probably kill a person with 1 hit. (A kick though).|||Forget Kung Fu unless it's San Shou or San DA.
I would suggest to have this man take the flashlight away and blunt the guard to death. Maglite are made out of steel and very strong, and could be about a foot and half long and strong enough to be use as a club.|||ok here is a tech,
1)Block left upwindmill (getting ahold of opponents left arm at wrist), step right foot to right to evade linear attack. Your right foot is now past opponent on his left side.
2)Pivot to left, Right foot kick past opponents left foot as if you missed. In the front of opponents left foot not the rear. As you bring your foot back , sweep out opponents left foot lowering opponents head.
3)Right straight power kick to opponents face at the nose/bridge area.
Make the action flowing, looks cool.
As for actually working, all techniques are only as good as the person appling them.|||I taught my daughter:
1) Kick to the groin. He WILL double over.
2) When he does, kick him in the chin or throat as hard as possible.
It might not kill him, but he'll wish he was dead.|||Well if you change the "average" kungfu man to the Tang Soo Do black belt Chuck Norris then it is very possible. The guard would try to shoot Chuck with his gun but the bullet would not fire because the fear of getting roundhoused by Chuck. Chuck would then ran towards the guard jump up and reverse roundhouse him in the head killing him.
-Ninjas want to grow up to be just like Chuck Norris. But usually they grow up just to be killed by Chuck Norris.
-Chuck Norris cannot love, he can only not kill.
-Chuck Norris roundhouse kicks don't really kill people. They wipe out their entire existence from the space-time continuum.
But seriously i doubt one kick would kill someone him depending on the frame of the person. Im sure a kick from crocop can kill me since he outweights me by 80lbs and he has powerful kicks anyway. but more likely it would knock em out.
if you add some fantasy to your story you can kill em with a single kick...more realistically have him sneak up on him and snap his neck(thought this is a lil cliche)
go watch the bourne identity/supremacy or ask a ninja|||is he facing the guard (who is now prepared for trouble) or is he behind the guard (and the guard hasnt noticed?).
was he tied up? he could use the chain/rope/wire to choke the guard to death if he is behind him. easier than fighting|||No that's just a myth... i know kung fu and have a black belt acn't do nether... it's like the myth of blackbelts being able to stop a bullet, it's only in the movies. I have a black belt and when shootings have happened in my nightclub that I have wiorked in I drop to the floor or take cover some how.|||Very doubtable, choking the guard to death would be more likely.|||He needs to construct a temporary garrote out of a piece of his clothing and couple it with one of his moves (garrote double punch in Shito Ryu).|||he can use the dim mak. hahah jk. You can probably just have him do a pressure point thing to make him unconsious|||If he delivered it hard enough and to the right place, yeah.|||Kick to the throat is good. Or from behind a sharp blow to the top of the head....or a choke hold from behind. or just a straight finger jab to the throad from the front...all good killing blows|||Apart from a hard-as-rock back-kick to the throat, killling the dude is a far-off option. A snap kick to the head would bring about whip-lash, which could break his neck. Since your guy cannot see the guard well, its hard to estimate shots so the best option would be to sweep the guy to the floor and take off, that was the intention wasn't it? The other guards can mistake him for the escapee and barrage him with kicks till he dies!
i need this information for a story i'm writing - just in case you wonder ;)
details:
a young man (who is well trained and knows some kungfu, but is ways from being a real fighter) tires to escape from a dark cellar where he's kept prisoner and meets with one of his guards. My man now needs somehow to kill this guard without seeing really much (besides the guard's flashlight) and without any weapons at all...|||it depends on the presure , angle and location but men have died from a single punch so of course they can die from a single kick sepecialy chuck noris he could kill the devil with a roundhouse|||ANYONE CAN, IN THE TEMPLE!!|||Yes, but it depends on how out-of-shape the other man is and if the trained man hits him in the right place. Also, the trained guy could trip the guard with one hit, causing the guard to hit the ground and either die or be knocked unconscious.
Callida|||Use sheer dumb luck and the environment to kill the guard.... its formulaic but audiences love it.... for example Protagonist and guard struggle, Protagonist slips and falls on his butt, Guard grabs for empty place where Protag was standing before he fell, guard loses balance and falls onto rusty pitch fork hidden in the dark shadowy basement. It's gruesome, cool and believable, much more so than some lucky kung fu death blow.... If you make a ton of money with this story you are writing, I want a cut!!|||won't happen and the only way dumb luck could happen is if the guard fell down the stairs and broke his neck.what do you mean well trained but a long way from being a fighter?it's the other way round?
EDIT%26gt;it's very easy to kill someone but a kick wouldn't be the way to do it.|||A single kick would almost CERTAINLY NOT kill a man. The person would have to sick, old and with brittle bones or a head fracture already. Yeah someone said use the environment, that could work. Why doesn't he plant a kick on the guard and take the flashlight and bludgeon him?
WTF YOU MORONS TALKING ABOUT PRESSURE POINTS?
Pressure points aren't magic, you can kick someone in the nuts, they may not stop, you can do your silly crescent kick to the forearm and he won't drop what hes holding.|||If the person that knows Kung Fu kicked them in a pressure point by luck (it takes more than average skill to locate a pressure point in a fight and hit them their) and if the Kung Fu guy hit really hard, in addition to the other guy being rather weak. The odds are that an average Kung Fu guy couldn't kill anyone with 1 kick, but a very adept Kung Fu person with a bit of luck facing someone with less than their skill, could probably kill a person with 1 hit. (A kick though).|||Forget Kung Fu unless it's San Shou or San DA.
I would suggest to have this man take the flashlight away and blunt the guard to death. Maglite are made out of steel and very strong, and could be about a foot and half long and strong enough to be use as a club.|||ok here is a tech,
1)Block left upwindmill (getting ahold of opponents left arm at wrist), step right foot to right to evade linear attack. Your right foot is now past opponent on his left side.
2)Pivot to left, Right foot kick past opponents left foot as if you missed. In the front of opponents left foot not the rear. As you bring your foot back , sweep out opponents left foot lowering opponents head.
3)Right straight power kick to opponents face at the nose/bridge area.
Make the action flowing, looks cool.
As for actually working, all techniques are only as good as the person appling them.|||I taught my daughter:
1) Kick to the groin. He WILL double over.
2) When he does, kick him in the chin or throat as hard as possible.
It might not kill him, but he'll wish he was dead.|||Well if you change the "average" kungfu man to the Tang Soo Do black belt Chuck Norris then it is very possible. The guard would try to shoot Chuck with his gun but the bullet would not fire because the fear of getting roundhoused by Chuck. Chuck would then ran towards the guard jump up and reverse roundhouse him in the head killing him.
-Ninjas want to grow up to be just like Chuck Norris. But usually they grow up just to be killed by Chuck Norris.
-Chuck Norris cannot love, he can only not kill.
-Chuck Norris roundhouse kicks don't really kill people. They wipe out their entire existence from the space-time continuum.
But seriously i doubt one kick would kill someone him depending on the frame of the person. Im sure a kick from crocop can kill me since he outweights me by 80lbs and he has powerful kicks anyway. but more likely it would knock em out.
if you add some fantasy to your story you can kill em with a single kick...more realistically have him sneak up on him and snap his neck(thought this is a lil cliche)
go watch the bourne identity/supremacy or ask a ninja|||is he facing the guard (who is now prepared for trouble) or is he behind the guard (and the guard hasnt noticed?).
was he tied up? he could use the chain/rope/wire to choke the guard to death if he is behind him. easier than fighting|||No that's just a myth... i know kung fu and have a black belt acn't do nether... it's like the myth of blackbelts being able to stop a bullet, it's only in the movies. I have a black belt and when shootings have happened in my nightclub that I have wiorked in I drop to the floor or take cover some how.|||Very doubtable, choking the guard to death would be more likely.|||He needs to construct a temporary garrote out of a piece of his clothing and couple it with one of his moves (garrote double punch in Shito Ryu).|||he can use the dim mak. hahah jk. You can probably just have him do a pressure point thing to make him unconsious|||If he delivered it hard enough and to the right place, yeah.|||Kick to the throat is good. Or from behind a sharp blow to the top of the head....or a choke hold from behind. or just a straight finger jab to the throad from the front...all good killing blows|||Apart from a hard-as-rock back-kick to the throat, killling the dude is a far-off option. A snap kick to the head would bring about whip-lash, which could break his neck. Since your guy cannot see the guard well, its hard to estimate shots so the best option would be to sweep the guy to the floor and take off, that was the intention wasn't it? The other guards can mistake him for the escapee and barrage him with kicks till he dies!
What`s the differnce between jujitsu, taekwondo, and kungfu, and karate?
Frank the Tank is correct. I would add that each respective art has thier own principles in fighting. Each one mentioned have different methods for the same goal. "Defeat the enemy"|||jujitsu grappling art from japan, often confused with brazilian jujitsu, which is similar, but more focused on the ground grappling.
Taekwondo, striking art from Korea, it emphasizes on kicks.
Kung fu general term for many styles of Chinese martial arts, focusing on striking.
Karate striking Japanese martial art.
I hope this information is useful.
good luck!|||ju jitsu is basically like grappling. throws, locks and such.
tae kwon do. mostly kicks. very fun to spar with.
karate. becareful and find a good school. ie. dont go to places that teach some weird form of karate that wasnt originally developed my the japanese.
for example check out kyokushin karate (spar with out gear, fight multiple opponents) very cool stuff
some other martial arts u might want to check out is:
Wing Chun (bruce lee's main art) teaches you fast fast punches and how to attack and defend using only touch and not having to see your opponent. (sticky hands) very cool.
Jeet Kun Do (if you can find one was bruce lee's developed method)
Muay Thai - if you want to learn to strike hard. not as technical as the others but will make you like a tank.
Kali / Escrima - fillipino(sp?) arts, teaches you stick fighting and knife fighting. really cool and practical defend against any one! but a gun.....
and thats all i can think of.|||Other than the fact that they're from completely different countries. They're also completely different styles of martial arts.
Like Frank said, they're all from different countries and different kinds of art.
Juijitsu is a Samurai art from Japan used for grappling.
Kung Fu is a western name for all the different Chinese martial arts. Chinese prefer to call them Wushu. Their moves are very fluid, flexible, and even deceptive. It looks almost like dancing but it's a devastating art none the less. It's mostly considered a soft style.
Karate was imported from China during China and Okinawa's trades. However, Okinawan people changed it into a more direct and linear form. As a result, their strikes a very direct and hard. It's considered a hard style.
Tae Kwon Do is a Korean art that mixes the circular, fluid moves of Kung Fu and Linear hits of Karate. Since Korea was occupied by both China and Japan at one point. They were influenced by both styles. Tae Kwon Do is also considered a hard style and so is Juijitsu. Most of the kicks and moves you see in movies are mostly Tae Kwon Do. Karate doesn't look all that good in the movies and Kung Fu doesn't look all that practical. So Tae Kwon Do usually winds up being the perfect mix. They usually don't show people fighting on the ground in the movies, or you'll be seeing a lot of Juijitsu moves. Which is what they should be showing because 80% of street fights wind up on the ground anyway. But it doesn't look very good in the movies when the hero falls down and has to fight on the ground. (It's not very american.)|||Jujitsu - grappling, with some striking.
Taekwondo - striking art, with an emphasis on kicks.
Kung fu - generic name given to Chinese martial arts, often called a "soft" style because of the flowing and circular movements.
Karate - striking art, with an emphasis on powerful attacks and counters.|||Jujutsu is from Japan and its origins come from the Samurai
TKD is Korean and relies heavily on kicks but does have punches as well just more a 70-30 mix of kicks versus punches.
Kungfu is from China and is a circular art where the above two are more linear. They use many soft blocks with fluid motion rather than hard blocks or joint locks as above.
Karate means comes from Okinawa and was known as Te meaning Hand first. It has influences from both Chinese Kenpo and with Okinawan Te to create Karate named in the mid to late 20's by men like Gichin Funokoshi.
All are good arts, finding a good teacher is usually more difficult. enjoy learning.
Taekwondo, striking art from Korea, it emphasizes on kicks.
Kung fu general term for many styles of Chinese martial arts, focusing on striking.
Karate striking Japanese martial art.
I hope this information is useful.
good luck!|||ju jitsu is basically like grappling. throws, locks and such.
tae kwon do. mostly kicks. very fun to spar with.
karate. becareful and find a good school. ie. dont go to places that teach some weird form of karate that wasnt originally developed my the japanese.
for example check out kyokushin karate (spar with out gear, fight multiple opponents) very cool stuff
some other martial arts u might want to check out is:
Wing Chun (bruce lee's main art) teaches you fast fast punches and how to attack and defend using only touch and not having to see your opponent. (sticky hands) very cool.
Jeet Kun Do (if you can find one was bruce lee's developed method)
Muay Thai - if you want to learn to strike hard. not as technical as the others but will make you like a tank.
Kali / Escrima - fillipino(sp?) arts, teaches you stick fighting and knife fighting. really cool and practical defend against any one! but a gun.....
and thats all i can think of.|||Other than the fact that they're from completely different countries. They're also completely different styles of martial arts.
Like Frank said, they're all from different countries and different kinds of art.
Juijitsu is a Samurai art from Japan used for grappling.
Kung Fu is a western name for all the different Chinese martial arts. Chinese prefer to call them Wushu. Their moves are very fluid, flexible, and even deceptive. It looks almost like dancing but it's a devastating art none the less. It's mostly considered a soft style.
Karate was imported from China during China and Okinawa's trades. However, Okinawan people changed it into a more direct and linear form. As a result, their strikes a very direct and hard. It's considered a hard style.
Tae Kwon Do is a Korean art that mixes the circular, fluid moves of Kung Fu and Linear hits of Karate. Since Korea was occupied by both China and Japan at one point. They were influenced by both styles. Tae Kwon Do is also considered a hard style and so is Juijitsu. Most of the kicks and moves you see in movies are mostly Tae Kwon Do. Karate doesn't look all that good in the movies and Kung Fu doesn't look all that practical. So Tae Kwon Do usually winds up being the perfect mix. They usually don't show people fighting on the ground in the movies, or you'll be seeing a lot of Juijitsu moves. Which is what they should be showing because 80% of street fights wind up on the ground anyway. But it doesn't look very good in the movies when the hero falls down and has to fight on the ground. (It's not very american.)|||Jujitsu - grappling, with some striking.
Taekwondo - striking art, with an emphasis on kicks.
Kung fu - generic name given to Chinese martial arts, often called a "soft" style because of the flowing and circular movements.
Karate - striking art, with an emphasis on powerful attacks and counters.|||Jujutsu is from Japan and its origins come from the Samurai
TKD is Korean and relies heavily on kicks but does have punches as well just more a 70-30 mix of kicks versus punches.
Kungfu is from China and is a circular art where the above two are more linear. They use many soft blocks with fluid motion rather than hard blocks or joint locks as above.
Karate means comes from Okinawa and was known as Te meaning Hand first. It has influences from both Chinese Kenpo and with Okinawan Te to create Karate named in the mid to late 20's by men like Gichin Funokoshi.
All are good arts, finding a good teacher is usually more difficult. enjoy learning.
Poll: Boxing or Kungfu, I mean to watch, why?
Kungfu of course....Jackie, Ombak, Jet Lee.....Oh oh Van Dammmm....Great!|||Boxing and Full Contact Kung Fu, known as Sanda or San Shou, are two incredible sports to watch. Wire Fu and Wu Shu style crap sucks and sucks to watch.
I want to begin kungfu ( read description plz )?
Can someone tell me where to begin in lebanon ? i cant find places in leb that trains kungfu on the net . iv seen one in the net and i didnt like it alot
I am 12 years old so the place should have kids like me and not babies training with us -.-|||This one is specifically for Kung Fu
http://www.goldendragonclub.net/
Mixed Martial Arts...I'm not sure if they have Kung Fu though
mmaacademylebanon.com
This is where I got these two sites from. It has other types of martial arts as well if you're interested in others.
http://www.lebweb.com/dir/lebanon-martia鈥?/a>
I am 12 years old so the place should have kids like me and not babies training with us -.-|||This one is specifically for Kung Fu
http://www.goldendragonclub.net/
Mixed Martial Arts...I'm not sure if they have Kung Fu though
mmaacademylebanon.com
This is where I got these two sites from. It has other types of martial arts as well if you're interested in others.
http://www.lebweb.com/dir/lebanon-martia鈥?/a>
Where is the martial arts & tycondo or kungfu classes in thane or down side ?
Well the disadvantages to any martial art is incorrectly executing a technique which could then hurt yourself. A disadvantage of TKD is it mainly uses kicks, which in a street fight I wouldn't recommend only using and if you strike wrongly and break your foot then you're stuck. A disadvantage of Kung Fu, depending on the style, is it takes time to use the techniques in a real life situation and for the forms and such to take effect on your body. There are many advantages and disadvantages to every martial art, these are just two I listed.|||"tycondo"?
Do you mean tae kwan do, as in Korean empty hand fighting or karate?
namaste
Do you mean tae kwan do, as in Korean empty hand fighting or karate?
namaste
Where can I learn kungfu in ahmedabad?
Check your local phone book or use the internet. We don't live there, so we can't tell you.
What karate or kungfu or somthin do jackie chan use?
Jackie Chan uses THEATRICAL martial arts.|||He uses a few different styles of kung-fu. Some are real, and some are made up for the movies (I think he mentioned the style used in the Drunken Master movies was made up for the films)
I don't remember which ones, but they're mentioned in his book "I am Jackie Chan"|||Jackie Chan has studied a number of Chinese Boxing styles, among them are Wing Chun and Five Animals Kung Fu.|||Jackie chan is an expert in monkey style and also snake ,tiger and eagle.|||KSnake10 is correct, Wing Chun.
Wing Chun is identifiable by it's wide "horse" stance. It was developed in China by militia who worked on rice patties, typically up to their knees or shins in water, who needed a wide fighting stance to prevent being knocked down. Another Wing Chun tell-tale is the rapid hand movement, achieved by heptahours on the wooden dummy. Jackie Chan's musculature comes from gymnastics. He is an avid gymnast and has even been featured in Blackbelt Magazine and Men's Health, discussing his gymnastic workouts.|||Jackie Chan's specialty is Beijing Opera, not Kung Fu. The reason he has been so successful is because he has adapted Beijing opera, particularly comedy, to movies. Beijing Opera has always made extensive use of dangerous acrobatic moves, and in fact, traditional Beijing opera can be far more dangerous than any of the things Jackie Chan does in fact, Chan himself has stated that while does enjoy doing the occasional opera, that he prefers movie stunt work because its less dangerous.
The reason Bruce Lee, and Jackie Chan, both had and have remarkable agility, is because both, as children, endured brutal training. Lees family was famous in Hong Kong for producing outstanding actors in Beijing opera, the art I mean, meaning all the kids were trained in acrobatics, including Lee himself. The training for Beijing opera, like I said, is brutal, and the trainers themselves are often extremely abusive. Lee never suffered abuse, BUT, his father was still no less strict with his acrobatics training, because the family name depended on it, than other men familiar with the art.
The reason Lee picked up on so many martial arts styles so quickly, is because the agility and coordination afforded him through acrobatic training, made it so that he was already coordinated and strong in the first place, so any move he picked up, he picked up on it quickly. Its the same with Jackie Chan; Chan has a wide variety of Kung Fu moves in his repertoire, and he even uses quite a bit of Tae Kwan Do. The difference between Chan and Lee, is that Lee emphasized Kung Fu in the movies, making the moves spectacular, whereas Chan emphasized acrobatic comedy with SOME Kung Fu thrown in for fun.
As to what styles he uses, well, he uses moves from pretty much everything. Whatever the contract demands.
Hope that answered the question.|||Like ....uh....crouching bear style....or ...... like something....or ....uh.....like some stuff. Uh.....you know.....like .....uh..... a bear crouching in the woods....and ....like.....stuff.|||Jackie Chan uses Wing Chung as for dmaud56 he's wide of the mark with his Bruce Lee lesson, Bruce Lee's dad was a famous Cantonese opera singer that toured the world that's how Bruce Lee was born in San Francisco. They never produced acrobats Bruce Lee was a child film actor and his dad was the first to teach him a little Wing Chung along with some Ti Chi. He later studied Wing Chung with Yipp Man and was also Hong Kong's cha,cha,cha champion, Bruce Lee knew Wing Chung and his own style Jeet Kwon Do not boxing and Karate and Judo and this and that.True Bruce Lee was flexible but no where near Jackie Chan. Bruce Lee and Jackie Chan met twice when Chan was a famous stunt double on this he was quoted "He was just way to fast for me"
I don't remember which ones, but they're mentioned in his book "I am Jackie Chan"|||Jackie Chan has studied a number of Chinese Boxing styles, among them are Wing Chun and Five Animals Kung Fu.|||Jackie chan is an expert in monkey style and also snake ,tiger and eagle.|||KSnake10 is correct, Wing Chun.
Wing Chun is identifiable by it's wide "horse" stance. It was developed in China by militia who worked on rice patties, typically up to their knees or shins in water, who needed a wide fighting stance to prevent being knocked down. Another Wing Chun tell-tale is the rapid hand movement, achieved by heptahours on the wooden dummy. Jackie Chan's musculature comes from gymnastics. He is an avid gymnast and has even been featured in Blackbelt Magazine and Men's Health, discussing his gymnastic workouts.|||Jackie Chan's specialty is Beijing Opera, not Kung Fu. The reason he has been so successful is because he has adapted Beijing opera, particularly comedy, to movies. Beijing Opera has always made extensive use of dangerous acrobatic moves, and in fact, traditional Beijing opera can be far more dangerous than any of the things Jackie Chan does in fact, Chan himself has stated that while does enjoy doing the occasional opera, that he prefers movie stunt work because its less dangerous.
The reason Bruce Lee, and Jackie Chan, both had and have remarkable agility, is because both, as children, endured brutal training. Lees family was famous in Hong Kong for producing outstanding actors in Beijing opera, the art I mean, meaning all the kids were trained in acrobatics, including Lee himself. The training for Beijing opera, like I said, is brutal, and the trainers themselves are often extremely abusive. Lee never suffered abuse, BUT, his father was still no less strict with his acrobatics training, because the family name depended on it, than other men familiar with the art.
The reason Lee picked up on so many martial arts styles so quickly, is because the agility and coordination afforded him through acrobatic training, made it so that he was already coordinated and strong in the first place, so any move he picked up, he picked up on it quickly. Its the same with Jackie Chan; Chan has a wide variety of Kung Fu moves in his repertoire, and he even uses quite a bit of Tae Kwan Do. The difference between Chan and Lee, is that Lee emphasized Kung Fu in the movies, making the moves spectacular, whereas Chan emphasized acrobatic comedy with SOME Kung Fu thrown in for fun.
As to what styles he uses, well, he uses moves from pretty much everything. Whatever the contract demands.
Hope that answered the question.|||Like ....uh....crouching bear style....or ...... like something....or ....uh.....like some stuff. Uh.....you know.....like .....uh..... a bear crouching in the woods....and ....like.....stuff.|||Jackie Chan uses Wing Chung as for dmaud56 he's wide of the mark with his Bruce Lee lesson, Bruce Lee's dad was a famous Cantonese opera singer that toured the world that's how Bruce Lee was born in San Francisco. They never produced acrobats Bruce Lee was a child film actor and his dad was the first to teach him a little Wing Chung along with some Ti Chi. He later studied Wing Chung with Yipp Man and was also Hong Kong's cha,cha,cha champion, Bruce Lee knew Wing Chung and his own style Jeet Kwon Do not boxing and Karate and Judo and this and that.True Bruce Lee was flexible but no where near Jackie Chan. Bruce Lee and Jackie Chan met twice when Chan was a famous stunt double on this he was quoted "He was just way to fast for me"
Im looking for old kungfu movie i need to find it its the best?
im looking for old kungfu movie where the guy is in a tent and there are bells and the guy get killed any1 ? and also a movie where the old criplle man is with a guy and he has food inside a big leaf and the other person tries to grab it but he cant any1 the first one is more important my email is berat_deli@hotmail.com|||are you talking about the one where they try to kill him in his own tent, and the bad guy is from thailand and tries to win the tournament at the end?
In 1997-98, indian channel "HOME TV" aired a kungfu tv series (story of red and blue swords).what was it?
Please help me out. I am adding details. It was back in 1997-98, so i can't exacty remember what the show was called. But it was about kung fu and it has a story of red and blue swords. I think the red was called dharmic talwaar and the blue sword was an evil sword. Basically, it was a story of revenge. The story also has neat kung fu techniques like you could use your index and middle fingers joined and hit the enemy on each side of his chest and have the enemy stand still paralyzed. I grew up watching this and I suddenly remembered about this today and can't stop thinking about it, I am so nostalgic. Please help me out, if you remember watching any thing remotely like this. Thanks.|||name of that series was"blood stained in intrgue" something ...i was also big fan that series ..in that series heros has bother and sister ..and his father was head of some community..due to some dispute people from another community kill his father and mother ...and all three of them get separated hero get out in some mountain...from returning back is impossible ...there he meet with kunfu master having pecuiler style and ability...on that mountain there are always two stone shine one is blue and other red ... after some days both master prepare sword of that two stone....|||dude... i also used to watch that show along with "brothers under the skin" and "the other side of the horizon" those were also very interesting.. can you give me the name of that site where i can download that full series???
please man answer..
|||The story is like that Bak fun tin was found involved in murder of 4 leaders at HIn-Ha parvat and Maharaj Dharamdev ordered to destroy all his family %26amp; anyone who kill a member of the family will be rewarded to learn a style of Kungfu from the 4 schools. Bak fun tin %26amp; wife got killed but their 3 chi
|||i watched it daily....but dont know the ending....it is about a warrior....who is having one sword....with that he fights with enemy....it is something like journey....it was really a good tv series....
please man answer..
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|||i watched it daily....but dont know the ending....it is about a warrior....who is having one sword....with that he fights with enemy....it is something like journey....it was really a good tv series....
Do non-dubbed Kungfu movies still have those terrible sound effects?
I like Kungfu movies but the dubbing is horrible. Are the sound effects like ("wssssh wssh pow pow) part of the American dub or is it like that in the original, too? I will choose BA.|||Yes they do and they also still have strings attached to the rubber snakes that you can see in the movie and the like. This is what makes them fun. I love Kung Fu movies. I have students and friends who can perfectly imitate the sychronization of lips moving and sounds (or no sounds as the case may be) of a bad dubbing job. It's really funny.|||Yes, most of the 70s kung fu films have the excessive action sound effects independent of English dubbing.
I have been watching a lot of Kung Fu movies lately, all of which are not dubbed at all.|||there is no rhyme or reason. IN the Hong Kong movies they shoot the action fist and then dub in a script with voices later.
I have been watching a lot of Kung Fu movies lately, all of which are not dubbed at all.|||there is no rhyme or reason. IN the Hong Kong movies they shoot the action fist and then dub in a script with voices later.
When is Wall-e, Kungfu Panda, and Indiana Jones 4 coming out on DVD??
omg, i wish i knew, i want to know when wall-e will be on dvd, the estimated release date is november 4th according to www.ultimatedisney.com, but i am guessing in december!|||Did you really think Indiana Jones was a good movie? I thought it sucked!! Batman was much better.. If you don't agree you should vote for Indiana Jones on this page, they'll give you a $250 gift card!
Which is better sport for martial arts, Kungfu or Boxing?
Kung Fu means achievement through hard work. Boxing can be kung fu. I think you mean wushu. It is Chinese for combat/martial arts. If you mean it as in wushu, then please stop calling it kung fu. If you live in an urban environment, I would say boxing is easier because it doesn't require as much flexibility as most Chinese martial arts. It depends on how good you want to be. If you want to dedicate it as a life long training, then go with wushu, but since you want to know which is better for sport, I would have to stick with boxing.|||Firstly Boxing is not strictly a martial arts its more of a sport
As for your question I believe people spend too much time thinking which one is better and which one is not
I say you go and join any damn one of them and train as hard as possible its not about the martial arts its about the artist|||boxing isnt really a martial arts. and no legit kungfu would be better. no offense but if u only know boxing...it wont fly against other martial arts.|||boxing fo sure
As for your question I believe people spend too much time thinking which one is better and which one is not
I say you go and join any damn one of them and train as hard as possible its not about the martial arts its about the artist|||boxing isnt really a martial arts. and no legit kungfu would be better. no offense but if u only know boxing...it wont fly against other martial arts.|||boxing fo sure
Is kungfu a bad art or what ?
I barley see people learning kungfu. If i am right can i know the reason why ? and can you guys plz tell me a good art to learn that increases strength and power of my arms.
Thanks|||Ignore the pedantry occuring on this forum.
While kung fu literally means 'one who works hard' at something, it is generally understood on a martial arts forum to indicate a type of Chinese martial art.
Given that, Kung fu is not a bad martial art. In fact, kung fu is a fantastic martial art and, in my humble opinion, one of two most effective martial arts in the world (the other being Japanese Aikijitsu or jiu-jitsu).
But because it takes a very long time to learn any style of kung fu (or wushu) and it is not a prize fighting 'ring style', it is both escoteric and effective.
Lets face it, a contemporary 21st century Kung fu-ist or Aikjitsu-ka would pull out a .45 automatic and blow away an assailant as quick as anyone else.|||If you want to increase strength and power of the arms, buy kettlebells.
Seriously, I love Martial Arts. I may not want to do them all, but I love genuine martial arts, including "kung fu" (wushu, various styles of Chinese combative arts, whatever). The Chinese really figured out early on that rotation of the body activates denser fibrous tissues (tendons, ligaments), and their training reflects this. Today, most people are too impatient. They want the immediate answer.
Yes, an modern martial artist is as likely as anyone to use a gun. Sure. It's part of modernizing the art to learn applications of modern martial weapons.
If you want to learn to fight, find a fighting method. If you want a martial art, find a martial art. Whatever you choose, be patient and find the secrets. Learn, apply, learn more.|||"kung fu" is not an art.
It is a word that means how good or bad your skills are. And those skills could be for anything from cooking to typing to crocheting.
I'm a cook and my kung fu is terrible.
I can only type 10 words per minute - my kung fu is terrible!
The above are examples of how this term is properly used.
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ooohhh...
People who have been privileged with the gift of participating in some else's culture, should endeavor to get it right.
If anyone was going to be an ambassador of my culture, I would expect that person to either know it all, or don't delve in things you are going to do half way. It would be insulting to me for someone to say they represent me and give some halfassed presentation of my culture.
This lack of respect for other cultures is what's causing the problems we face in this world today.
The role of those who know, is to give correction to those who don't. Isn't it?|||I train White Crane Gung Fu and I love it. Our Sifu is a former champion kickboxer that used Gung Fu to improve his kickboxing.
Keep it up and you will become strong and powerful in your whole body|||If you rely on the strength and power of your arms, you will fail at martial arts.|||It all depends on the quality of training.|||It's not as bad as your spelling and Grammar concept.|||You just might suck at it.|||there are dozens of kinds of kung fu|||real kung fu is something different from what u see in the shaolin movies....
Thanks|||Ignore the pedantry occuring on this forum.
While kung fu literally means 'one who works hard' at something, it is generally understood on a martial arts forum to indicate a type of Chinese martial art.
Given that, Kung fu is not a bad martial art. In fact, kung fu is a fantastic martial art and, in my humble opinion, one of two most effective martial arts in the world (the other being Japanese Aikijitsu or jiu-jitsu).
But because it takes a very long time to learn any style of kung fu (or wushu) and it is not a prize fighting 'ring style', it is both escoteric and effective.
Lets face it, a contemporary 21st century Kung fu-ist or Aikjitsu-ka would pull out a .45 automatic and blow away an assailant as quick as anyone else.|||If you want to increase strength and power of the arms, buy kettlebells.
Seriously, I love Martial Arts. I may not want to do them all, but I love genuine martial arts, including "kung fu" (wushu, various styles of Chinese combative arts, whatever). The Chinese really figured out early on that rotation of the body activates denser fibrous tissues (tendons, ligaments), and their training reflects this. Today, most people are too impatient. They want the immediate answer.
Yes, an modern martial artist is as likely as anyone to use a gun. Sure. It's part of modernizing the art to learn applications of modern martial weapons.
If you want to learn to fight, find a fighting method. If you want a martial art, find a martial art. Whatever you choose, be patient and find the secrets. Learn, apply, learn more.|||"kung fu" is not an art.
It is a word that means how good or bad your skills are. And those skills could be for anything from cooking to typing to crocheting.
I'm a cook and my kung fu is terrible.
I can only type 10 words per minute - my kung fu is terrible!
The above are examples of how this term is properly used.
Edit:
ooohhh...
People who have been privileged with the gift of participating in some else's culture, should endeavor to get it right.
If anyone was going to be an ambassador of my culture, I would expect that person to either know it all, or don't delve in things you are going to do half way. It would be insulting to me for someone to say they represent me and give some halfassed presentation of my culture.
This lack of respect for other cultures is what's causing the problems we face in this world today.
The role of those who know, is to give correction to those who don't. Isn't it?|||I train White Crane Gung Fu and I love it. Our Sifu is a former champion kickboxer that used Gung Fu to improve his kickboxing.
Keep it up and you will become strong and powerful in your whole body|||If you rely on the strength and power of your arms, you will fail at martial arts.|||It all depends on the quality of training.|||It's not as bad as your spelling and Grammar concept.|||You just might suck at it.|||there are dozens of kinds of kung fu|||real kung fu is something different from what u see in the shaolin movies....
My guinea pig starts practicing kungfu when I try to pet him, what should I do?
He is brown|||Is he related to the YA hamster monk?
I have found that coming down upon from above is an act of domination. When I play with rodents I sit still and they ALWAYS come to me because they are curious. I encourage it by wearing the same coat and fill the pockets with treats. In this way the creature relates on its own terms to the great big scary human. When you are with your rodent you should send it pictures with your mind. That is how animals talk.|||Put a 4 inch tv in his cage, with Bruce Lee and Jackie Chan fighting movies on it, thus so he can master kungfu, and fight off enemy guinea pigs =)|||Describe Kung-fu? If you mean biting or scratching or anything else he hasn't gotten to know you well enough and keep at it and hopefully he begin to like you.|||knowing the color dosnt really change anything , but when you put your hand in the cage to pet him , let him smell your hand for a little bit then slowly pet him .
I have found that coming down upon from above is an act of domination. When I play with rodents I sit still and they ALWAYS come to me because they are curious. I encourage it by wearing the same coat and fill the pockets with treats. In this way the creature relates on its own terms to the great big scary human. When you are with your rodent you should send it pictures with your mind. That is how animals talk.|||Put a 4 inch tv in his cage, with Bruce Lee and Jackie Chan fighting movies on it, thus so he can master kungfu, and fight off enemy guinea pigs =)|||Describe Kung-fu? If you mean biting or scratching or anything else he hasn't gotten to know you well enough and keep at it and hopefully he begin to like you.|||knowing the color dosnt really change anything , but when you put your hand in the cage to pet him , let him smell your hand for a little bit then slowly pet him .
Why does the new movie Karate kid trains in Kungfu?
It should be Kungfu Kid. The old Karate Kid actors aren't even in this movie.|||The original trilogy was a huge box-office success that has garnered a cult following, so my guess is that the filmmakers were trying to profit from the original. By changing the sport from karate to kung fu they are also targeting a newer audience (kung fu has very much become a 'glamorized' sport in film today in my opinion) and giving the films a fresher approach. On another note, since the originals are still so well-received and adored, I also believe that the filmmakers would have been less inclined to do an exact remake as that would have been met with a lot of criticism (no one likes it when Hollywood butchers a classic).|||Apparently they called it Karate Kid instead of Kung Fu kid because they still think that nobody knows what Kung Fu is and it'd be easier to call it Karate Kid. But if you ask me, its not 1960 anymore and pretty much everyone knows the difference between the two.|||probally cause its a new take on the origanal
Which one martial art is king of king ? Shoilin kungfu, om bak, ninja, tiegondo or boxer ?
*Shaolin kung fu,
*mua thai (om bak/ong bak is a movie lol)
*ninjutsu
*taekwondo?
boxing
Personally I think taekwondo just because i practice it. HOWEVER, all practitioners will answer differently and non practitioners will DEFINITELY answer differently since they don't know anything|||I don't think this is the right category to ask this question but I think ninja/ninjutsu is the most useful and cool looking one :)
EDIT : Actually I do practice Taekwondo so I know about martial arts :)
*mua thai (om bak/ong bak is a movie lol)
*ninjutsu
*taekwondo?
boxing
Personally I think taekwondo just because i practice it. HOWEVER, all practitioners will answer differently and non practitioners will DEFINITELY answer differently since they don't know anything|||I don't think this is the right category to ask this question but I think ninja/ninjutsu is the most useful and cool looking one :)
EDIT : Actually I do practice Taekwondo so I know about martial arts :)
What was the name of the martial arts flick played on kungfu theater.That had the treacherous three.?
there was also a monk in this picture.That was training a young guy.And he became better than the monk that trained him to take on the treacherous 3.this was a 1980's martial arts movie.the treacherous three consisted of three villans:a woman,and two other men.they would go all over defeating other fighters.until they met up with the young guy who could use this staff real good and defeated them|||hello,
no idea, but given this synopsis, this is obviously the greatest movie any of us will ever see.
will be checking back to see if anyone knows it....
with a group like "treacherous three"... GOTTA SEE THIS!!!!!!!
in case it isn't obvious... HUGE "chop sokee" fan!!!
rivals of silver fox
ninja vs shaolin
shaolin vs lama
master of the flying guillotine
drunken master
kung fu genius
(isaac hayes voiceover) oh yeeeeaaaaaah.......
thanks
no idea, but given this synopsis, this is obviously the greatest movie any of us will ever see.
will be checking back to see if anyone knows it....
with a group like "treacherous three"... GOTTA SEE THIS!!!!!!!
in case it isn't obvious... HUGE "chop sokee" fan!!!
rivals of silver fox
ninja vs shaolin
shaolin vs lama
master of the flying guillotine
drunken master
kung fu genius
(isaac hayes voiceover) oh yeeeeaaaaaah.......
thanks
Can somebody name five books that have to do with kungfu fighting that are in chinese? 10 pts 4 answering 1st?
Wing Chun Kung-fu Volume 2: Fighting %26amp; Grappling (Chinese Martial Arts Library) (Paperback)....that's 1 idk
Can the Shaolin KungFu or Wushu make the same acrobatics as in Gymnastics or even better??
If you are looking for gymnastic ability, take gymnastics.|||different. a gymnast wont kick your head in... generally speaking...
What is the connection between karate and kungfu?
Kung Fu or Wu Shu? Modern or Traditional? Performance Art or Fighting Art? What’s the Difference? And Who Cares?
By Sifu Gino Belfiore
For those of you whom have stayed around long enough to figure out the differences, there still may be some of you who do not know what this title means. After many years of research, study and first hand experiences I have found a lot about the reasons for training and what styles to train under. Why are we taking any type of self defense course? Why do we train in this style of Kung Fu? Why not just join the armed forces? All of these questions and many others will be answered in this article.
Kung Fu or Wu Shu?
There have been many students that asked me “What is the difference between kung fu and wu shu?” Let us first go into the translation of these words from Chinese into English: “Kung Fu” = Time and Energy. Then “Wu Shu” = War like Technique. Neither of these two words separately can be translated onto a fighting style or some type of self defense. However, placed together they represent generalized Chinese martial arts.
Kung Fu: A term normally used in the Chinese language for anyone who gains a skill through time and effort. A carpenter would have good kung fu in laying carpets, a tailor would good kung fu in sewing clothes, a fighter would have good kung fu in defending himself.
The term “Kung Fu” got it’s connection with martial arts and Shaolin in the 1960’s when Bruce Lee and other movie actors used the phrase: “Your Kung Fu is good” which actually meant that there skill was good, not to say that kung fu was there style. From that point onward most average people thought kung fu meant a type of fighting style like karate or tae kwon do.
Kuo Shu: Kuo = National and Shu = Technique. National Technique, a term used starting in early to mid 1900’s by the Chinese government. They were trying to unify the martial arts into a public sport. Later the term Wu Shu would replace Kuo Shu as the term most of us recognize.
Wu Shu: A modern term used for the martial sport popular in China today. Wu = War like and Shu = Techniques. War Techniques or Wu Shu became popular in the 50’s - 60’s and China has now made an application for Wu Shu to become an event in the 2008 Olympics.
Modern / Traditional?
There are plenty of arguments of what is considered modern and what is considered traditional. The only difference between the 2 should be: Something made or developed long ago or Something made or developed recently.
Modern kung fu or martial arts seam to focus on the needs of the people today. Which for the most part is health and fitness and a little bit of self defense. There are very few hard core individuals interested in the brutish power and aggressive nature needed to become proficient in any type of worth while street defense.
If you look at everyone on a whole, 75% of us will never get into a fight or need martial arts in our lifetime. There is a 25% chance that some of will get into some type of self defense situation or you could look at some woman and children being physically assaulted. Most likely you will never need kung fu skills to defend yourself. For the most part, today's society is gun happy and you can not effectively use martial arts against firearms.
Anything that has to do with an older, more original way to do something can be considered “traditional”. In that respect, kung fu styles that use older more original forms and techniques could be considered traditional.
However, due to the destruction of all the old records and manuscripts, it is virtually impossible to correctly know if a kung fu style is authentically “Traditional” or not. Many kung fu teachers claim to be teaching traditional styles but, are only using this ploy to lure prospective students into their schools. There are also many teachers who may not actually know if their style is traditional or not, they just teach the kung fu that was taught to them by their teacher or father.
For most people here in the USA, modern or traditional may not even matter. Our society is relatively peaceful in nature. There are no civil wars going on right now. Our government is not an evil tyrannical regime that constantly thwarts the people at every turn. So the need for all people to be at their top kung fu skill just to stay alive is practically none. So this peaceful society usually leads most people to martial arts, not to stay alive, but to get in shape or to get some self defense in. For parents, kung fu can build confidence, discipline for their children.
Fighting Art / Performance Art
I have heard many say “I wish to learn a art form”. An Art Form can be anything from dancing, opera, gymnastics or Kung Fu. As we look at kung fu, the art form most people see is the “Form or Pattern”. This Form are techniques linked together to create a pattern or sequence. Older more traditional forms are more practical, but still are beautiful and graceful to watch. Newer forms such as in the style of Wu Shu are a bit more gymnastic / acrobatic in nature. The practitioners of Wu Shu look spectacular as they do a dazzling array of jumps, flips and aerial kicks. There are those who say that Wu Shu is just a performance art and not a real kung fu style. That is a wrong assumption. As most of us go to competitions or demonstrations, we tend to see the modern Wu Shu player as only doing the “Form” and not fighting or sparring at all. If taught correctly and with traditional fighting values, Wu Shu can be an effective and devastating kung fu fighting style. Just because something looks beautiful does not mean it is not deadly.
No matter what reason you think you are supposed to be taking kung fu, whether it’s for self defense or for the “Art Form” or just to get into shape. Just take kung fu because you enjoy what you are doing. Keep training hard and don’t worry about anything else.
Sorry i missed out this part.
Karate is a martial art that developed from a synthesis of indigenous Ryukyuan fighting methods and Chinese kempo. "Karate" originally meant Te, or hand, i.e. Chinese hand, which was later changed to a homonym meaning 'empty hand' in Japanese. It is known primarily as a striking art, featuring punching, kicking, knee/elbow strikes and open handed techniques. However, grappling, joint manipulations, locks, restraints/traps, throws and vital point striking also appear in karate. In fact, Karate is one of the most widely practiced martial art forms in the world. Martial arts rely on acute physical coordination and mental focus. They were developed in Asia (primarily India, China and Japan) over the course of several thousands of years. In all this time, there have been countless martial arts variations, and there are hundreds of disciplines practiced today.
Modern karate developed out of martial arts forms practiced in Okinawa, an island that is now part of Japan. For hundreds of years, Okinawan martial arts experts honed a variety of combat styles, in part due to the political situation in the area. From time to time, the ruling authorities would ban peasants from possessing any weapons, leaving them with only their own bodies and household items to protect themselves
Overall, there’s more variety of techniques, styles, weapons and uniforms found in the Chinese kung fu systems compared to karate. However, that is not to say that one system or style of martial art is superior to another. They are just different and to the observer, it could come down to personal preference. Some prefer kung fu and some prefer karate. Some ambitious martial artists who desire a full well rounded education practice both kung fu and karate.|||Karate developed from the White Crane style that was brought to Okinawa by a Shaolin monk.|||Just to add a little bit to what beatchanter said. (he's right) The Okinawans at the time also had a local art called Te, they mixed that with what they learned from the chinese to get karate. ( China hand )|||One word. Okinawa.
It was the go between from mainland china to Okinawa to Japan. Kenpo is one style for example that is a mix if Chinese and Japanese art.
The okinawans used what was known as tou-te and combined it with chinese gung fu.
Now this is not necc fact and is debateable but some have said t hat the crane style mentioned erived from India. This I am not sure of without research, but is interesting to consider.|||kanryo higashionna 1851 - 1915, his students included chojun miyagi, juhatsu kyoda, kenwa mabuni, kanken toyama, and tatsuo shimabuku...yasutsune itosu 1830 - 1915, his students included gichin funakoshi, choshin chibana, chotoku kyan, kentsu yabu, kenwa mabuni, and kanken toyama...sokon matsumura 1796 - 1893, his students included yasutsune itosu, chotoku kyan, and choshin chibana...shuri - te and naha - te fighting systems are the fathers of the present shotokan and goju - ryu fighting systems of today, further studies reveal that these pioneers of modern karate learned their craft in china and returned to okinawa to teach and spread what they have learned, kara - te was changed from china hand to empty hand in translation/ this is a historical fact.|||They're both a form of martial arts|||Okinawa, before it came under Japanese Rule (which it still is, actually a mix of Japanese and US rule it seems with all the military bases) was on Chinese Rule... Not only did Chinese officials come to Okinawa and teach karate (which in Okinawan just meant "Chinese-Hand") but many merchants from Naha traveled to China to sell their goods, leaving relatives there to study Kung Fu. In addition, there were many Chinese imigrants to Okinawa, not only after the Boxer Rebellion, but before as well. All traditional Karate comes from Kung Fu... Most of it from the Fuzhou Chuan Fa styles closest to Okinawa. (Monk-Fist, Five Ancestors, White Crane, Whooping Crane) The main difference, in my mind, is that the Okinawan Karate men didn't see a need to keep the "Animal" forms, instead taking moves out of them to restructure the kata. (Chuan)
So, the various styles of Karate could easily be seen as varying schols of Kung Fu. To view it this way, would not be wrong.
By Sifu Gino Belfiore
For those of you whom have stayed around long enough to figure out the differences, there still may be some of you who do not know what this title means. After many years of research, study and first hand experiences I have found a lot about the reasons for training and what styles to train under. Why are we taking any type of self defense course? Why do we train in this style of Kung Fu? Why not just join the armed forces? All of these questions and many others will be answered in this article.
Kung Fu or Wu Shu?
There have been many students that asked me “What is the difference between kung fu and wu shu?” Let us first go into the translation of these words from Chinese into English: “Kung Fu” = Time and Energy. Then “Wu Shu” = War like Technique. Neither of these two words separately can be translated onto a fighting style or some type of self defense. However, placed together they represent generalized Chinese martial arts.
Kung Fu: A term normally used in the Chinese language for anyone who gains a skill through time and effort. A carpenter would have good kung fu in laying carpets, a tailor would good kung fu in sewing clothes, a fighter would have good kung fu in defending himself.
The term “Kung Fu” got it’s connection with martial arts and Shaolin in the 1960’s when Bruce Lee and other movie actors used the phrase: “Your Kung Fu is good” which actually meant that there skill was good, not to say that kung fu was there style. From that point onward most average people thought kung fu meant a type of fighting style like karate or tae kwon do.
Kuo Shu: Kuo = National and Shu = Technique. National Technique, a term used starting in early to mid 1900’s by the Chinese government. They were trying to unify the martial arts into a public sport. Later the term Wu Shu would replace Kuo Shu as the term most of us recognize.
Wu Shu: A modern term used for the martial sport popular in China today. Wu = War like and Shu = Techniques. War Techniques or Wu Shu became popular in the 50’s - 60’s and China has now made an application for Wu Shu to become an event in the 2008 Olympics.
Modern / Traditional?
There are plenty of arguments of what is considered modern and what is considered traditional. The only difference between the 2 should be: Something made or developed long ago or Something made or developed recently.
Modern kung fu or martial arts seam to focus on the needs of the people today. Which for the most part is health and fitness and a little bit of self defense. There are very few hard core individuals interested in the brutish power and aggressive nature needed to become proficient in any type of worth while street defense.
If you look at everyone on a whole, 75% of us will never get into a fight or need martial arts in our lifetime. There is a 25% chance that some of will get into some type of self defense situation or you could look at some woman and children being physically assaulted. Most likely you will never need kung fu skills to defend yourself. For the most part, today's society is gun happy and you can not effectively use martial arts against firearms.
Anything that has to do with an older, more original way to do something can be considered “traditional”. In that respect, kung fu styles that use older more original forms and techniques could be considered traditional.
However, due to the destruction of all the old records and manuscripts, it is virtually impossible to correctly know if a kung fu style is authentically “Traditional” or not. Many kung fu teachers claim to be teaching traditional styles but, are only using this ploy to lure prospective students into their schools. There are also many teachers who may not actually know if their style is traditional or not, they just teach the kung fu that was taught to them by their teacher or father.
For most people here in the USA, modern or traditional may not even matter. Our society is relatively peaceful in nature. There are no civil wars going on right now. Our government is not an evil tyrannical regime that constantly thwarts the people at every turn. So the need for all people to be at their top kung fu skill just to stay alive is practically none. So this peaceful society usually leads most people to martial arts, not to stay alive, but to get in shape or to get some self defense in. For parents, kung fu can build confidence, discipline for their children.
Fighting Art / Performance Art
I have heard many say “I wish to learn a art form”. An Art Form can be anything from dancing, opera, gymnastics or Kung Fu. As we look at kung fu, the art form most people see is the “Form or Pattern”. This Form are techniques linked together to create a pattern or sequence. Older more traditional forms are more practical, but still are beautiful and graceful to watch. Newer forms such as in the style of Wu Shu are a bit more gymnastic / acrobatic in nature. The practitioners of Wu Shu look spectacular as they do a dazzling array of jumps, flips and aerial kicks. There are those who say that Wu Shu is just a performance art and not a real kung fu style. That is a wrong assumption. As most of us go to competitions or demonstrations, we tend to see the modern Wu Shu player as only doing the “Form” and not fighting or sparring at all. If taught correctly and with traditional fighting values, Wu Shu can be an effective and devastating kung fu fighting style. Just because something looks beautiful does not mean it is not deadly.
No matter what reason you think you are supposed to be taking kung fu, whether it’s for self defense or for the “Art Form” or just to get into shape. Just take kung fu because you enjoy what you are doing. Keep training hard and don’t worry about anything else.
Sorry i missed out this part.
Karate is a martial art that developed from a synthesis of indigenous Ryukyuan fighting methods and Chinese kempo. "Karate" originally meant Te, or hand, i.e. Chinese hand, which was later changed to a homonym meaning 'empty hand' in Japanese. It is known primarily as a striking art, featuring punching, kicking, knee/elbow strikes and open handed techniques. However, grappling, joint manipulations, locks, restraints/traps, throws and vital point striking also appear in karate. In fact, Karate is one of the most widely practiced martial art forms in the world. Martial arts rely on acute physical coordination and mental focus. They were developed in Asia (primarily India, China and Japan) over the course of several thousands of years. In all this time, there have been countless martial arts variations, and there are hundreds of disciplines practiced today.
Modern karate developed out of martial arts forms practiced in Okinawa, an island that is now part of Japan. For hundreds of years, Okinawan martial arts experts honed a variety of combat styles, in part due to the political situation in the area. From time to time, the ruling authorities would ban peasants from possessing any weapons, leaving them with only their own bodies and household items to protect themselves
Overall, there’s more variety of techniques, styles, weapons and uniforms found in the Chinese kung fu systems compared to karate. However, that is not to say that one system or style of martial art is superior to another. They are just different and to the observer, it could come down to personal preference. Some prefer kung fu and some prefer karate. Some ambitious martial artists who desire a full well rounded education practice both kung fu and karate.|||Karate developed from the White Crane style that was brought to Okinawa by a Shaolin monk.|||Just to add a little bit to what beatchanter said. (he's right) The Okinawans at the time also had a local art called Te, they mixed that with what they learned from the chinese to get karate. ( China hand )|||One word. Okinawa.
It was the go between from mainland china to Okinawa to Japan. Kenpo is one style for example that is a mix if Chinese and Japanese art.
The okinawans used what was known as tou-te and combined it with chinese gung fu.
Now this is not necc fact and is debateable but some have said t hat the crane style mentioned erived from India. This I am not sure of without research, but is interesting to consider.|||kanryo higashionna 1851 - 1915, his students included chojun miyagi, juhatsu kyoda, kenwa mabuni, kanken toyama, and tatsuo shimabuku...yasutsune itosu 1830 - 1915, his students included gichin funakoshi, choshin chibana, chotoku kyan, kentsu yabu, kenwa mabuni, and kanken toyama...sokon matsumura 1796 - 1893, his students included yasutsune itosu, chotoku kyan, and choshin chibana...shuri - te and naha - te fighting systems are the fathers of the present shotokan and goju - ryu fighting systems of today, further studies reveal that these pioneers of modern karate learned their craft in china and returned to okinawa to teach and spread what they have learned, kara - te was changed from china hand to empty hand in translation/ this is a historical fact.|||They're both a form of martial arts|||Okinawa, before it came under Japanese Rule (which it still is, actually a mix of Japanese and US rule it seems with all the military bases) was on Chinese Rule... Not only did Chinese officials come to Okinawa and teach karate (which in Okinawan just meant "Chinese-Hand") but many merchants from Naha traveled to China to sell their goods, leaving relatives there to study Kung Fu. In addition, there were many Chinese imigrants to Okinawa, not only after the Boxer Rebellion, but before as well. All traditional Karate comes from Kung Fu... Most of it from the Fuzhou Chuan Fa styles closest to Okinawa. (Monk-Fist, Five Ancestors, White Crane, Whooping Crane) The main difference, in my mind, is that the Okinawan Karate men didn't see a need to keep the "Animal" forms, instead taking moves out of them to restructure the kata. (Chuan)
So, the various styles of Karate could easily be seen as varying schols of Kung Fu. To view it this way, would not be wrong.
What is with the kungfu robot in "Mission to Mars"?
The movie had so much potential, well if it had been made in the 80's) and then they for no reason had the robot go apesh** and start doing frakin kungfu on people, how stupid was that, I mean did the cgi guys just say "hey lets f' this movie up"?|||100% correct!
What is the most funniest, and have a lot of kungfu action. Name The Movie.
Kung Pow or Kung Fu Hustle or Shaolin Soccer|||aaaa kung fu hustle is taken u can try rush hour i think the 2nd 1 is the funniest it might not have kungfu but there is fighting and stuff mostly its humor!|||Shaolin Soccer
And Rush Hour.
And Shanghai Noon.|||Darn it! Yes, Face is right. Kung Fu Hustle. (Too slow, answering another question)|||Kung Fu Hustle|||well if you like disney kung fu panda|||I liked Kung Fu Hustle and Kung Pow!
And Rush Hour.
And Shanghai Noon.|||Darn it! Yes, Face is right. Kung Fu Hustle. (Too slow, answering another question)|||Kung Fu Hustle|||well if you like disney kung fu panda|||I liked Kung Fu Hustle and Kung Pow!
Why in the movie,we see those who know KungFu can overpower and win over10 big size man in few minutes time?..?
is it fake one ? or those who know martial art really can protect themself againt any intruders and gangster|||"Kung Fu", in all its forms, can be very powerful, real and deadly.....However, in the movies. the focus is in story telling, and most Kung Fu move[monents] are choreographed....|||Ha ha, this this movie business where alien comes and we kill them too.|||..because movie is fiction.
Do people who wear burqas know karate/kungfu?
they look like ninjas or something deadly. do they know karate or kungfu?|||Can all people who wear stretchy pants eat ridiculous amounts of food?|||stereotyping
Why dont u ever see the Asian kungfu guys in mma?
i understand theres not a whole lot of heavyweight kunf fu type jokers in the first few ufc i think there was i "ninja" guy who got beat up (and i doubt his creds) and u do see people with kempo or judo backgrounds but were's the crazy monkey style wu shu bs no tea kwan do , aikedo, escrima, im not saying i want to see some jakie chan guy out there thats nosense. i know some of these arts (aikido, escrima/kali) are pretty usfull but becuse of the mma surge i catch myself wondering how these real fancy kung fu styles would fare agianst the mostly mu thai / jujitsu systems that seem to dominate|||Wow, there are some damn uninformed answerers on here...
First off, there was Kung Fu guys in the early UFCs (Jason Delucia who fought Royce in a No Rules match about a year prior to the UFC, Keith Hackney who did Kenpo and Kung Fu hybrid).
Despite what some people think (or theorize) the reason you don't see a lot of the more ecclectic styles is that they aren't fighters period. Forget philosophy, forget being "too deadly" these people have no practical knowledge in the application of their technique. Wushu is an acrobatic style (really Wushu is any Kung Fu) but the styles you list.
Well Kali/Escrima are great, however mostly rely on stick work. No weapons in the UFC, so pretty much negates 80 percent of their art. (Even empty hand techniques translate into stick work).
Aikido: Generally worthless, it looks great on paper and during choreography but relies heavily on cooperation. Uke and Tori have to be in synch for many of the techniques to work. It is also based off of use with a sword. Nobody goes for wrists and lapels in a MMA match (or on the street) and if you can't throw someone who is actively trying to resist being thrown, then you can't really throw someone can you?
Fancy Kung Fu styles: There are some that actually spar, and actually do work. San Shou definately being one that can translate well. Cung Le is crossing over. But without actual fighting, a technique is worthless in the ring OR IN THE STREET.
"I could easily take out a fighter with no rules" Ummm no you can't. Unless you take on MMA fighters under that ruleset constantly and can knowingly defend yourself against them, all you are doing is heresay.
I studied Krav Maga in Israel at Wingate, and here in the States under Levine. I can say in all certainity that 90 percent of the "Krav Maga" being taught stateside is worthless. Unless it is fought and drilled at a high rate of speed, with heavy protective gear and sparred hard and intense, it isn't real Krav Maga. Despite all the throat punching, or eye gouging, REAL Krav takes into account knowing that you will more than likely miss those areas, but that you are generally going for them. REAL Krav looks an awful lot like MMA when you see it, and it is sparred an awful lot like MMA when it comes to the unnarmed portion. It excells in learning true instinctive motions and intensity. Walking through combinations, or multi step things with a cooperative partner is not Krav. Real Krav is fought, and fought very hard. I have been to at least a dozen schools in the US and have only found one that trained the way they train in Israel.
(btw, there are plenty of former MMA fighters that teach Krav, and train in Krav, and current Kravist who also do MMA, just in case you didn't know)
Machowolf: Read up and do some research son. There is no Aikido in MMA, but there is plenty of Judo. (Also Judo is a grappling only Martial Art, no kicks. Most of the takedowns you see in MMA are Judo or wrestling derived.)
KEMPO: There are precious few TRUE kempo fighters in the UFC, most of them are kickboxers with a Kempo base who also have something else behind them. Just because Chuck Liddell has a Kempo tattoo doesn't mean that what he does in the ring is Kempo.
Monk: Look up "John Marsh vs. Kung Fu guy" on youtube no holds barred challenge match, guy gets his arm broke attempting to eye gouge. You can also look up pretty much any MMA vs. and get an idea how this works.
In case you are new to the internet, cash challenges have been made by Kung Fu masters, subsequently MMA fighters have been paid. Also the Gracies have put their art for an open challenge with No Rules for years. Kung Fuist Jason Delucia went down there and got tooled a year or so before the first UFC.
Agnostic Front: Man, you just can't get right. Pressure point strikes DO NOT WORK. Why? Simple, they go by pain tolerance (many people have various thresholds of this) they also are different on every. Same point is in a slightly different spot on a different person. Precise striking against a dummy does not prepare you for precise striking against a fully resisting moving opponent. People have a hard enough time just getting a clean shot in on someone's head or face area, what makes you think hitting the spot the size of a dime on a person who is resisting you is going to work? It is next to impossible a, and b it just does not gain results.
Also neck strikes and groin strikes were allowed in early UFCs (some used, some not) generally it mattered very little in most matches. Groin shots aren't the fight ender people think they are, and will not stop a determined person under adrenaline, or someone who is trained. Throat strikes are the same vein as pressure points, hard to land. People have a natural resistance to protecting their neck.
Also see my above reference about Krav Maga. Contrary to popular belief there are very few "kill" moves or "deadly: moves in Krav. It is meant as a means to move quickly, most of the kill shots are using weapons. They don't see a throat strike as a fight ender, they see it as a distraction to set up taking the person down and curb stomping them.
bagua: Until you take out other fighters in 1-3 blows on a repeated basis, you are not training. In order to actually be good at fighting there are no shortcuts, you simply fight (under a safe rule set or with protection) and you learn what is effective for you, and what isn't. Removing the rules and protective gear does not hinder you, it makes you more deadly.
Why are some of you so dead set on this completely ineffective ideal. It is illogical.
Removing rules only makes the person who is successful under those rules more deadly.
As you don't actively train these techniques against a live resisting person you have no PRACTICAL application of these techniques. Your most effective techniques or only effective in your own THEORY, not in practice. Because you haven't applied throat strikes, eye gouges, vein pulls or skin rips against an actual live person. Your knowledge of these techniques are no better than anyone elses.
If a guy would beat your @ss under a rule set, then he would stomp you without them. In fact he would be in a far better position to apply those "illegal" strikes than you would be, as he is versed in how to strike, already has accuracy and timing against a resisting opponent under adrenaline, and can put you in a position where they can employ such tactics at their will.
How can you justify thinking you can handle someone who can do everything but eye gouging, throat punching,groin shotting, biting and fishooking, and thinking that with the inclusion of these few techniques that you will beat him.
He knows those techniques too. You don't hold a patented knowledge of how to poke an eye or kick to the balls. They however already have the accuracy to kick you squarely in the balls, with extreme power. (As they land other kicks to accurately against a resisting opponent) they also know how to defend it (since they defend big targets all the time.)
Think of it like this...
Professional Golf has a ton of regulations that limit the tool set of a golfer. It has a limit on how many clubs you can carry, what balls you can use, what type of club you can use.
Under this argument, if you take away those rules. Which allows you to play with an oversized club head, a more forgiving ball, more clubs, that you essentially could beat a Professional Golfer at golf. (Never mind the fact that he could use those same tools to a greater effectiveness than you)
How bout this?
NASCAR has strict regulations on their cars, the type of tracks they run on etc.
Under your arguments, if removing the rules and racing on a street, you could effectively out race a Nascar driver. (Also keeping in mind he can modify the car any way in his choosing as well)
Hell insert any kind of sport in there..
Let's say putting a street baller (who still competes and works his game, which is something a "too deadly to spar guy doesn't) plays a pick up game against a NBA All Star, with no rules, does the street baller win?
Despite these being sports the ideas are still the same. A professional fighter fights. It is what he does, and he does it well, it is all he does. He is a professional for a reason, he displays a high level of skill. Now you think that by removing some of the rules which limit him as well as you, that you can stand a chance against him?
Average pro trains about 30 to 50 hours a week. (including cardio and conditioning) you train your art, what 4, maybe 6 hours a week? A pro is fighting, constantly as part of his training. Going against other highly trained fighters.
You don't spar the techniques you intend to use, in fact you have never used them against a person at full speed, chances are your instructor has never used them against a person at full speed.
How does this math end up with you winning? I just don't get it, it is the most illogical argument in the world.
Anyway, sorry for the book.
You don't see Martial Arts that are not effective in the MMA, because they are not effective. Without sparring, training actively against fully resisting opponents, and being able to have timing, accuracy, speed, and intensity behind your techniques, they are in effective. If you can't spar it often, intense, and hard, you will not be able to use it effectively when it matters period. You have no practical applicable knowledge of the technique, only a theory.
"Hundreds" or "Thousands" of years old stuff doesn't mean a thing. It was taught differently back then against a different form of combat. The world evolves, hundreds of years ago they believed leaches sucked the bad blood out, or that spirits need to be exercised. Fighting styles designed for armor and swords, or that were once fought do you no good now a days. Nothing works without actually applying it.
Too many people want to think of their art as some shortcut, that some cheap trick technique will win them the outcome of a fight. News flash, everyone will go for balls, eyes, and throats when they feel threatened. Since there aren't a ton of people in the emergency room with their throats chopped, or eyes poked out, I have a tendency to not believe heavily in the effectiveness of these techniques.
You do however see plenty of stabbings, and shootings. Some broken noses, concussions, etc.
Well that is enough of a rant, hopefully some people got the point. Others will forever be stuck in a mindset because they have a vested interest in believing what they have been doing isn't a waste of time. Since they don't want to invest in the blood, sweat, and pain that comes with actually fighting to be better at it, they will continue to believe that their work on a dummy, or a cooperative opponent will translate into an adrenaline based situation in which the attacker seriously wishes you harm.|||Maybe they just don't see a point to it as a lot of other stylists also feel .They feel that martial arts should only be used when a definite threat to life is present everything else is just egotistical posing .
Right or wrong that is their view.One thing I do know for sure is that those fancy precise finesse techniques dont work in any kind of fight approaching reality.Gross motor skills work best throwing locking sweeping punching kicking.|||Most of the systems that you listed, do not lend themselves well to the constraints and rules of the ring. They are better suited of course for a life or death fight. In the MMA you are not allowed to cause permanent damage to the other fighter. In a real fight you cannot afford to not cause extreme damage. I study Ba-gua, in this system I do not want any fight to last more than 1 to 3 blows, on the street, NO MMA fighter would stand a chance with me as I would not give them a chance to grapple. In the ring I would have a very hard time because my most effective techniques are illegal. In short to stop a grappler/wrestler fast you have to use moves that are not allowed and many systems are not designed for PROLONGED combat|||The biggest misconseption about UFC is that it's real fighting. Kung Fu's principles teach striking in pressure points, which is illegal in UFC. Neck strikes and groin strikes... also illegal in the UFC. A master at say... wing chun, wouldn't do well in the UFC because they're not allow to perform half the art. Another example is that of Krav Maga. You'll never see that in UFC as most of the strikes and methods practiced are fatal or otherwise not being nice to the opponent. That doesn't make it a bad art, or useless. But it's less likely to be practiced by people who aren't intending to be in life or death hand to hand situations such as war.|||To be effective you need to train the sport. MMA is a sport or combat sport.
You would not train bjj or karate for a boxing match, you would train soccer for basketball even thought they have similar moves (dribbling, shooting, passing, blocking, jamming, etc.). You do not need to wonder what if, there are fights between various artists and styles. Go to a school, make friends and spar. That used to be a grand tradition of fights between masters. That was outlawed. UFC was a unique way to bring that back with rules (don't want dead folks or permanently damaged, that would suck). Then again there are many competitions in Japan and China.
If you want to be effective you have to spar, practice those moves, regardless of the art.
FYI, there have been folks from Karate, TKD, etc, but they trained other stuff too.
There is a good show, Human Weapon that reviews different styles.
PS. Chin na, this is a grappling art, there are several grappling arts in China as well. Shaio chiao (sorry spelling is probably wrong) is a grappling art like Judo/jiujitsu. I've met some bad men that studied that and have used it in street fights (winning). Hard to say if it is the artist or the art. JJ begot Judo which goes to BJJ which is used in UFC (the Japanese connection).
Best of luck to all.|||Wow - anyone who actually made it to my answer after reading the novel by JUDOMOFO must have tired eyes so I will be quick like I am sure he is in the sack:
You don't see these smaller asian guys in UFC because the UFC doesn't have an 80 lb weight class.....
LOL - sorry it is funny though - see you are smiling - have a great day!!|||I think the problem is that with Judo, Tae Kwon Do, Karate, Ninjitsu, and Kung Fu...they tend to rely on a lot more kicks..and flips and sweeps. they don't tend to be close nit when it comes to that fighting style...as most asian martial arts are meant to keep someone from getting to close to begin with.
this is why brazilian jujitsu, Aikido and kempo karate tend to work better for MMA fighters...because of their close knit contact aspects. You are trained to be up close more with thoose styles of fighting.....and it allows the fighter to add elements of boxing, kick boxing, olympic wrestling, free style wrestling and pro wrestling into the fight as well.
Most martial arts teach you to get your opponent as far away as possible...be defensive through offensive manuevers.....but ones that fight in close more....tend to be all out offensive, which is why they work more on submissions and pressure points...which helps bring in the MMA style to work so well.|||Once again, if it doesn't work in MMA, it doesn't work in real life.The only exceptions to this are weapons. Flashy-*** kung fu, wushu, shu wu, aikido, hapkido, and anything else from China or feudal Japan will not work. But seriously, 95% of the martial arts ever invented would not work in a street fight. Kyokushin, some styles of karate, Judo, Jiu-Jitsu, Sambo, wrestling, kickboxing, boxing, Sanshou, Muay Thai, maybe TKD, and HK (street) Wing Chun are the only arts that work in real life.
That's why you ever see the kung fu guys, not just Asians, in MMA: because they know they'll get owned and KTFO.
And to Machowolf: No one has ever used Aikido, Hapkido, chin na, or pressure points succcessfully in MMA.|||A lot of Asians could make the 155 lb. division, but kung fu just wouldn't work as well as what almost all fighters are using. The nonsense about it being too deadly or not in the kung fu "code" is just silly. The time commitment in learning all the different phases (boxing, kicking, wrestling, submissions) is too time consuming for someone who depends on fighting (say a kickboxer in Thailand) for their living.|||in response to judomofo, I would just like to say the argument that removing the rules would hinder an MMA fighter against a master who has trained in "illegal" moves is NOT an illogical one. A person who has trained extensively in MMA with rules would NOT have trained in the illegal moves such as throat strikes (which can be very deadly), small joint manipulation (which is illegal according to UFC's website), spine/kidney/pressure point shots, head butting, pointed elbow strikes, etc. Most importantly, they train against people who are also using the rules, so they are not trained against people using "illegal" moves and would therefore be caught unaware by such attacks. (for instance Renzo Gracie was not ready to defend against the attacks that disqualified Frank Shamrock on Elite XC).
It seems that logically, a person who HAS trained with those kinds of moves would fair much better doing them and defending against them. The question is an argument of style, not of athlete. The UFC fighters are most definitely superior athletes to the run of the mill martial artist. The point remains valid though.
Take a look at fighters who train for tournaments that don't have those rules. They do have these kinds of competitions in China/Japan and I don't believe that a UFC fighter would win a fight with one of these fighters on the street.
Rules don't just hinder the fighter during the fight, they hinder the fighters training before it. Fighting is very reflexive and your training will cause you to act a certain way when you get into a situation that you need it...thus the point of training.
MMA fighters train in a way that they will not be disqualified and they train to fight and defend against other fighters who do the same. They are not prepared for things that would not be used against them in the ring, like the things mentioned above, or a chair/broken bottle/knife/pipe/chain/etc that happens to be laying there when the fight gets increasingly heated and desperate.
Yes, pressure points/eyes/throats are hard to hit, but not as much so when the person is on the ground and not as maneuverable. Also, things that are hard to do are made much easier with practice, and there are people out there who do practice using and defending against them.
They are the superior fighters, but they would not be so in MMA, since they would lose too many matches due to disqualification if they fought based on their training. Besides, most masters have nothing to prove and while many of them will not refuse a challenge, they will not actively give them.
Well, now I have written a book, but he did it first. lol. Peace out guys, hopefully this helps.|||Judomofo has too much time on his hands. Damn dude write a book next time.
Kungfu doesn't help when somebody is pounding your face in on the ground. It doesn't do much good when somebody slams you on your head either.|||Judomofo, that is the BEST answer I have ever seen on this site bar none!! If that doesn't sway the thoughts of the dellusional martial artists on this site, nothing will. You managed to sum up every good argument that I was unable to articulate in my previous posts. Thank you, you have done a great service to this site.
Read his post children, it is long but there is a mountain of truth to his words.|||I've seen some (very few) Kung Fu guys do well, just in the lighter divisions, which don't get as much publicity. The fact is, as wrestlers come more into it, there will be fewer and fewer asian martial artists in it, because the collegiate wrestling training system is superior, even if the style itself is not. Better training equals better competitor. The top MMA guys train at only a small handful of dojo, or are ex-collegiate wrestlers. These dojos are the best for MMA training in the country, and have very strenuous regiments.|||I am a ta kwon do guy and I have to admit its pretty useless agianst a ground fighter of the same calaber. Ground fighting is more practical, fights never stay standing because you stand a good chance of getting knocked out..|||Kung-fu and T'ai Chi are not philosphically compatible with the MMA. The only way they will ever fight anyone from the MMA is if the MMA type attacks them on the street! Then it should be real interesting when there are no rules and no one to stop the fight.
Machowolf - You would be wise to look up the words "chin na" in relation to Kung-fu and T'ai Chi.
First off, there was Kung Fu guys in the early UFCs (Jason Delucia who fought Royce in a No Rules match about a year prior to the UFC, Keith Hackney who did Kenpo and Kung Fu hybrid).
Despite what some people think (or theorize) the reason you don't see a lot of the more ecclectic styles is that they aren't fighters period. Forget philosophy, forget being "too deadly" these people have no practical knowledge in the application of their technique. Wushu is an acrobatic style (really Wushu is any Kung Fu) but the styles you list.
Well Kali/Escrima are great, however mostly rely on stick work. No weapons in the UFC, so pretty much negates 80 percent of their art. (Even empty hand techniques translate into stick work).
Aikido: Generally worthless, it looks great on paper and during choreography but relies heavily on cooperation. Uke and Tori have to be in synch for many of the techniques to work. It is also based off of use with a sword. Nobody goes for wrists and lapels in a MMA match (or on the street) and if you can't throw someone who is actively trying to resist being thrown, then you can't really throw someone can you?
Fancy Kung Fu styles: There are some that actually spar, and actually do work. San Shou definately being one that can translate well. Cung Le is crossing over. But without actual fighting, a technique is worthless in the ring OR IN THE STREET.
"I could easily take out a fighter with no rules" Ummm no you can't. Unless you take on MMA fighters under that ruleset constantly and can knowingly defend yourself against them, all you are doing is heresay.
I studied Krav Maga in Israel at Wingate, and here in the States under Levine. I can say in all certainity that 90 percent of the "Krav Maga" being taught stateside is worthless. Unless it is fought and drilled at a high rate of speed, with heavy protective gear and sparred hard and intense, it isn't real Krav Maga. Despite all the throat punching, or eye gouging, REAL Krav takes into account knowing that you will more than likely miss those areas, but that you are generally going for them. REAL Krav looks an awful lot like MMA when you see it, and it is sparred an awful lot like MMA when it comes to the unnarmed portion. It excells in learning true instinctive motions and intensity. Walking through combinations, or multi step things with a cooperative partner is not Krav. Real Krav is fought, and fought very hard. I have been to at least a dozen schools in the US and have only found one that trained the way they train in Israel.
(btw, there are plenty of former MMA fighters that teach Krav, and train in Krav, and current Kravist who also do MMA, just in case you didn't know)
Machowolf: Read up and do some research son. There is no Aikido in MMA, but there is plenty of Judo. (Also Judo is a grappling only Martial Art, no kicks. Most of the takedowns you see in MMA are Judo or wrestling derived.)
KEMPO: There are precious few TRUE kempo fighters in the UFC, most of them are kickboxers with a Kempo base who also have something else behind them. Just because Chuck Liddell has a Kempo tattoo doesn't mean that what he does in the ring is Kempo.
Monk: Look up "John Marsh vs. Kung Fu guy" on youtube no holds barred challenge match, guy gets his arm broke attempting to eye gouge. You can also look up pretty much any MMA vs. and get an idea how this works.
In case you are new to the internet, cash challenges have been made by Kung Fu masters, subsequently MMA fighters have been paid. Also the Gracies have put their art for an open challenge with No Rules for years. Kung Fuist Jason Delucia went down there and got tooled a year or so before the first UFC.
Agnostic Front: Man, you just can't get right. Pressure point strikes DO NOT WORK. Why? Simple, they go by pain tolerance (many people have various thresholds of this) they also are different on every. Same point is in a slightly different spot on a different person. Precise striking against a dummy does not prepare you for precise striking against a fully resisting moving opponent. People have a hard enough time just getting a clean shot in on someone's head or face area, what makes you think hitting the spot the size of a dime on a person who is resisting you is going to work? It is next to impossible a, and b it just does not gain results.
Also neck strikes and groin strikes were allowed in early UFCs (some used, some not) generally it mattered very little in most matches. Groin shots aren't the fight ender people think they are, and will not stop a determined person under adrenaline, or someone who is trained. Throat strikes are the same vein as pressure points, hard to land. People have a natural resistance to protecting their neck.
Also see my above reference about Krav Maga. Contrary to popular belief there are very few "kill" moves or "deadly: moves in Krav. It is meant as a means to move quickly, most of the kill shots are using weapons. They don't see a throat strike as a fight ender, they see it as a distraction to set up taking the person down and curb stomping them.
bagua: Until you take out other fighters in 1-3 blows on a repeated basis, you are not training. In order to actually be good at fighting there are no shortcuts, you simply fight (under a safe rule set or with protection) and you learn what is effective for you, and what isn't. Removing the rules and protective gear does not hinder you, it makes you more deadly.
Why are some of you so dead set on this completely ineffective ideal. It is illogical.
Removing rules only makes the person who is successful under those rules more deadly.
As you don't actively train these techniques against a live resisting person you have no PRACTICAL application of these techniques. Your most effective techniques or only effective in your own THEORY, not in practice. Because you haven't applied throat strikes, eye gouges, vein pulls or skin rips against an actual live person. Your knowledge of these techniques are no better than anyone elses.
If a guy would beat your @ss under a rule set, then he would stomp you without them. In fact he would be in a far better position to apply those "illegal" strikes than you would be, as he is versed in how to strike, already has accuracy and timing against a resisting opponent under adrenaline, and can put you in a position where they can employ such tactics at their will.
How can you justify thinking you can handle someone who can do everything but eye gouging, throat punching,groin shotting, biting and fishooking, and thinking that with the inclusion of these few techniques that you will beat him.
He knows those techniques too. You don't hold a patented knowledge of how to poke an eye or kick to the balls. They however already have the accuracy to kick you squarely in the balls, with extreme power. (As they land other kicks to accurately against a resisting opponent) they also know how to defend it (since they defend big targets all the time.)
Think of it like this...
Professional Golf has a ton of regulations that limit the tool set of a golfer. It has a limit on how many clubs you can carry, what balls you can use, what type of club you can use.
Under this argument, if you take away those rules. Which allows you to play with an oversized club head, a more forgiving ball, more clubs, that you essentially could beat a Professional Golfer at golf. (Never mind the fact that he could use those same tools to a greater effectiveness than you)
How bout this?
NASCAR has strict regulations on their cars, the type of tracks they run on etc.
Under your arguments, if removing the rules and racing on a street, you could effectively out race a Nascar driver. (Also keeping in mind he can modify the car any way in his choosing as well)
Hell insert any kind of sport in there..
Let's say putting a street baller (who still competes and works his game, which is something a "too deadly to spar guy doesn't) plays a pick up game against a NBA All Star, with no rules, does the street baller win?
Despite these being sports the ideas are still the same. A professional fighter fights. It is what he does, and he does it well, it is all he does. He is a professional for a reason, he displays a high level of skill. Now you think that by removing some of the rules which limit him as well as you, that you can stand a chance against him?
Average pro trains about 30 to 50 hours a week. (including cardio and conditioning) you train your art, what 4, maybe 6 hours a week? A pro is fighting, constantly as part of his training. Going against other highly trained fighters.
You don't spar the techniques you intend to use, in fact you have never used them against a person at full speed, chances are your instructor has never used them against a person at full speed.
How does this math end up with you winning? I just don't get it, it is the most illogical argument in the world.
Anyway, sorry for the book.
You don't see Martial Arts that are not effective in the MMA, because they are not effective. Without sparring, training actively against fully resisting opponents, and being able to have timing, accuracy, speed, and intensity behind your techniques, they are in effective. If you can't spar it often, intense, and hard, you will not be able to use it effectively when it matters period. You have no practical applicable knowledge of the technique, only a theory.
"Hundreds" or "Thousands" of years old stuff doesn't mean a thing. It was taught differently back then against a different form of combat. The world evolves, hundreds of years ago they believed leaches sucked the bad blood out, or that spirits need to be exercised. Fighting styles designed for armor and swords, or that were once fought do you no good now a days. Nothing works without actually applying it.
Too many people want to think of their art as some shortcut, that some cheap trick technique will win them the outcome of a fight. News flash, everyone will go for balls, eyes, and throats when they feel threatened. Since there aren't a ton of people in the emergency room with their throats chopped, or eyes poked out, I have a tendency to not believe heavily in the effectiveness of these techniques.
You do however see plenty of stabbings, and shootings. Some broken noses, concussions, etc.
Well that is enough of a rant, hopefully some people got the point. Others will forever be stuck in a mindset because they have a vested interest in believing what they have been doing isn't a waste of time. Since they don't want to invest in the blood, sweat, and pain that comes with actually fighting to be better at it, they will continue to believe that their work on a dummy, or a cooperative opponent will translate into an adrenaline based situation in which the attacker seriously wishes you harm.|||Maybe they just don't see a point to it as a lot of other stylists also feel .They feel that martial arts should only be used when a definite threat to life is present everything else is just egotistical posing .
Right or wrong that is their view.One thing I do know for sure is that those fancy precise finesse techniques dont work in any kind of fight approaching reality.Gross motor skills work best throwing locking sweeping punching kicking.|||Most of the systems that you listed, do not lend themselves well to the constraints and rules of the ring. They are better suited of course for a life or death fight. In the MMA you are not allowed to cause permanent damage to the other fighter. In a real fight you cannot afford to not cause extreme damage. I study Ba-gua, in this system I do not want any fight to last more than 1 to 3 blows, on the street, NO MMA fighter would stand a chance with me as I would not give them a chance to grapple. In the ring I would have a very hard time because my most effective techniques are illegal. In short to stop a grappler/wrestler fast you have to use moves that are not allowed and many systems are not designed for PROLONGED combat|||The biggest misconseption about UFC is that it's real fighting. Kung Fu's principles teach striking in pressure points, which is illegal in UFC. Neck strikes and groin strikes... also illegal in the UFC. A master at say... wing chun, wouldn't do well in the UFC because they're not allow to perform half the art. Another example is that of Krav Maga. You'll never see that in UFC as most of the strikes and methods practiced are fatal or otherwise not being nice to the opponent. That doesn't make it a bad art, or useless. But it's less likely to be practiced by people who aren't intending to be in life or death hand to hand situations such as war.|||To be effective you need to train the sport. MMA is a sport or combat sport.
You would not train bjj or karate for a boxing match, you would train soccer for basketball even thought they have similar moves (dribbling, shooting, passing, blocking, jamming, etc.). You do not need to wonder what if, there are fights between various artists and styles. Go to a school, make friends and spar. That used to be a grand tradition of fights between masters. That was outlawed. UFC was a unique way to bring that back with rules (don't want dead folks or permanently damaged, that would suck). Then again there are many competitions in Japan and China.
If you want to be effective you have to spar, practice those moves, regardless of the art.
FYI, there have been folks from Karate, TKD, etc, but they trained other stuff too.
There is a good show, Human Weapon that reviews different styles.
PS. Chin na, this is a grappling art, there are several grappling arts in China as well. Shaio chiao (sorry spelling is probably wrong) is a grappling art like Judo/jiujitsu. I've met some bad men that studied that and have used it in street fights (winning). Hard to say if it is the artist or the art. JJ begot Judo which goes to BJJ which is used in UFC (the Japanese connection).
Best of luck to all.|||Wow - anyone who actually made it to my answer after reading the novel by JUDOMOFO must have tired eyes so I will be quick like I am sure he is in the sack:
You don't see these smaller asian guys in UFC because the UFC doesn't have an 80 lb weight class.....
LOL - sorry it is funny though - see you are smiling - have a great day!!|||I think the problem is that with Judo, Tae Kwon Do, Karate, Ninjitsu, and Kung Fu...they tend to rely on a lot more kicks..and flips and sweeps. they don't tend to be close nit when it comes to that fighting style...as most asian martial arts are meant to keep someone from getting to close to begin with.
this is why brazilian jujitsu, Aikido and kempo karate tend to work better for MMA fighters...because of their close knit contact aspects. You are trained to be up close more with thoose styles of fighting.....and it allows the fighter to add elements of boxing, kick boxing, olympic wrestling, free style wrestling and pro wrestling into the fight as well.
Most martial arts teach you to get your opponent as far away as possible...be defensive through offensive manuevers.....but ones that fight in close more....tend to be all out offensive, which is why they work more on submissions and pressure points...which helps bring in the MMA style to work so well.|||Once again, if it doesn't work in MMA, it doesn't work in real life.The only exceptions to this are weapons. Flashy-*** kung fu, wushu, shu wu, aikido, hapkido, and anything else from China or feudal Japan will not work. But seriously, 95% of the martial arts ever invented would not work in a street fight. Kyokushin, some styles of karate, Judo, Jiu-Jitsu, Sambo, wrestling, kickboxing, boxing, Sanshou, Muay Thai, maybe TKD, and HK (street) Wing Chun are the only arts that work in real life.
That's why you ever see the kung fu guys, not just Asians, in MMA: because they know they'll get owned and KTFO.
And to Machowolf: No one has ever used Aikido, Hapkido, chin na, or pressure points succcessfully in MMA.|||A lot of Asians could make the 155 lb. division, but kung fu just wouldn't work as well as what almost all fighters are using. The nonsense about it being too deadly or not in the kung fu "code" is just silly. The time commitment in learning all the different phases (boxing, kicking, wrestling, submissions) is too time consuming for someone who depends on fighting (say a kickboxer in Thailand) for their living.|||in response to judomofo, I would just like to say the argument that removing the rules would hinder an MMA fighter against a master who has trained in "illegal" moves is NOT an illogical one. A person who has trained extensively in MMA with rules would NOT have trained in the illegal moves such as throat strikes (which can be very deadly), small joint manipulation (which is illegal according to UFC's website), spine/kidney/pressure point shots, head butting, pointed elbow strikes, etc. Most importantly, they train against people who are also using the rules, so they are not trained against people using "illegal" moves and would therefore be caught unaware by such attacks. (for instance Renzo Gracie was not ready to defend against the attacks that disqualified Frank Shamrock on Elite XC).
It seems that logically, a person who HAS trained with those kinds of moves would fair much better doing them and defending against them. The question is an argument of style, not of athlete. The UFC fighters are most definitely superior athletes to the run of the mill martial artist. The point remains valid though.
Take a look at fighters who train for tournaments that don't have those rules. They do have these kinds of competitions in China/Japan and I don't believe that a UFC fighter would win a fight with one of these fighters on the street.
Rules don't just hinder the fighter during the fight, they hinder the fighters training before it. Fighting is very reflexive and your training will cause you to act a certain way when you get into a situation that you need it...thus the point of training.
MMA fighters train in a way that they will not be disqualified and they train to fight and defend against other fighters who do the same. They are not prepared for things that would not be used against them in the ring, like the things mentioned above, or a chair/broken bottle/knife/pipe/chain/etc that happens to be laying there when the fight gets increasingly heated and desperate.
Yes, pressure points/eyes/throats are hard to hit, but not as much so when the person is on the ground and not as maneuverable. Also, things that are hard to do are made much easier with practice, and there are people out there who do practice using and defending against them.
They are the superior fighters, but they would not be so in MMA, since they would lose too many matches due to disqualification if they fought based on their training. Besides, most masters have nothing to prove and while many of them will not refuse a challenge, they will not actively give them.
Well, now I have written a book, but he did it first. lol. Peace out guys, hopefully this helps.|||Judomofo has too much time on his hands. Damn dude write a book next time.
Kungfu doesn't help when somebody is pounding your face in on the ground. It doesn't do much good when somebody slams you on your head either.|||Judomofo, that is the BEST answer I have ever seen on this site bar none!! If that doesn't sway the thoughts of the dellusional martial artists on this site, nothing will. You managed to sum up every good argument that I was unable to articulate in my previous posts. Thank you, you have done a great service to this site.
Read his post children, it is long but there is a mountain of truth to his words.|||I've seen some (very few) Kung Fu guys do well, just in the lighter divisions, which don't get as much publicity. The fact is, as wrestlers come more into it, there will be fewer and fewer asian martial artists in it, because the collegiate wrestling training system is superior, even if the style itself is not. Better training equals better competitor. The top MMA guys train at only a small handful of dojo, or are ex-collegiate wrestlers. These dojos are the best for MMA training in the country, and have very strenuous regiments.|||I am a ta kwon do guy and I have to admit its pretty useless agianst a ground fighter of the same calaber. Ground fighting is more practical, fights never stay standing because you stand a good chance of getting knocked out..|||Kung-fu and T'ai Chi are not philosphically compatible with the MMA. The only way they will ever fight anyone from the MMA is if the MMA type attacks them on the street! Then it should be real interesting when there are no rules and no one to stop the fight.
Machowolf - You would be wise to look up the words "chin na" in relation to Kung-fu and T'ai Chi.
Battlemail Kungfu substitute game?
hey guys, I really liked playing a game called Battlemail Kungfu, but it doesn't exist anymore! Does anyone know a game that is similar?|||never heard of it what type of game?
Just tell me the way to learn kungfu in shaolin temple?
im buddhist.is it not enough???|||best way is through a invitation from a martial art "Dojo"
sometimes there also organized summer camp.
i dn麓t know where you live, but have a look for the right Dojo.
mbe you have a Shaolin Temple in your City.
regards
JohnH|||shaolin has many training schools overseas, im not sure if you meant china's henan province (the original temple) or US. there are 2 types of instructors : the temple monks %26amp; the layman disciples. if u are a lady, normally the trained -graded -disciples wl teach as it is against the rules for ordained monks to hv any physical contact with females during training. u can go to the website for enquiry , simply type 'shaolin temple'. there are also many bogus training centres, beware.|||sorry ,.. i know but still thats not wat u need. talk to a real budda/
sometimes there also organized summer camp.
i dn麓t know where you live, but have a look for the right Dojo.
mbe you have a Shaolin Temple in your City.
regards
JohnH|||shaolin has many training schools overseas, im not sure if you meant china's henan province (the original temple) or US. there are 2 types of instructors : the temple monks %26amp; the layman disciples. if u are a lady, normally the trained -graded -disciples wl teach as it is against the rules for ordained monks to hv any physical contact with females during training. u can go to the website for enquiry , simply type 'shaolin temple'. there are also many bogus training centres, beware.|||sorry ,.. i know but still thats not wat u need. talk to a real budda/
Why Silat, Kungfu and ninjutsu,seems to be the only martial art that involve a lot of body movement compare ?
to other martial art |||When you mention "kung fu", which style are you referring to? Many of them are very linear and have very little movement, while others take a circular approach.
Silat and Budo Taijutsu (Bujinkan "ninjutsu") both use angles that a lot of martial arts neglect in training (though practitioners may not in application). In the Bujinkan, there's a great deal of emphasis on the 45-degree angles, and how to use them to put you within striking distance while out of the opponent's line of attack. What little exposure I've had to Silat demonstrated a less rigid, more flowing, nearly circular approach to the same concept.|||I disagree with this. Wing Chun Gung-Fu, is a style that uses no wasted movement. For example, one hand and arm are used to deflect, and simultaneously strike with the same movement.
Edit:
1.http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wing_Chun
2.http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LU8UXolym鈥?/a>
3.http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l7wDsaMsy鈥?/a> (One of the demos looks a little hookey, but their trying to demonstrate the energy that is released)
4.http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_Ui6rj58D鈥?/a>
Sorry, vid's can't demonstrate the actual power that can be released, nor the seemingly effortless moves, nor the non-wasted motion.|||because you have not done enough research on the topic yet
What about Tai Chi, Aikido, even Karate? Those practitioners use their entire body when executing technique. I don't mean beginners, watch some one from their style with over ten years of training. Using the power of the whole body is the goal of every martial art. Each style and each teacher used different ways to get you there.|||I think I saw Silat and Kungfu on "The Human Weapon" and from what I could tell they were mainly garbage. As for ninjutsu I have a lot of knowledge about that one and it is a lot of garbage as well. In ninjutsu you move a lot, because your goal is not to win a one on one fight, the way you might expect it in the octogan. In ninjutsu your goal is to survive an encounter with numerous opponents and you are 'allowed' to use any kind of weapon. If for instance you are fighting two swordsmen and all you have is a 6 foot bo staff, then it is not wise to just stand there and try to defend with quick jabs. It is smart to spin that bo staff and run like hell hoping to slam a sword out of someones hand. In ninjutsu you also try to get multiple opponents to trip over each other and run into each other, while you evade them. The martial arts have different goals.|||because moving targets are harder to hit .....dummy. and btw ninjutsu isnt garbage.the most deadly art it was made to survive and it has.
Silat and Budo Taijutsu (Bujinkan "ninjutsu") both use angles that a lot of martial arts neglect in training (though practitioners may not in application). In the Bujinkan, there's a great deal of emphasis on the 45-degree angles, and how to use them to put you within striking distance while out of the opponent's line of attack. What little exposure I've had to Silat demonstrated a less rigid, more flowing, nearly circular approach to the same concept.|||I disagree with this. Wing Chun Gung-Fu, is a style that uses no wasted movement. For example, one hand and arm are used to deflect, and simultaneously strike with the same movement.
Edit:
1.http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wing_Chun
2.http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LU8UXolym鈥?/a>
3.http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l7wDsaMsy鈥?/a> (One of the demos looks a little hookey, but their trying to demonstrate the energy that is released)
4.http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_Ui6rj58D鈥?/a>
Sorry, vid's can't demonstrate the actual power that can be released, nor the seemingly effortless moves, nor the non-wasted motion.|||because you have not done enough research on the topic yet
What about Tai Chi, Aikido, even Karate? Those practitioners use their entire body when executing technique. I don't mean beginners, watch some one from their style with over ten years of training. Using the power of the whole body is the goal of every martial art. Each style and each teacher used different ways to get you there.|||I think I saw Silat and Kungfu on "The Human Weapon" and from what I could tell they were mainly garbage. As for ninjutsu I have a lot of knowledge about that one and it is a lot of garbage as well. In ninjutsu you move a lot, because your goal is not to win a one on one fight, the way you might expect it in the octogan. In ninjutsu your goal is to survive an encounter with numerous opponents and you are 'allowed' to use any kind of weapon. If for instance you are fighting two swordsmen and all you have is a 6 foot bo staff, then it is not wise to just stand there and try to defend with quick jabs. It is smart to spin that bo staff and run like hell hoping to slam a sword out of someones hand. In ninjutsu you also try to get multiple opponents to trip over each other and run into each other, while you evade them. The martial arts have different goals.|||because moving targets are harder to hit .....dummy. and btw ninjutsu isnt garbage.the most deadly art it was made to survive and it has.
I thought Shaolin temples and Kungfu were 100%Chinese. Should I think it is Indian now?
BuddhabhadrA...Batuo..Bodhidharma
I'm getting mixed info from the o so reliable wikipedia|||Buddhism started in India but I'm pretty sure Shaolin is Chinese.|||Buddhism originated in Ancient India, but the form you find practiced by Shaolin monks developed in China.
You can go on thinking kungfu is 100% chinese.|||no doubt buddha was born in india as an hindu prince ( hindu is a religion) he spread Buddhism, and buddhism was embrace by a lot of different races in every part of the world and chinese are one of them so shaolin and kung fu are chinese but they are buddhist.
I'm getting mixed info from the o so reliable wikipedia|||Buddhism started in India but I'm pretty sure Shaolin is Chinese.|||Buddhism originated in Ancient India, but the form you find practiced by Shaolin monks developed in China.
You can go on thinking kungfu is 100% chinese.|||no doubt buddha was born in india as an hindu prince ( hindu is a religion) he spread Buddhism, and buddhism was embrace by a lot of different races in every part of the world and chinese are one of them so shaolin and kung fu are chinese but they are buddhist.
I want to learn KungFu but with Kungfu i cannot fight in UFC or k1 sports what should i do. Or people with?
Kung style can fight in UFC and K1|||If you want to learn kung fu, then learn it. Worry about the competitive side later. A traditional martial art has been shown to be a great base for MMA (Machida, Liddell, St. Pierre, etc.) Fighters from kung fu styles usually fight in san shou tournaments. San Shou incorporates punching, kicking, knees, and throws but does not grapple on the ground. Pat Barry (UFC) and Cung Le (former strikeforce middleweight champ) both have backgrounds in san shou fighting. San Shou will work in K-1, except you will not be able to throw. San shou can be a great base for MMA as it teaches striking, takedowns, and takedown defense. You will have to familiarize yourself with ground techniques if you want to be at the level of a UFC fighter though.
Also, make sure you train in a traditional kung fu system. Some kung fu is a modern form produced by the chinese government. It lacks many of the real applicable techniques of a traditional martial art.|||http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NrZM6Jlkj鈥?/a>
Watch Sifu Eshan Shafiq kill this kickboxer in a K-1 type tournament, and then tell me Kung Fu doesn't work. I happen to be an accomplished kickboxer, whom trains in a Southern Chinese martial art (Choy Li Fut), and trust me, get it down, train, train, train harder, and you can use this style anywhere from the ring to the street. Of course there are techniques in Choy Li Fut, as well as all other internal martial arts by the very nature of internal martial arts, that cannot be used in the ring (eye gouges, explicit groin shots, throat shots, knee breaks, etc., etc.). Don't use these techniques when you spar, don't use these techniques when your playing around with your fellow students, and soon enough your body will pick up on the idea of what to use and what not to use when play sparing. However, in case you end up in a true to life, life or death situation, you can always break out these forbidden techniques and start breaking some legs, collapsing throats, and ripping out some eye balls.|||UFC is Mixed Martial Arts theres no restriction on what martial art you practice to get into UFC or MMA you just have to be really good at fighting.Lyoto Machida the light heavyweight champ is a karate expert his main style is karate and nobody said he cant use karate in MMA.Kung fu alone wont be good enough though you will have to learn jujitsu so that you can fight on the ground.|||You can do kung fu in UFC...
It wouldnt be too effective but theres no reason you couldnt, at least most of it that doesnt break the rules.|||There have been Kung Fu fighters in the UFC. It just isn't very practical for MMA fighting. It is all strikes with pretty much no ground or take down techniques.|||Look up Cung Le, he is a sanda practitioner (which is modern kung-fu), and he also competes in MMA.|||Guess you have to make a choice then, eh...
Would you rather be a martial artist or a fighter?
Also, make sure you train in a traditional kung fu system. Some kung fu is a modern form produced by the chinese government. It lacks many of the real applicable techniques of a traditional martial art.|||http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NrZM6Jlkj鈥?/a>
Watch Sifu Eshan Shafiq kill this kickboxer in a K-1 type tournament, and then tell me Kung Fu doesn't work. I happen to be an accomplished kickboxer, whom trains in a Southern Chinese martial art (Choy Li Fut), and trust me, get it down, train, train, train harder, and you can use this style anywhere from the ring to the street. Of course there are techniques in Choy Li Fut, as well as all other internal martial arts by the very nature of internal martial arts, that cannot be used in the ring (eye gouges, explicit groin shots, throat shots, knee breaks, etc., etc.). Don't use these techniques when you spar, don't use these techniques when your playing around with your fellow students, and soon enough your body will pick up on the idea of what to use and what not to use when play sparing. However, in case you end up in a true to life, life or death situation, you can always break out these forbidden techniques and start breaking some legs, collapsing throats, and ripping out some eye balls.|||UFC is Mixed Martial Arts theres no restriction on what martial art you practice to get into UFC or MMA you just have to be really good at fighting.Lyoto Machida the light heavyweight champ is a karate expert his main style is karate and nobody said he cant use karate in MMA.Kung fu alone wont be good enough though you will have to learn jujitsu so that you can fight on the ground.|||You can do kung fu in UFC...
It wouldnt be too effective but theres no reason you couldnt, at least most of it that doesnt break the rules.|||There have been Kung Fu fighters in the UFC. It just isn't very practical for MMA fighting. It is all strikes with pretty much no ground or take down techniques.|||Look up Cung Le, he is a sanda practitioner (which is modern kung-fu), and he also competes in MMA.|||Guess you have to make a choice then, eh...
Would you rather be a martial artist or a fighter?
Where to get kungfu panda 2 with english subtitles?
You could always try visiting your local cinema.|||The movie theater except its english dubbed haha :)
Can Kungfu Panda's Wuxi finger hold cure my STD?
If so, where do I learn this AWESOME technique?|||Wuxi finger hold will cure almost anything not to mention can destroy the world.
Only the CHOSEN ONE can learn this technique.
You are out of luck!
Why don't you goto church instead.
Only God as more power than the Wuxi finger hold.|||well i havent heard of this on the news and anyone claiming to cure stds would be the most famous person in the world.so do not be fooled by such claims.
Only the CHOSEN ONE can learn this technique.
You are out of luck!
Why don't you goto church instead.
Only God as more power than the Wuxi finger hold.|||well i havent heard of this on the news and anyone claiming to cure stds would be the most famous person in the world.so do not be fooled by such claims.
Which one is best: Kungfu panda 1 or 2 Toy story 1 or 2 Shrek 1 or 2 Lion king 1 or 2 Tarzan 1 or 2 ?
If u have many;
2s - you always take second chances to win.
1s - you only accept a single failure.|||1. Original's always better! Well, almost always...
Neither- Never was all that interested in the Toy Story movies...
2. I don't know...I also sort of never liked Lord Farquaad.
2. The first movie was great, but I loved some of the musical numbers in the sequel and Kiara as a character.
1. I've always liked the first Tarzan more...just the original story, I guess.
But out of all of those...I can't choose between which of the Lion King movies are the absolute best. I guess Simba's Pride is the best out of all of these...
(:|||Didn't see Kung Fu Panda, and I really don't want to.
Toy Story 1. I didn't care for the 2nd one at all.
Shrek 1.
Lion King 1.
Tarzan 1. It's one of my favorite movies.|||kungfu panda i only saw 1
i don't remember toy story 2 so 1
sherk 1
lion king 1 but i do like 2
i don't remember tarzan at all|||Tarzan 1|||Toy Story 1 is better than 2 and but I like Toy Story 3 is better.|||Kung Fu Panda 2
Toy Story 1
Shrek 1
They made a Tarzan 2???|||toy story 1 it is better than 2 but anyways i like 3
i have to say my second choice is shrek 2|||toystory1
2s - you always take second chances to win.
1s - you only accept a single failure.|||1. Original's always better! Well, almost always...
Neither- Never was all that interested in the Toy Story movies...
2. I don't know...I also sort of never liked Lord Farquaad.
2. The first movie was great, but I loved some of the musical numbers in the sequel and Kiara as a character.
1. I've always liked the first Tarzan more...just the original story, I guess.
But out of all of those...I can't choose between which of the Lion King movies are the absolute best. I guess Simba's Pride is the best out of all of these...
(:|||Didn't see Kung Fu Panda, and I really don't want to.
Toy Story 1. I didn't care for the 2nd one at all.
Shrek 1.
Lion King 1.
Tarzan 1. It's one of my favorite movies.|||kungfu panda i only saw 1
i don't remember toy story 2 so 1
sherk 1
lion king 1 but i do like 2
i don't remember tarzan at all|||Tarzan 1|||Toy Story 1 is better than 2 and but I like Toy Story 3 is better.|||Kung Fu Panda 2
Toy Story 1
Shrek 1
They made a Tarzan 2???|||toy story 1 it is better than 2 but anyways i like 3
i have to say my second choice is shrek 2|||toystory1
Wen u 1st start kungfu du learn flips and dat..?
hi
du u
wt u lern?
thankyou|||Proper grammer would be nice.
U first have to learn how to walk before u can run, am i right? How do u expect to do flips without enough strength or flexibility?|||Yeah you start off with all the flips and dat. Den you learn how to do the basics once ur a full on ninja, son|||Wen u 1st start school du learn ENGLISH and dat?
du u
wt u lern?
thankyou|||Proper grammer would be nice.
U first have to learn how to walk before u can run, am i right? How do u expect to do flips without enough strength or flexibility?|||Yeah you start off with all the flips and dat. Den you learn how to do the basics once ur a full on ninja, son|||Wen u 1st start school du learn ENGLISH and dat?
What animail is Shifu in Kungfu Panda?
he is a Red Panda
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_cha鈥?/a>
i may have to get one of these and add him to my animal army|||He is a Red Panda|||a dirty rat|||Animal?Not sure but could be a ground squirrel.It is hard to tell.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_cha鈥?/a>
i may have to get one of these and add him to my animal army|||He is a Red Panda|||a dirty rat|||Animal?Not sure but could be a ground squirrel.It is hard to tell.
Where can I find kungfu schools in the Philippines?
specifically in the luzon region|||I found these, they may be helpful.|||5/F Korben plc.
#91 Roces ave., Quezon City
Its in Manilla the area, between Quezon ave. and T. Morato on Roces ave. Papemelroti at Korben place, on the ground floor.
They practice Choy li fut kung fu, fridays 5:30 - 7:00.|||I dont know much about the philippines as i'v never bin there but my advise is to find a directory and search for it on there.
#91 Roces ave., Quezon City
Its in Manilla the area, between Quezon ave. and T. Morato on Roces ave. Papemelroti at Korben place, on the ground floor.
They practice Choy li fut kung fu, fridays 5:30 - 7:00.|||I dont know much about the philippines as i'v never bin there but my advise is to find a directory and search for it on there.
I'm thinking about going to J.K. Wong Kungfu Tai Chi Academy in Dallas, TX, is it any good?
I want to learn kungfu and lion dancing.. I'm wondering if this school is any good for beginners. I have no expierence.|||Master Wong's school is directly affiliated with the Jingwu Mun (forgive the spelling), and this is a very reputable organization for martial arts. Master Wong's lion dancing is also very highly regarded. Every year his teams perform at his tournaments and provide a great show. Look them up on youtube and judge for yourself. Good luck.
Which is the most powerful in a real fight-Shaolin Kungfu,Muay Thai or Taekwondo?
.357 Magnum...nothing more powerful that can be held in one hand...
Which is more irritating: this question, or the literally THOUSANDS just like it that have already been asked and answered??|||Shaolin Kungfu is largely geared towards performance and acrobatics nowadays... In terms of chinese martial arts, sanda would probably be the best combat sport, but it is relatively recent, and its training methods are very heavily influenced by Muay Thai. Choi Lei Fut is generally thought to be the best traditional chinese style (at least according to Bruce Lee).
Muay Thai is devastating: your most powerful tools in a fight are your knees and elbows, as they can stop a fight in seconds, and Muay Thai largely focuses on these...
Taekwondo... well suffice to say that the rules of Taekwondo sport have done the art no favor... it doesn't really prepare you for a real fight.
But the deadliest art of them all is of course Kung Fu Do, an hybrid, which is so secret it might actually be a joke!|||It really depends on the fighter. All of those are very similar.
My style of Tae Kwon Do (Chung Do Kwan) is the oldest and strongest form of TKD. It's over 2000 years old and has knees and elbows just like Muay Thai. It is actually more effective than Muay Thai and I have training both styles so I'm not buyist.|||Well I don't have anything but my opinion on which is better in a real(street) fight but MMA is a great way to see what style work best. Right now in MMA Muay Thai is standing out as the most dominant style in standup. I haven't seen Taekwondoe in MMA since about 15 years ago and it didn't stand out as very dominant. I've heard people like Joe Rogan and others say its worthless in a real fight and Joe Rogan was a TKD black belt champion in a few weight classes. Cung Le is cleaning house with San Shou which ive heard is similar to kung fu but thats the only one I know that uses it. I would go with what is working in the closest thing to a real fight and thats Muay Thai.|||i thnk muay thai has the best and most realistic methods.. i mean if you are trained super well and are fast enough to use shaolin kungfu then of coarse it will be better, but muay thai doesnt try to use lightning fast reflexxes to try and block a blow or something, it is more like american boxing which teaches to protect yourself and try to minimize the effect of a blow|||As others have said it totally depends on the fighter and teh way they train.
Edit for Bujinkin Ninja- I know that there is no actual style of TKD that is anywhere near that old. All TKD was developed in this century. There may be certian techniques that are older, but the actual styles themselves are not.
Proof:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chung_Do_Kw鈥?/a>
I would think if you had truly trained this style you would know that.|||i dont see where people say they're quite similar.
you will learn drastically different fighting strategies in each of these arts.
for fast results for hard contact fighting...muay thai wins hands down.
for sport tournaments taekwondo wins
for a long term-in depth study of mind, body, and spirit...shaolin kung fu wins.|||not to downplay anything but its my opinion tae kwon do would have no place with muay thai and kung fu of any sort let alone shaolin it just seems inferior to use your kicks as a primary i myself have forced inside on tae kwon do guys and they almost froze they couldnt react from that close...try that muay thai and catch a knee or elbow lol|||That's kind of like asking what the best paintbrush is if you want to be an artist. Paintbrushes don't paint all by themselves. Styles don't fight by themselves. Both require people to use them and the skill of the person is the deciding factor.|||like ninja said its all depend on the fighter......how ever it is believed that taekwondo is more powerful compared to others..
because in taekwondo fighters use quiet often legs to attack rather than hands|||shaolin kung fu for sure if he actually knows wats hes doing|||it depends on a lot of things but personally i think shaolin kung fu would win and tae kwon do would lose horribly|||It depend on the person entirely but I would say Muay Thai is my fave|||I never knew there were people named after martial arts.|||has someone said,"MMA" yet, cause they will, you'll see.
Which is more irritating: this question, or the literally THOUSANDS just like it that have already been asked and answered??|||Shaolin Kungfu is largely geared towards performance and acrobatics nowadays... In terms of chinese martial arts, sanda would probably be the best combat sport, but it is relatively recent, and its training methods are very heavily influenced by Muay Thai. Choi Lei Fut is generally thought to be the best traditional chinese style (at least according to Bruce Lee).
Muay Thai is devastating: your most powerful tools in a fight are your knees and elbows, as they can stop a fight in seconds, and Muay Thai largely focuses on these...
Taekwondo... well suffice to say that the rules of Taekwondo sport have done the art no favor... it doesn't really prepare you for a real fight.
But the deadliest art of them all is of course Kung Fu Do, an hybrid, which is so secret it might actually be a joke!|||It really depends on the fighter. All of those are very similar.
My style of Tae Kwon Do (Chung Do Kwan) is the oldest and strongest form of TKD. It's over 2000 years old and has knees and elbows just like Muay Thai. It is actually more effective than Muay Thai and I have training both styles so I'm not buyist.|||Well I don't have anything but my opinion on which is better in a real(street) fight but MMA is a great way to see what style work best. Right now in MMA Muay Thai is standing out as the most dominant style in standup. I haven't seen Taekwondoe in MMA since about 15 years ago and it didn't stand out as very dominant. I've heard people like Joe Rogan and others say its worthless in a real fight and Joe Rogan was a TKD black belt champion in a few weight classes. Cung Le is cleaning house with San Shou which ive heard is similar to kung fu but thats the only one I know that uses it. I would go with what is working in the closest thing to a real fight and thats Muay Thai.|||i thnk muay thai has the best and most realistic methods.. i mean if you are trained super well and are fast enough to use shaolin kungfu then of coarse it will be better, but muay thai doesnt try to use lightning fast reflexxes to try and block a blow or something, it is more like american boxing which teaches to protect yourself and try to minimize the effect of a blow|||As others have said it totally depends on the fighter and teh way they train.
Edit for Bujinkin Ninja- I know that there is no actual style of TKD that is anywhere near that old. All TKD was developed in this century. There may be certian techniques that are older, but the actual styles themselves are not.
Proof:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chung_Do_Kw鈥?/a>
I would think if you had truly trained this style you would know that.|||i dont see where people say they're quite similar.
you will learn drastically different fighting strategies in each of these arts.
for fast results for hard contact fighting...muay thai wins hands down.
for sport tournaments taekwondo wins
for a long term-in depth study of mind, body, and spirit...shaolin kung fu wins.|||not to downplay anything but its my opinion tae kwon do would have no place with muay thai and kung fu of any sort let alone shaolin it just seems inferior to use your kicks as a primary i myself have forced inside on tae kwon do guys and they almost froze they couldnt react from that close...try that muay thai and catch a knee or elbow lol|||That's kind of like asking what the best paintbrush is if you want to be an artist. Paintbrushes don't paint all by themselves. Styles don't fight by themselves. Both require people to use them and the skill of the person is the deciding factor.|||like ninja said its all depend on the fighter......how ever it is believed that taekwondo is more powerful compared to others..
because in taekwondo fighters use quiet often legs to attack rather than hands|||shaolin kung fu for sure if he actually knows wats hes doing|||it depends on a lot of things but personally i think shaolin kung fu would win and tae kwon do would lose horribly|||It depend on the person entirely but I would say Muay Thai is my fave|||I never knew there were people named after martial arts.|||has someone said,"MMA" yet, cause they will, you'll see.
When does Get Smart and Kungfu Panda come out on dvd?
are you from this world?|||i heard get smart comes out in late september
What is your favorite part of the movie kungfu-hustle?
Mine is where he steals the icecream from the kiosk and makes fun of the girl.
"Whats the matter never seen free icecream before!?"|||When the axe gang hired the "musicians" to kill the 3 masters. And during battle the "fat lady" landlord yells out the window for them to be quiet. The axe gang guy in the car yells back at her to go and die and she says: "Die? In this racket?!" Another funny part is when he is attempting to throw the knives at the fat lady but keeps stabbing himself!|||Ya. My fave part is around there..
Sing: I realized then that good guys never win. I want to be bad. I want to be the killer!
Sing's Sidekick: [looks up] Ice cream!
[leaves]
Sing: Where?
[follows]|||the part when the fat guy and the protagonist are about to kill that sreaming lady to get into the axe gang
the fat guy messes up lots of times and is teh funniest evuh
"Whats the matter never seen free icecream before!?"|||When the axe gang hired the "musicians" to kill the 3 masters. And during battle the "fat lady" landlord yells out the window for them to be quiet. The axe gang guy in the car yells back at her to go and die and she says: "Die? In this racket?!" Another funny part is when he is attempting to throw the knives at the fat lady but keeps stabbing himself!|||Ya. My fave part is around there..
Sing: I realized then that good guys never win. I want to be bad. I want to be the killer!
Sing's Sidekick: [looks up] Ice cream!
[leaves]
Sing: Where?
[follows]|||the part when the fat guy and the protagonist are about to kill that sreaming lady to get into the axe gang
the fat guy messes up lots of times and is teh funniest evuh
Wednesday, November 30, 2011
Now can anyone tell me is it possible to learn a little bit of drunken style kungfu online?
any amount of info would help...|||well it movie kung fu that's it so watch the movies don't worry you cant do it wrong its fake like the matrix .people started doing katas they made after watching movies. so i guess their is some realness now but monks didn't make it monks don't drink.|||No not really, first off learning online is just bad, you are going to mistakes and take those into muscle memory. It won't be right and you might feel cool but it won't be effective. You might be able to find a DVD or two but it really isn't worth it. I would try finding a style of a CMA in your area and get really good and maybe you'll learn a bit of drunken. Of if you're really lucky a mainly drunken style will be in your area. |||drunken style can not be learned....it comes natural with muscle memory so say you get drunk and you know kung-fu and have mastered it to a certain extant your muscle memory will copy those styles but of course in drunken form|||Drink alot and act like jackie chan!
Reposted question-shipmates im thinking of making a film about a pirate who learns kungfu....?
im going to call it kungfu pirate.
what do yea think?
any ideas?
please star my question,pirates like shiney|||good on ya, chum. |||crap,,
what do yea think?
any ideas?
please star my question,pirates like shiney|||good on ya, chum. |||crap,,
If everybody is kungfu fighting, would you join in or would you run as fast as lightning?
Join in but since i don't know kung fu, i'll bring a steel chair and kendo sticks|||http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xeK5axqDd鈥?/a>
Kung Fu Fighting Song|||I would join in. With expert timing. It would be a little bit frightening.|||aha i'd join in tbh, imagine it everyone fighting like jackie chan lol
brilliant!|||Run, hide ~ just get the heck out of the way lol :)|||I'm with Debbie's angel, we would both run and hide (though I can't run as fast as lightning). ; P|||would you join in
it is fun|||i like a good fight once in a while.|||I can't any more I became 30 years old:}*
Kung Fu Fighting Song|||I would join in. With expert timing. It would be a little bit frightening.|||aha i'd join in tbh, imagine it everyone fighting like jackie chan lol
brilliant!|||Run, hide ~ just get the heck out of the way lol :)|||I'm with Debbie's angel, we would both run and hide (though I can't run as fast as lightning). ; P|||would you join in
it is fun|||i like a good fight once in a while.|||I can't any more I became 30 years old:}*
Where can i find ninjutsu(ninja) or kungfu class in malaysia?
i want to know if theres any of these classes in petaling jaya, shah alam, damansara or kulala lumpur..|||While you're waiting for someone to post a more specific contact information regarding your search. If you're serious enough I suggest the following step for you to take.
First thing you have to do is check your local yellow pages or phone book, look for the all the available schools your area has to offer.
The reason I always suggest to look in the phone book first is due to the fact you're pretty much searching for a school in your local area. You may even find one a few blocks down from you. Using the phone book as your first step will make your search faster and easier because all the information such address and phone number are available for you right there.
Secondly, if you are not having any success with this type search, After all the vigorous research on styles and decided on a particular style of martial arts. Try contacting an organization of that particular style on the internet and ask if they can refer schools or instructors available in your local area.
Please note that there are good number of good instructors that do not advertise or teach for commercial purpose thus you won't see them advertise anywhere. They are mostly located in private gyms or community centers. Just them a call and even if they don't have a program ask to see who they can refer you to.
One last thing, I don't mean to sound abrasive, but If the above suggestion is too much work for you, then the probability of you being serious in joining a martial arts school is less than zero. I am sorry to say this but, there's plenty of answerer's here that wants to sincerely help you in your quest, but you have to do your part.
Hope this helps and good luck with your search.|||i dont know much about malaysia but i heard about malaysian marshall art "seelak"so why you are not trying it.
First thing you have to do is check your local yellow pages or phone book, look for the all the available schools your area has to offer.
The reason I always suggest to look in the phone book first is due to the fact you're pretty much searching for a school in your local area. You may even find one a few blocks down from you. Using the phone book as your first step will make your search faster and easier because all the information such address and phone number are available for you right there.
Secondly, if you are not having any success with this type search, After all the vigorous research on styles and decided on a particular style of martial arts. Try contacting an organization of that particular style on the internet and ask if they can refer schools or instructors available in your local area.
Please note that there are good number of good instructors that do not advertise or teach for commercial purpose thus you won't see them advertise anywhere. They are mostly located in private gyms or community centers. Just them a call and even if they don't have a program ask to see who they can refer you to.
One last thing, I don't mean to sound abrasive, but If the above suggestion is too much work for you, then the probability of you being serious in joining a martial arts school is less than zero. I am sorry to say this but, there's plenty of answerer's here that wants to sincerely help you in your quest, but you have to do your part.
Hope this helps and good luck with your search.|||i dont know much about malaysia but i heard about malaysian marshall art "seelak"so why you are not trying it.
Wall-E or Kungfu panda , Which is oscar winner this year ?
I love both , but one of these will win finally , which u pick for oscar ?|||"WALL-E" seems to have a bit more momentum going into awards season, especially since it just won the Golden Globe. Pixar does well in this category, and a big plus for Academy voters is the fact that the film throws back to old Hollywood with the "Hello, Dolly" references. All that considered, I'm thinking "WALL-E" is a shoe-in for the Oscar.|||Wall-E is soooo cute! I love that movie.
Not a huge fan of Kung-Fu Panda, but it's ok.|||Wall-E is more of a drama... it will probably win
it was awesome too|||I hated Wall-E and I thought Kung Fu Panda was cute! =) But I think that Wall-E will win! I would pick Kung Fu Panda though!
Not a huge fan of Kung-Fu Panda, but it's ok.|||Wall-E is more of a drama... it will probably win
it was awesome too|||I hated Wall-E and I thought Kung Fu Panda was cute! =) But I think that Wall-E will win! I would pick Kung Fu Panda though!
What does Tai chi have to do with Kungfu?
Tai Chi is a style of Kung Fu, just like Hung Gar, Northern Shaolin, or Hsing - I. As a fighting style, Tai Chi focuses on yielding to and redirecting an attack with explosive, whip-like power. To develope the subtle skill needed to pull this off in combat, the training emphasizes relaxation and whole-body power. Part of this training is the slow-motion form training that most people are familiar with.|||Not a damn thing if you ask me..!!|||Tai chi is a good way to calm the mind down after getting wired from intense activity. It's a lot like meditation.|||Tai Chi is style of Kung Fu. Kung Fu contains all styles|||Tai chi is an internal style of Kung Fu|||everyone teaches yang tai chi now, which is calming and slow. The original chen tai chi was for fighting.|||Its a style of kungfu
What do you think of chinese kungfu? useful for real combat?
http://www.martialguy.com my site. I want to know what do you think of chinese kungfu. so I can better do it.|||Having used it for more than 30 years successfully in such situations I can say that it is useful. Of course I was trained specifically for combat so that makes a bit of difference. If you don't train for practical usage then no style is going to be of much help in real combat.|||yea i mean it worked for david carradine.|||Kung fu rocks|||Not against sabres, canons and rpg's. Kung fu is not a martial art. Its a martial art of defense.|||Its an ancient form of "MARTIAL Arts".
Obviously it is useful for real combat.|||kungfu is good against kungfu or maybe other traditional styles, but i dont think its gonna get you very far if your saftey really depended on it|||Chinese kungfu is not the best for real combat|||Wing Chun is designed for combat and self defense applications.|||For pure fighting, you can't beat the Gracie's style of Ju-Jitsu.|||1- just because it is "ancient" doesn't mean it is good today.
2- the ony real answer here is that IT DEPENDS ON HOW YOU TRAIN.
If you train realistically with fully resisting partners (eventually) and cross-train against other styles, then you are preparing yourself well for "real" combat- I say real because if someone is unarmed, it is a whole different ball game than if they have a weapon- in that case no unarmed style is going to give you an advantage.
3- CMA (kung fu is properly called, "Chinese Martial Arts") has a reputation for NOT TRAINING WITH RESISTANCE.
Many places do in fact operate like what I like to call a "pajama party" meaning you are merely dressing up in the uniform and doing "forms" (the CMA equivalent of kata) or compliant drilling.
The problem with "forms" is that while some may operate as a form of stregth training using your body weight or shadowboxing equivalent. many many teachers don't teach you how to apply them and the school doesn't even do two man drills with full resistance to even test the understanding.
5- it CAN be usefull in "real" unarmed combat if trained properly. I myself know people (including myself) who also train in CMA and have used it to cross train against other styles successfully. I also know someone who has competed in San Da and an amateur MMA events with CMA and used it successfully.
6- Limits- the thing about CMA is that it doesn't train your ground game much on average and the term "anti-grappling" is bogus. Claims of "anti-grappling" techniques are shown that the techniques do not work with any regularity against a trained grappler. Like boxing, CMA is only part of the puzzle. Most are striking arts with limited grappling applications and most of those that have are stand up grappling or locks.
7- the KEY POINT IS THAT IT MUST BE TRAINED REALISTICALLY- I say it again because it is that important.|||I've been doing it since I was born and it is deffinetly useful for real combat. My teacher has gotten into so many street fights by force that he is as good as Master Alex Kwok|||Why do you question a Martial Art thats been refined thousands of years before you. They've figured everything out. The Western culture has no idea of the practical knowledge the ancient Chinese and Japanese had well before we fricken started trying to take over the world.
If you study any Martial Art diligently you will become proficient. If you are a lousy student, you will become a lousy you will never be proficient and never be a Martial Artist.
lr
http://www.pacificwingchunassociation.co鈥?/a>
http://www.wingchunassoc.com|||Bluto cover it already.
I wouldn't trust any kung fu school unless it's San Shou or San Da.
Obviously it is useful for real combat.|||kungfu is good against kungfu or maybe other traditional styles, but i dont think its gonna get you very far if your saftey really depended on it|||Chinese kungfu is not the best for real combat|||Wing Chun is designed for combat and self defense applications.|||For pure fighting, you can't beat the Gracie's style of Ju-Jitsu.|||1- just because it is "ancient" doesn't mean it is good today.
2- the ony real answer here is that IT DEPENDS ON HOW YOU TRAIN.
If you train realistically with fully resisting partners (eventually) and cross-train against other styles, then you are preparing yourself well for "real" combat- I say real because if someone is unarmed, it is a whole different ball game than if they have a weapon- in that case no unarmed style is going to give you an advantage.
3- CMA (kung fu is properly called, "Chinese Martial Arts") has a reputation for NOT TRAINING WITH RESISTANCE.
Many places do in fact operate like what I like to call a "pajama party" meaning you are merely dressing up in the uniform and doing "forms" (the CMA equivalent of kata) or compliant drilling.
The problem with "forms" is that while some may operate as a form of stregth training using your body weight or shadowboxing equivalent. many many teachers don't teach you how to apply them and the school doesn't even do two man drills with full resistance to even test the understanding.
5- it CAN be usefull in "real" unarmed combat if trained properly. I myself know people (including myself) who also train in CMA and have used it to cross train against other styles successfully. I also know someone who has competed in San Da and an amateur MMA events with CMA and used it successfully.
6- Limits- the thing about CMA is that it doesn't train your ground game much on average and the term "anti-grappling" is bogus. Claims of "anti-grappling" techniques are shown that the techniques do not work with any regularity against a trained grappler. Like boxing, CMA is only part of the puzzle. Most are striking arts with limited grappling applications and most of those that have are stand up grappling or locks.
7- the KEY POINT IS THAT IT MUST BE TRAINED REALISTICALLY- I say it again because it is that important.|||I've been doing it since I was born and it is deffinetly useful for real combat. My teacher has gotten into so many street fights by force that he is as good as Master Alex Kwok|||Why do you question a Martial Art thats been refined thousands of years before you. They've figured everything out. The Western culture has no idea of the practical knowledge the ancient Chinese and Japanese had well before we fricken started trying to take over the world.
If you study any Martial Art diligently you will become proficient. If you are a lousy student, you will become a lousy you will never be proficient and never be a Martial Artist.
lr
http://www.pacificwingchunassociation.co鈥?/a>
http://www.wingchunassoc.com|||Bluto cover it already.
I wouldn't trust any kung fu school unless it's San Shou or San Da.
Looking for these old chinese kungfu movies?
Im looking for these movies but i cnt remember the names
1. One of them was with with three girls on teams and it played on tnt and one of the girls blew up at the end of the movie
2. Another one was this guy that wore black and had a mask like a clown mask he looked like an assassin
3. And the other is some movie that people were gettin thrown into a pit of snakes|||I dont know about the rest but the second one is the Black Mask starring Jet Li
1. One of them was with with three girls on teams and it played on tnt and one of the girls blew up at the end of the movie
2. Another one was this guy that wore black and had a mask like a clown mask he looked like an assassin
3. And the other is some movie that people were gettin thrown into a pit of snakes|||I dont know about the rest but the second one is the Black Mask starring Jet Li
Was there a championship in USA where karate, judo, Chinese kungfu etc experts gather and compete annually?
That was the idea of the original Ultimate Fight Championships (UFC). It was supposed to allow for the different styles to compete against each other without any rules. The problem was rules had to be established to prevent serious injuries. Eventually this morphed into what has now become known as MMA. Too bad...|||sorry its Bruce Lee.
|||Bruce Lee never won anything in terms of a martial arts competition...come on people quit believing the hype.
|||http://www.iska.com/ what about this.|||The US Open...The Arnold Classic...and many more. The NASKA, NBL and WAKO circuits all are not about style vs style but rather about the best vs the best.
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What are the Benefits of learning shaolin Kungfu from CHINA? hostel facilities are available in shaolin?
what are the benefits of learning kungfu from china?
does hostel facilities are available there?
does china is less expensive country to live in
i am very thin and weak,can a person of 30 years age can learn kung fu?
instead of going to china,if i will go to thailand to learn kick boxing will be more better alternative? does thailand is less expensive country?
tell me your personal expierence too, from where you had learn martial arts? or you want to go in china or thailnad?
what about japan? give me information regarding that also|||This one answer is for your Korea/TKD question too.
Join a local school. Set up a tent in your backyard. Get up at 5:30, do 100 push ups, sit ups and run for two miles. Then practice form and drills for an hour. Eat a small breakfast, go to work, then class. After class have a small dinner and go to bet in your tent. Try this for a month, then get back to me.
If you want to learn a martial art, you do not have to go to a far off land. There are good schools, with good instructors everywhere. If you want to get stronger, work out more. Same goes for any martial art, the more you train, the better you get.
Besides, what would you do without cable tv, high speed internet, and soft server ice cream?
|||I think you are a little mixed up !
Why don't you get to a good school where you are now:
Then after going there for a while, if you are very good at
this sport, i am sure you will get the attention of the
instructor or others whom are more serious of this sport !
This way you will have friends doing the same thing you
like , able to instruct and inform you . Nothing happens
quickly without effort, there are no short cuts ! Especially
in Kung Fu !........it is of course much easier, if in your
country it is a normal thing you grow up with, like in China,
Thailand and those places. It does not make you equal
just by going to that Country.|||Under the Communist regime, I don't think that Shaolin martial arts are taught in China anymore!|||Better to have the crap kicked out of ya by someone who truly knows it, than by some white guy that learnt it from a book.|||you should learn in your own country first. i think language barrier will be a big problem.
shaolin is more lifelong practice. i guess you can never be too old to learn though but your body will probably be harder to train than when you were young.
i don't think kickboxing is that great. if you see them fight other disciplines they always lose! but it's better than nothing.
if you are just interested in quick self defense techniques you might want to look into akido or krav maga
go here and scroll down to "variation and scope"
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Martial_art鈥?/a>
i think you should do a little more research and find which suits you best then try to learn in your own country first along with some of the language then you can go do a pilgrimage and visit the origin country.
you need to do it gradually instead of jumping in
does hostel facilities are available there?
does china is less expensive country to live in
i am very thin and weak,can a person of 30 years age can learn kung fu?
instead of going to china,if i will go to thailand to learn kick boxing will be more better alternative? does thailand is less expensive country?
tell me your personal expierence too, from where you had learn martial arts? or you want to go in china or thailnad?
what about japan? give me information regarding that also|||This one answer is for your Korea/TKD question too.
Join a local school. Set up a tent in your backyard. Get up at 5:30, do 100 push ups, sit ups and run for two miles. Then practice form and drills for an hour. Eat a small breakfast, go to work, then class. After class have a small dinner and go to bet in your tent. Try this for a month, then get back to me.
If you want to learn a martial art, you do not have to go to a far off land. There are good schools, with good instructors everywhere. If you want to get stronger, work out more. Same goes for any martial art, the more you train, the better you get.
Besides, what would you do without cable tv, high speed internet, and soft server ice cream?
|||I think you are a little mixed up !
Why don't you get to a good school where you are now:
Then after going there for a while, if you are very good at
this sport, i am sure you will get the attention of the
instructor or others whom are more serious of this sport !
This way you will have friends doing the same thing you
like , able to instruct and inform you . Nothing happens
quickly without effort, there are no short cuts ! Especially
in Kung Fu !........it is of course much easier, if in your
country it is a normal thing you grow up with, like in China,
Thailand and those places. It does not make you equal
just by going to that Country.|||Under the Communist regime, I don't think that Shaolin martial arts are taught in China anymore!|||Better to have the crap kicked out of ya by someone who truly knows it, than by some white guy that learnt it from a book.|||you should learn in your own country first. i think language barrier will be a big problem.
shaolin is more lifelong practice. i guess you can never be too old to learn though but your body will probably be harder to train than when you were young.
i don't think kickboxing is that great. if you see them fight other disciplines they always lose! but it's better than nothing.
if you are just interested in quick self defense techniques you might want to look into akido or krav maga
go here and scroll down to "variation and scope"
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Martial_art鈥?/a>
i think you should do a little more research and find which suits you best then try to learn in your own country first along with some of the language then you can go do a pilgrimage and visit the origin country.
you need to do it gradually instead of jumping in
After watching 'KungFu Panda' we can learn from 'Nothing....Blank'. Is it a real lesson or a false one?
I am talking on the Cartoon Movie. Normally the Cartoons tell U more story to learn......like Fantasy, Snow White, Cinderalla, etc etc.
Do U agreed?|||Every story has moral values that everyone can learn...
Example:
Snow White: There's always people that will help you through life.
Cinderella: If you can dream, if you work hard on it, you'll get great success.
(I know that my moral values are kinda childish, but I am a kid XD)|||yes it is and you can find it on zen knowledges|||CCCCCAAAAARRRRTTTTOOOOONNNNNN IDIOT
Do U agreed?|||Every story has moral values that everyone can learn...
Example:
Snow White: There's always people that will help you through life.
Cinderella: If you can dream, if you work hard on it, you'll get great success.
(I know that my moral values are kinda childish, but I am a kid XD)|||yes it is and you can find it on zen knowledges|||CCCCCAAAAARRRRTTTTOOOOONNNNNN IDIOT
Yiquan is one of the most effetive kungfu in the world.do you beleive it?
It is said his founder and successor have never be defeated.
www.martialguy.com|||Yiquan is a derivative style from other Chinese internal systems like Xingyi and Bagua. The founder has lost fights but those are indeed few. 'Never been defeated,' is a flat out lie. I don't think it's the most effective kungfu in the world. The style founder may have boasted so but himself wasn't good enough to prove it.|||wheres the proof of their undefeated streak?|||I have never been defeated either!!!
Of course, I have never fought hehe
But, to quote any number of martial arts movies, "My Wu-Tang is superior to your {insert name of style here}!"|||Why don't you take it then contact me when you're ready to prove it? I can easily get a promoter to arrange this.|||I've never heard that it's any better then other styles or that they were undefeated. If they are boasting that, they are lying and shouldn't be trusted. My headmaster admits to his faults and errors when asked about them and has never boasted of anything to my knowledge. The closest thing I've ever heard to a boast is that he is the only Sensei that's been able to get the Shaolin headmaster to visit the United States.|||it can be most effective but they cannot claim it is never be defeated.
It depends on the opponents.
I am never been defeated if I fight with the little girls in kindergarten.|||No.
Use your common sense.|||Wang fought to a draw with a White Crane master. Look it up.
www.martialguy.com|||Yiquan is a derivative style from other Chinese internal systems like Xingyi and Bagua. The founder has lost fights but those are indeed few. 'Never been defeated,' is a flat out lie. I don't think it's the most effective kungfu in the world. The style founder may have boasted so but himself wasn't good enough to prove it.|||wheres the proof of their undefeated streak?|||I have never been defeated either!!!
Of course, I have never fought hehe
But, to quote any number of martial arts movies, "My Wu-Tang is superior to your {insert name of style here}!"|||Why don't you take it then contact me when you're ready to prove it? I can easily get a promoter to arrange this.|||I've never heard that it's any better then other styles or that they were undefeated. If they are boasting that, they are lying and shouldn't be trusted. My headmaster admits to his faults and errors when asked about them and has never boasted of anything to my knowledge. The closest thing I've ever heard to a boast is that he is the only Sensei that's been able to get the Shaolin headmaster to visit the United States.|||it can be most effective but they cannot claim it is never be defeated.
It depends on the opponents.
I am never been defeated if I fight with the little girls in kindergarten.|||No.
Use your common sense.|||Wang fought to a draw with a White Crane master. Look it up.
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