Kung Fu

Kung Fu (kungfu) is a term that generalizes the majority of Chinese martial arts. Roughly translated Kung Fu means “Skill attained through hard work” and this is the basis of all styles of Kung Fu.

Around four hundred styles of traditional Kung Fu were developed in China from as far back as 2698 B.C. These martial art styles have been emigrated throughout the world and today it can be difficult to find authentic Kung Fu styles.  Kung Fu can become diluted as the styles are taught to different cultures with different ways of thinking and some Sifus (Kung Fu Instructors) try to re-invent the wheel by adding some different techniques.

There are two main subsets of Chinese Kung Fu, Internal (Neijia) and External (Waijia). Northern Kung Fu styles are generally more external and emphasize on long stances and large flashy kicks as opposed to the internal Southern Kung Fu styles which emphasize more on hand techniques and closed stances used for stabilizing the body such as Wing Chun.

Many of the styles include weapons and some even mimic the way animals fight. Tiger Claw, White Crane and Eagle Claw are a few examples of animal styles of Kungfu.

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