What is Kung Fu

[key-CN]

Kung Fu doctrine------------------------------------------
1. Improve the quality , fitness for self-defense .
2. Exercise will cultivate virtues.
3. Athletic ornamental , rich life .
4. Exchange of skills , and friendship.
kung fu taboo------------------
Moral inferior ， Combative.

 

[TimeTraveller]

...can you please translate it in english...

 

[Established_1965]

Ancient martial art technique founded by Bodhidharma who was from India, I think from South India :-/

 

[Tractor]

Not a thing in Chinese real livings.

 

[zhanghang]

Chinese martial art is profound

 

[halupridol]

Not a thing in Chinese real livings.

you mean to say now people in China don't really know kung fu like they show in movies,,,,so no real yip man or wang fei hung now,,

 

[Tractor]

you mean to say now people in China don't really know kung fu like they show in movies,,,,so no real yip man or wang fei hung now,,

Kong Fu a name came from Cantonese or Just oversea Chinese know it.

 

[halupridol]

Kong Fu a name came from Cantonese or Just oversea Chinese know it.

its sad that kung fu is becoming less popular in China
yes most of the kung fu movies come from hong kong ,,,,,now downloading iron monkey(donnie yen)

 

[zhanghang]

its sad that kung fu is becoming less popular in China
yes most of the kung fu movies come from hong kong ,,,,,now downloading iron monkey(donnie yen)

China has many martial arts schools, tai chi every day in practice.

 

[key-CN]

Bodhidharma

Bodhidharma and the Shaolin Temple has its roots

 

[Nan Yang]

Ancient martial art technique founded by Bodhidharma who was from India, I think from South India :-/

That is not entirely true. Bodhidharma introduced exercise using animal movement.
It was later generation of monks that turned it into Shoalin Martial arts.

Shaolin Kung Fu - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

A popular myth is that it was Bodhidharma that first created Shaolin kung fu. Indeed, Shaolin monks knew martial arts even before Bodhidharma. Besides, no historical record mentions Bodhidharma as a practitioner of martial arts. Like other myths of Shaolin, this myth [4][5] has, after all, some roots in reality. Bodhidharma was the founder of Chan Buddhism. This made the concept of martial arts part of Chan Buddhism. This was the birth point of religious martial arts, a unique style which was the first institutionalized style of kung fu.

Sui and Tang dynasties (581-907 AD): Shaolin soldier monks
During the short period of the Sui dynasty (581-618), the building blocks of Shaolin kung fu took an official form, and shaolin monks began to create martial art systems of their own. The 18 methods of Luohan with a strong Buddhist taste were practiced by Shaolin monks since this time, which was later used to create more advanced Shaolin martial arts. Shaolin monks had developed very powerful martial skills, and this showed itself until the end of the Sui dynasty.

 

[dlclong]

Kong Fu a name came from Cantonese or Just oversea Chinese know it.

NO!
Not only Cantonese have "kungfu" this words ,cantonese "kungfu"usually means Wushu(martial arts), in my hometown ,north dialect also have kunfu this words ,it have three meanings: time, skill, another meaning is martial arts(wushu).
when 功夫"Kung Fu"means Martial arts（wushu),in north china some dialects also named 武功"wugong"



Because of the Hongkong Cantonese film, a lot of people think ”kungfu"t this word is Cantonese unique, in fact, is a big mistake.

 

[DarkSeid]

Still remember this.

 

[Kolaps]

That is not entirely true. Bodhidharma introduced exercise using animal movement.
It was later generation of monks that turned it into Shoalin Martial arts.

Shaolin Kung Fu - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

A popular myth is that it was Bodhidharma that first created Shaolin kung fu. Indeed, Shaolin monks knew martial arts even before Bodhidharma. Besides, no historical record mentions Bodhidharma as a practitioner of martial arts. Like other myths of Shaolin, this myth [4][5] has, after all, some roots in reality. Bodhidharma was the founder of Chan Buddhism. This made the concept of martial arts part of Chan Buddhism. This was the birth point of religious martial arts, a unique style which was the first institutionalized style of kung fu.

Sui and Tang dynasties (581-907 AD): Shaolin soldier monks
During the short period of the Sui dynasty (581-618), the building blocks of Shaolin kung fu took an official form, and shaolin monks began to create martial art systems of their own. The 18 methods of Luohan with a strong Buddhist taste were practiced by Shaolin monks since this time, which was later used to create more advanced Shaolin martial arts. Shaolin monks had developed very powerful martial skills, and this showed itself until the end of the Sui dynasty.

True!

 

[key-CN]

English can not express clearly.Tai Chi is another martial arts system.

武当太极，并非是指目前所见单纯的太极拳套路，而是由太极、两仪、无极，等不同层次的拳术、功法组合而成的一套由外至内，由动至静，从初级到高级，动静结合，内外兼修完整的太极体系。主要包含有太极拳、太极剑、两仪拳、无极功。Can not express in English,Welcome to translation