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What is Kung Fu? The Chinese martial arts go back thousands of years and have overlapping experience and influence on most arts that are around today. But just what is Kung Fu and how does it differ from Karate and other martial arts? This episode breaks down the fundamentals and sets up the first video in a new Kung Fu Play list that will continue to explore the Chinese Martial Arts
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I've been training in Chinese martial arts for a really long time now. The best description I've seen of Kung Fu on film was in the Netflix Marco Polo where his fighting instructor, Hundred Eyes once told him the meaning of Kung Fu.
Great summary! I studied both Chinese and Japanese systems and since I understand both languages, I want to shed light on some of the commonly used terms.
“Wu” (武) in Mandarin Chinese = Martial (Japanese = Bu)
Jishu (Mandarin Chinese) = Skill (Japanese = Jutsu)
Therefore Wushu = Martial Skills
Wushu in Japanese is Bujutsu, aka Budo or Martial Way
“Do” (道) in Japanese and Cantonese = The Way (Mandarin Chinese) = Dao
“Do” is a Daoism (Taoism) centric word that was first used in the Tao Te Ching (pathway to morality and virtues) which is why Do is associated with many martial art systems.
(功夫) Gongfu is a generic term to describe “Skill through experience and hard work”
(武功) Wugong is more historically accurate to describe Martial Art then Gongfu. This is why you will see the Chinese character 武 in many traditional Chinese, Japanese, and Korean martial art schools.
Lastly, I want to point out that Okinawa Karate and Wing Chun are both descendent art of Fujian White Crane. In fact, Fujian White Crane traces its history to Yongchun County, Fujian. What’s more interesting is Yongchun is the Mandarin pronunciation of Wing Chun. Wing Chun was made popular by Ip Man who's is a Cantonese speaker from Foshan prefecture, Guangdong.
Thanks, this was really interesting and helpful
Thank you. I'm so glad there are still intelligent martial artists out there. For all the people making rude comments... you will understand after a couple decades of training.
Damn you did your research well.
Thanks for this episode on Kung Fu. I have been training in Kung Fu (Huan Shou Jia Gong Fu) for 20 years and nobody talks about anything styles our history.
It's pretty,a boxer usually would defeat a Kung Fu stylist.
@@ronwells8806 that is depending on the Kung Fu Stylish that you are fighting. Not every style of kung fu is combative.
Ron Wells - I would have to disagree since boxing is a sport, and is not too effective against other martial arts.
@@ronwells8806 to be honest. a fight night super athlete could beat anyone in the comment section 1vs1 lol
Another great video man. Very well researched
When someone tells me "I train Kung Fu", I usually ask "which one?" (Choy Lay Fut? Wing Chun? Fei Hok Phai?). It's a little funny because it's like if you say "I train japanese martial arts", but which one exactly? Karate? Aikido? Bujinkan?
Also, have you considered making a video with your thoughts on the concept of "traditional" in martial arts? It is an interesting discussion in my opinion. For example, Aikido and Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu, the two arts were founded in the mid-twentieth century, and one is considered traditional and the other modern, for many reasons. Another example is Bujinkan, founded in the 1970s and considered an extremely traditionalist martial art, While Muay Thai has literally centuries of existence, it is considered a modern martial art. I think that it is a very funny topic about martial arts.
That's actually a fair observation
I trained for about 5 years in Kung Fu, our lineage is traced through the Fukien temple. So I get what you mean, temples, locations and such vary what techniques were known and what was popular. Additionally the temples didn't get or start Tai Chi, the many different forms eventually were brought there over time as people traveled. For a long time Yang style Tai Chi was a family only art until one person was allowed to learn outside the family. It is also what I love about it, the many different styles and ways added to the balance, and harmony. The art is about longevity in most cases which back in the Feudal times required not only to care for yourself but to be able to defend yourself as well.
The difference is in the approach to training. In BJJ or Muay Thai, the main goal is to become better at fighting. There's less focus on traditions and constant, unchanging forms. Instead, they focus on training that directly improves their ability to fight, and they adapt over time because the arts are tested daily in sparring between students and in competition in combat sports.
I'm not saying one is better than the other, or that traditional martial arts can't train you to fight, but that's the main difference between the two in my experience.
Thing is, if I tell the average person "I train in Choi Li Fut." they will have no idea what I am talking about. So I simply say "kung fu" so that they have an idea and then it just develops into a habit to respond with that right away. So your response to ask for further info is great, but very atypical.
Sil Lum was a mix of it all in Kung Fu, a little of this and a little of it all.
The question remains, where does the panda fit in to all this?
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The grip strength. Chin na fa 😀
There is bear style
He’s the dragon warrior
I love Chinese martial arts. Some of my best experiences in martial training were my time in Chan Family Choy Lee Fut. I still incorporate many elements from that style to this day.
I think that Tai Chi should be included in this list of Chinese arts. Not the hocus pocus stuff where people are throwing their chi across the room, but the slow moving forms that you often see older people practicing in the park here in the states. Love the channel and I am looking forward to what you put together.
It was included though?
@@Caim433 timestamp? I didnt catch it.
Tai chi's full name is Tai ji Quan, and I touched upon it very briefly in the section of Daoism, around 9:50. I do want to explore that more as it's own video however.
@@ArtofOneDojo I did just rewatch and caught it that time. Thank for the clarification and I look forward to this series
Great video!
Thanks for sharing! Have an awesome day!
Thanks for a great series to come
The amount of detail you pack into one of these things is intense. And the level of respect you put forth into talking about all of these arts is incredible, I would almost think that you have studied all if I didn't already know that you did not.
This was an awesome video with accurate and detailed info. I practice contemporary wushu and chinese kenpo and have rarely seen Chinese arts explained so precisely and correctly. Thanks for this video.
Wonderfully done. I learned a lot.
Many Chinese schools are going with colored sashes now. I have a friend who has been studying her Kung fu style for about 20 years and thought that all Chinese arts use colored sashes, as she has always used them. Though her teacher was Chinese, he was very influenced by western culture and may very well be one of the first Chinese stylists that adopted a colored belt/sash system.
Thats seems like an unfortunate development to me, but to each their own
Awesome video. Thank you
Very good video and accurate info.
Wow mind blown. Job well done explaining all of this!
As a Buk Sing Choy Li Fut student thank u for this video
Great description and over view of the Chinese arts.
This was an amazing explanation of what Kung fu is!
I'll have to see more of your videos!
Excellent contribution to the field of Martial Arts. Thank you.
Excellent video Sensei Dan. I always learn so much from your videos. Thank you so much Sensei.
I love your history videos so much! They are so well done!
Fantastic video. Been looking forward to episodes covering the Chinese martial arts. I'm interested in all of them, but I'm hoping you'll do an episode on Shaolin Kung Fu
The was an excellent introduction to Kung Fu! As a Tiger Claw practitioner for almost 30 years, I am very impressed by this presentation. Please note though that Bodhidharma has nothing to do with Kung Fu, Qigong or the martial arts whatsoever. There many scholarly researched studies on the life of Bodhidharma and many scholars are able to read text from scrolls of the time of Bodhidharma and their is absolutely no evidence that he knew or taught any type of movement exercise. The idea of Bodhidharma teaching Kung Fu came from a story in a forward of a Qigong Manuel written during the Ming Dynasty. In the story it said that Shaolin monks found a scroll written by Bodhidharma of said Qigong exercise. The problem was that this story contained fictional characters that were from other Kung Fu novels of the time, so it proved the story as a marketing gimmick to sell the manual and not an historical document.
Great video!!
That's so cool. My system of Kajukenbo is martial ethics method. I'm so thankful for this video. Thank you
I have studied the arts for over 20 years most of the time had been in the Chinese arts wing chun, chin na, some praying mantis, and shaolin kempo which incorporates karate and ju jutsu in the beginning then transitions in to 5 animal Kung fu in the later belt ranks. Now Vadha kempo which I am currently training in now has arts from Tibet but leans more towards the Japanese arts that has go ju, judo, akido, and some taekwon do in it. I also have been training in traditional Japanese ju jutsu. I am not bias toward any martial arts and would like to be well rounded in many arts as possible I would like to dabble in hapkido, Silat and tai chi some day.
Sometimes it’s good to be still
Still standing, still strong, still here, still caring
Great video. I hope you go more in depth.
I've been taking Kung Fu for almost three years. It's a northern long fist style called Huaquan, and it's also probably the best decision I've made in years. It's a Daoist style, with a lot of cool forms, weapons, and great applications. On top of that, it's a great way to stay fit.
Additionally, I started taking Tai Chi at the beginning of the year. So now I'm almost a year deep in Yang style Tai chi. If you're interested in Tai Chi, but looking for sparring and something more challenging, a good Tai Chi teacher will know the practical applications of the moves. Push hands is a great way to test out some applications. Though, as the video says, it is somewhat compliant, so you're not necessarily getting the full benefit of practicing the moves.
I can't recommend these martial arts enough. I got into them because I wasn't exercising or socializing at all. I work from home and I'm in my mid 30s. I needed to do something with myself. 90s Jet Li and Jackie Chan movies were the reason I chose the art that I did, but I don't regret using movies as my basis at all.
Are you going to become an MMA champion learning a traditional Kung Fu style? Nah. But it will definitely have significant benefits.
Kung Fu, even if you're not trying to be a fighter, is sick. That's the bottom line. It looks awesome. It's fun to do. It makes you feel good about yourself. And it gives you a sense of accomplishment as you learn and get better. And if you must fight, find a Sanda and/or Shuai Jiao school. There's your striking and grappling skills.
As the video states, all Kung Fu has a deep cultural history. Huaquan is one of the oldest styles, and is deep as hell. I would like to branch out and check out some other martial arts at some point, but I could definitely see sticking with this one style for the rest of my life.
If you're into traditional martial arts, and you don't give Kung Fu a shot (there's definitely a school near you), you're doing yourself a real disservice.
Thank you! I do plan to go more indepth, hopefully to explore individual arts in videos of their own. Tai Chi is closer to the top of the list, there is a school near me that teaches it and the instructor has a good reputation and supposedly good knowledge of what it is now and what it used to be (in terms of fighting) so I may reach out to him to put together an episode on Tai Chi.
That's awesome dude. Fellow practitioner of Northern Shaolin Long Fist (Chang churn) Kung Fu here, as well as contemporary wushu which is a whole different animal.
@@ArtofOneDojo Great Video! I study southern style drunken fist kung fu.
I started off doing Tai Chi for physiotherapy, must be more than 15 years ago now, and I have been doing it ever since - I was learning while I was in so much pain I could barely walk, so it was natural for me to learn the slow methodology and meditative focus. And I just went from there, learning Wing Chun and basic Shaolin and Choy Li Fut and Xing Yi and Ba Gua... Even got into Drunken. My favourites these days are Tai Chi and Wing Chun and also Xing Yi. I just practice the forms mainly.
Excellent video
What a great video, it’s so simple and very meaningful
Those flexible staff and spear are for wushu tournament and the real practical one are hard stiff staff.
Yeah you're right
Excellent video. I like your style, you are humble, but certainly very very well informed. Thanks a lot.
I was impressed by the level of research you put into your discussion on kung fu. A few points I wanted to share. I’ve been training for going on 35 years now. My root style is actually tai chi chaun which I studied exclusively for the first 9 months of my training. I then branched out learning from both of my instructors and moulding those teachings into an eclectic style. One of my sifus taught Shaolin Long Fist, the other taught Tien Shen Pai. So I don’t have a pure lineage per se.
When I started training in 1987 there were not a lot of large scale kung fu tournaments. Generally speaking if we wanted to compete our options were to compete in karate tournaments using karate rules. Most of those tournaments divided divisions by belt ranking. Coming from a Chinese system we had no belts so figuring out what division to compete in was a bit tricky. To make it easier our school adopted coloured sashes to approximate the divisions we should compete in. But these were just approximations.
We only had four colours: green, brown, red, and black. Green approximated to the first three belts in the karate styles. Brown approximated to the next couple belt ranks. Red was roughly equivalent to a 1st level black belt, and black sash was roughly placed between a 2nd and 3rd Dan. But these are rough equivalences not hard fast rules.
My sifus actually favoured a different 4 tiered ranking system. Those were boxer, student, disciple, and Sifu. I reached Sifu after about 8 years of training. In that time I competed often in karate and kung fu tournaments, got to do San shou fighting as well as point sparring.
Now there are actual kung fu tournaments which I think is better. Not that anything is wrong with karate. It’s just different. The different makes it hard for practitioners of one to judge the other fairly because they have no idea what they are looking at. This is very apparent with forms competition especially. I’ve seen karate forms, but I’ve never studied a day in a karate school, so I have no idea if it’s being done right. And the same is true with karate guys. If they haven’t trained in any kung fu, most really don’t know what they’re seeing.
Sparring is different though I do prefer the continuous sparring rules over the point style. But generally a punch is a punch and a kick is a kick when you put the gloves and foot gear on.
Id love to see more of this series! Touching on a multitude of martial arts! I.E. Muay Thai, Judo, Boxing, Wrestling, HEMA, Lua :D
Awesome episode, it never ceases to amaze me how much historical information there is in each separate culture, of martial arts. I'm glad that you haven't mentioned any like ...in the next episode, we will be testing your retention of the information presented in the previous episode of our show, which will be titled "the Chinese test of the 10,000 questions". I think you have the makings of a college level course with all the information you present on your channel! Great episode, and great job Dan. Keep up the great work. 😊👍
That's how I felt researching this one! LOL. So much great material to delve into though, especially since the Chinese Arts have influence is so many other systems.
Cool work sir 👍👏
Great video. I understand that it’s a general sweep of a lot of things but it was well explained nevertheless. Look forward to the next one
Excellent video.
Great video, very educational! Thank you for sharing! :)
Dan Sensei..I have been practicing Chinese martial arts for 48 years (Northern Shaolin System, Hung Gar, Seven Star Preying Mantis, Shuai Chiao, Ba Gua Zhang) and I have watched your videos and you did this Kung Fu video extremely well. Thanks!
Superb knowledge. Great presentation.
xie xie-(thank you), Art of One Dojo this video is great and it is a wonderful breakdown of the history and differences between Kung Fu and Karate..keep up the great work.
For clarity - Modern sport Wushu is divided into two division: Taolu- exhibition forms and Sanda - Full Contact Freestyle Kickboxing. People often refer to Taolu as Wushu but this is incorrect as Wushu is the umbrella term for the sport.
I was really excited to see this video and I hope you continue to post more videos on the different styles of Chinese Martial Arts. I actually train/teach Choy Li Fut and your description of what "Kung Fu" actually means what spot on.
where do you train?
Great video
Thank you for making this video this is possible the best video explanation of what kung fu is
this video is very interesting , especially for me because i don't know that much about the Chinese arts .
Hi. I practice Xingyiquan. When you talked about taiji and bagua, you missed wuxing. Taiji is taichichuan, wuxing is Xingyiquan and bagua is baguazhang, although all three concepts are present in all three martial arts. But Xingyiquan is more than wuxing of course. There is 12 animals, 8 words, weapons, traditional taolu like bashiquan, bazigong, 12 crossing fists, and secret weapons. Looking forward to your video on Xingyiquan. Sucribed because of it.
Another great job!
My school trains in Long Fist, Shaolin, and Eagle Claw style so I'd love to hear your breakdown of any of these. I appreciated the history you provided.
Thorough clear concise and accurate. OSU and respect.🐯
I'm a student in kung fu. Thanks for this video.
It's the predecessor of Okinawan karate. If you look at Shorin Ryu and Shorei Ryu closely, you can see the influence. In fact, Shorin is the Japanese pronunciation of Shaolin. Excellent video!
You gave me as much knowledge in less than 30 minutes than I gained in 30 years of study. For the general public, you cleared up a lot misconceptions, l'm sure. The definition of Kung Fu was right on. Peace.
Taijiquan is the Yin Yang in human form. The study and practice gets the player closer to the Natural or Primordial state of being. Become one with nature and see through the illusion of separation. You could easily do an entire video on Taiji. In fact, I will!
Very useful thanks!
I've been practising the Shaolin arts for over 20 years and I have to say that this was a particularly good introduction to Chinese Kung Fu. Well done.
@@trailbikers I am old enough to use English correctly. What are you actually asking?
Wow surprised you tackled this one so quickly! I'll be honest I am not as well versed in Chinese martial arts despite dabbling in 7 Star Praying Mantis Kung Fu for a few months 20 years ago. But my Shifu (he spells it Sifu) told us that he's technically teaching Wushu because that phrase means Martial Art in Chinese. I took Mandarin when I first went to college and my teacher confirmed that Wushu meant Martial Art. I am looking forward to seeing you dive into the Chinese arts more.
He spells it Sifu because he's using the Cantonese pronunciation, which is indeed "see-Foo".
Wushu indeed means martial arts, but it leaves a bit of a bad taste in the mouth of people training the way folks did before the communist revolution, as Wushu has come to refer to heavy stylized "fights" for entertainment that has been promoted by the PRC rather than combat skill.
I am highly impressed
excellent video, very informative and enjoyable, shame Sanda wasn't mentioned
Wow very interesting sir thanks for the history
There is so much overlap within styles. I practice Tien Shan Pai Kung Fu and am loving it. Tai Chi pops up from time to time in some of the forms. I like the fluidity and for guys like me, large and older, most of the moves are pretty achievable. I have found it to be effective for self defense as well. My sparring has improved and I'm more aware of my movements and the movements of my opponent. If nothing else, that is a huge advantage in a fight. It's all impressive. Nice video!
A really god video. You did your research.
I cannot wait for the Xing yi episode
Very good start on the subject. It's good to note that the dialect you are refer is Mandarin. Many of the kung fu practitioners do speak Cantonese and it's a very different tonal quality. I would suggest reaching out to Grand Master Take Wah Eng in NYC to find out about more history. His is a master of Fu Jow Pai and most likely he would have his top student Paul Log talk to you. Thank you for the interest in kung if history and have a great day
Very interesting!
If you REALLY wanna go back far for the origin of several martial arts, especially kung fu, we should note the Indian one at about the 3rd century BCE - Kalaripayattu - a lot of this was disseminated to China and a lot went into Indonesia and other South Pacific places, which also had a heavy influence on the now famous Filipino martial art, Kali - which takes its name from that particular vicious Indian goddess. So cool how martial arts disseminate and evolve.
Kalaripayattu is definitely an art I've been looking at to research and I wanted to explore those very same ties. I find that kind of history fascinating.
I’m here cause I’m trying to decide what martial arts to go for after nearly 2 and a half years on bjj
Most excellent.
Really good info, almost what my Sifu taught me. The Dao sword is like a tiger claw, the Juan is like a snakes tongue. You hit alot of it correct but please understand, Shalion Kung Fu (Skills Learned over Time) has 5 families, Yang, Wing Chun, Wushu, etc, please check it out. The kung fu history has been desteoyed many times when ppl have attacked the Shalion Temples, so much knowledge lost.
Another thing your correct on, Chinese kung fu is mixed in many stills, monks would learn from ppl that were passing through, take whats effective and leave the rest. One thing that does amaze me is the flow needed to do the forms. Sil Kim Kung Hi and Tai Chi both got my health better, amazed ppl seeing me doing forms after all my medical problems.
Very informative and thorough. Consider covering the Hung Ga style!
very good video
Years ago I trained under the twin cats style (Chuan Fa/Chinese Kempo & Fu Jow Pai/tiger) the place I trained wasn't public though, but what I learned really helped me in violent encounters - it was really good stuff and it still influences me even today. I trained in Tang Soo Do for a while (made it to 1st dan) I noticed a lot of northern chinese influence in it despite being a korean art. Nowadays I'm learning Kung Fu San Soo 👊🥋☯️
Could you explain chinese kempo??
Chuan-Fa in it's hey-day was also military based given that it is a blend of various Chinese martial arts used for combative purpose.
I studied muay thai and I was always told that kempo was the most respected of the kung fu styles around us the muay thai guys. Also the krav Maga guys say that they measure a style by kempo kung fu you have to have a style as good as that one or you will get beat. You have to beat boxing wich beats almost everything. In the seventies the African American boxers during the karate kung fu craze laughed at them all except kempo it got their respect on the street kung fu is excellent. Thank you and please have a good day 😊.
Another thing I would add. At this point I teach only tai chi. I teach in a tae kwon do school. Out of respect to the school I don’t use my title. I do get asked about the differences sometimes. The way I explain the difference is really about how power is generated. In general kung fu generates power from speed and circular movement, where karate generates power from linear movement and muscle power. Neither is wrong, and it’s good to know how to use both.
I used to live in HK from 1996-1997 within a span of a year. They have numerous Wing Chun schools around the territory, mainly around Mong Kok.
I actually enrolled in the one by GM Leung Ting. While I highly respect his school and Wing Chun, I spend the whole time doing the “little ideas” form and decided that this is not for me.
So I eventually trained in Kyokushin Karate upon returning to The Philippines and became my martial art of choice up to today.
Also Chinese people have created sanda martial art. I think that the Chinese military uses it to. Not sure
Sure when monks went over to Thailand they created it.
Mi Horrorshow what? I don’t understand
@@paulthe2mikolajdupontsrens586 In China Chinese monks are knowledge gathers. They travel the country to country learning from every country. so they found Muay Thai in Thailand then, later on, combine it with Shuai jiao. Same with Kung fu it came from India but they made it into there own developed style.
Mi Horrorshow aye I see. That’s cool
@@hotpopcorncake lol, no. Sanda looks like muay thai bc is kickboxing. Nothing more, sanda focus on multiple kung fu concepts like side kick, spinning back kick, spinning back fist, etc.. which are not existance in muay thai. Clinch (which is a muay thai's forte) is pretty much non existance in sanda
About kung fu originated from india. Did even watch the video? Kung fu is not a fucking martial art is just a term that refers to CHINESE MARTIAL ARTS. About monks going to india, its all the way around. monks from india travelled to china an spread buddhism.
As with Karate, the original Okinawan system of Shuri-Te and Naha-Te had circular movements as it had Chinese origins.
But when it was introduced in Japan, the system was modified to adapt with their style of fighting thus became “linear”.
I'm learning Wing Chun. Just like to add ShiFu is Chinese SiFu is Cantonese and in the family the older brother (or sister) isn't gauged by age but by seniority (grade or when they started) So although I'm older than most of my Wing Chun family, I'm little sister as I've just passed my grade2, but I'm big sister to those who started after me
Brilliant video, thank you
Great Dan! the philosophy of Wuji sits above Taiji and Gong has 2 connotations Strong or Health is the other; Tongsau
Please do a video about choy lee fut!
Thanks!
Thank you!
This was a very good explanation of Kung Fu. you have a lot of the facts right. Oh and I train in Tang Lang(Northern Praying Mantis) and Shuai Jiao
I don’t know if there is a comment this particular style but I’m gonna ask. Speaking of Kung Fu styles. Will you do a deep dive on Kung Fu San Soo? I know some people in my life who’ve trained in this style most known taught by Jimmy H Woo down to his students who are now masters like Bill Huxley and Raul Ries ( who is a pastor ) actor and Martial Artist Gerald Okamura. ... I believe would be a great video or 2pt video. Just like the Lima Lama and Polynesian Martial Arts 👍🏼
San Soo is definitely an art I'm interested in covering.
I would that myself
Wonderful video and amazingly well researched. As a member of the Leung Sheung Wing Chun family, I can say you hit the nail on the head when discussing Kung Fu overall.
I've come across some of your videos before, but this one definitely earned you a sub from me :)
When it comes time to do a Wing Chun video, I'd be happy to provide any insights I can on how the different lineages operate, the different stories on the art's formation, and the verifiable Lineage going back to Leung Jan.
As my Sifu says, "A Kung Fu Life is a long life indeed".
I'd also love to help with clarity on certain Cantonese terms and pronunciation, which is quite important in Wing Chun (at least when learning from an old man that spent most of his life in Hong Kong or Foshan).
Thank you so much! That means a lot to hear and all I wanted to do was give the arts some justice. I would be very interested to hear what you have to say on Wing Chun, that is one we'd like to do sooner rather than later. Would you mind sending me a message through Facebook and we can talk some more details there. www.Facebook.com/ArtofOnedojo.
@@ArtofOneDojo messaged :) looking forward to talking to you!
辛苦晒！
Every ones who's ever played shenmue definitely got to the part were you mentioned the wude and went oh wow I can tell ya all about that lol actualy shenmue would be something cool to talk about that game touches on a ton of real martial arts topics
The IWUF TH-cam channel should be the go to for people interest in Wushu Taolu and Wushu Sanda (the World Wushu championships take place later this year )
I believe in cross training . I personally practice Qigong and Ba Gua Zhang for a moving meditations . I practice Wudang, Wing Chun, Barzilian jiu jutsu, Bubishi Karate, TaeKwon Do, and some Bujikan, taijutsu . I believe in adaptation .
Excellent chronicling of the art of Chinese martial arts, referred collectively under the general banner of 'Kung Fu'. I remember reading martial arts books and magazines, where they said that the word 'Kung Fu' referred to ability, skill, or capacity and mastery of a particular skill or knowledge. For example a painter's Kung Fu, would be painting, a chef's Kung Fu would be cooking, a doctor's Kung Fu medicine and so forth.
Wu Shu definitely and literally means martial arts. Prior to this being the official and nationally recognised terminology, to describe the combat styles of China, by the Chinese government, some other terms floating around were, Guo Shu (national art) for example. It is true that Chinese martial arts already existed before the establishment of the Shaolin Buddhist temples, throughout China. Many renegade soldiers or freedom fighters, were Kung Fu experts, many of whom who had sought refuge from persecution, at the Shaolin temple. There they would share their knowledge with the monks, as well as other fellow warriors, hiding from their persecutors. So as such Shaolin temple became a melting pot of various combat systems. One good example is the eagle claw Kung Fu style, which it is said it was developed by an army general, eventually this style, ending up at the Shaolin temple, being added to their Kung Fu or Wu Shu, curriculum.
Gung Fu was the legendary Bruce Lee's preferred, alternative pronunciation of Kung Fu, as was the case with other Southern Chinese people. Without offending anyone, I do not ascribe to the theory, that the Indian Buddhist monk, Boddhidarma, who travelled from India to the Shaolin temple in China, aside from Buddhist doctrine, had brought with him martial arts knowledge, which he then passed onto the Shaolin temple monks.
He only taught them yoga exercises, to help them recover, from the prolonged and strenuous periods of meditation. In fact Indian martial arts share nothing similar, nor in common with Chinese self defense systems. Simply put one can see the similarities of the foundations of stances and so forth in Asian martial arts styles such as taekwondo, karate, as well as Kung Fu itself as its derivative source. Just like similarly Japanese sumo wrestling, Chinese wrestling or Shuai Chiao, Korean wrestling or Ssirum, then Japanese jujutsu and subsequently Japanese Judo, share many similarities with one another, because of their derivative origins from Mongolian wrestling (Baktor)!
So all in all Boddhidarma having been the one to establish Shaolin Kung Fu, is more than a myth, since Kung Fu in China already existed numerous years prior to his arrival at the Shaolin temple, also Shaolin temple and Buddhist, religious doctrine was already in fervorous practice at the Shaolin temple, prior to his eventual arrival there. Futhermore my university Chinese history teacher, Doctor Thomas Bartlett, as well as his wife Doctor Li Liao who taught Chinese and Asian archeology, when I asked them about Boddhidarma. They both said that there was no archeological proof, that he was a martial artist. In other words no combat manuscripts, scrolls, so forth were discovered, to have been brought by him, along with his Buddhist religious texts, when he had arrived at the Shaolin temple, from his native India. So him being the patriarch of Shaolin temple Kung Fu, is nothing more than mythical folklore. He did contribute to the further enlightenment of Buddhist ideology, as well as introducing yoga exercises, as well as other meditational practices, but other than that no combat teachings, as he was not someone that had ever been a warrior. Chinese Wu Shu in general are the reformed ,gymnastics almost like renditions of traditional Chinese Kung Fu, by the Chinese Communist party cadres, in order to try and promote good active health system, in schools and universities, however with a much structured, formal, organised curriculum, in contrast to the typical, traditional Kung Fu systems, where there is more relaxed and less regimented training approach.
Looking forward to your continuation of the Chinese Kung Fu martial arts styles, Sensei Dan, perhaps with a look to things such as its influence on aspects of popular culture such as film's, video games even comic books with characters such as Iron Fist and Shang Chi for example. Greetings as always from Melbourne, Australia Sensei Dan, Osu!🥋🤛🤜👊😊✌.
It's nice to hear that you are very passionate about knowing about Kung Fu. You also get several things correct, which some people choose not to believe in 😉 Most historians agree, based on critical stud, that even the oldest existing empty hand practices (mostly Xingyi) are no longer than 500 years old (Qi Jiguang mentions does mention arts which do not exist in our time any more, but it does not lead to much, if any, conclusion). Also the Shaolin history has been reinterpreted: Bodhidharma did never teach martial arts and he has nothing to do with Yoga, either. The text attributing physical exercises to him has been proven to be a hoax written no longer than 400 years ago. Shaolin did develop its martial arts, but they were originally weapon-based only. Neither does Eagle Boxing belong to traditional Shaolin teaching curriculum.
But it's really nice that you are interested in knowing more and knowing better! Not many people desire that, even in these days. 🙂
Great video! I practice a northern praying mantis style (meihua tanglong quan), and I think I may have heard you explain the differences between Chinese power generation and Japanese power generation backwards. In my style at least, we’re taught to use our waist, not our hips, to generate power. I’ve even learned the same in tai chi quan. I also have a black belt in TaeKwonDo, but I was taught to use my hips in that style. I may have misheard that part of the video though, I’ll have to watch again to be sure
It probably doesn't apply to ALL the arts, I'm sure there are exceptions. :)
Do you have/can you make a similar episode on Japanese Martial Arts? Maybe other style of martial arts such as boxing,savate ,european,combatives etc. You talk VERY analytically and comprehensively .Thanks for sharing
I have made a similar episode, "What is Karate?". I also did a 3 part series on Kyokushin and American Kenpo. Additionally I did shorter episodes on Taekwondo, Bujinkan, and JuJutsu. You can find those earlier in the list.
Thank you for the kind words, and we have a lot more in the works :)
Could you please start with Southern Styles like Jow Ga, Hung Gar, Choy Li Faat, Fu Jiao Pai (or Black Tiger Claw).
I would also be interested in Shuai Jiao please.
My goal is to definitely hit those arts, the most likely one to cover first will be Wing Chun and XingYiQuan, mainly because I already have some collaboration in the works for those.
Loved the video! I've been doing kung fu for 12 years now and it's the very basis of my entire life. I wanted to add that the term kung fu was first used to refer to the chinese martial arts by Bruce Lee when he created Jeet Kune Do.
One thing most kung fu practitioners forget is that styles were created by families then passed on, and each style was modified by each member of the family when passed on the style, that's why there are so many styles and variations of styles. It's cool to see people practicing something that is millenia old, but people almost always frown upon people who drift away from they're original style to create they're own form. I did it myself and get a lot of feedback about this. Positive and negative ones. Kung fu students should have they're minds open to new knowledge and try new stuff and be aware to "masters" who forbid their students to try anything new
I feel this should apply to many arts, keeping an open mind and molding and improving is the way to keep it relevant. Tradition is one thing, but arts should be organic and grow with the practitioners.
This was really good being a Kung Fu guy. It will be really awesome to do a history of Wing Chun the difference lineages of the system. If you need any help I got you :-)