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by mysteryhawk on December 4th, 2004

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What is Kung Fu?

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  • by Feather on December 6th, 2004

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    the name Kung Fu tranlates into "skill through training"

    kung fu was created by the shoalin monks because the monks were finding that they were getting weak from only praying

    Shoalin: translates to small forest

    Kung Fu is an art that is soft yet steel, water but ice

    basically its fluid then hard

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  • by Anonymous on December 21st, 2005

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    The words Kung Fu litteraly translate into time and energy or skill. In order to become skilled at anything you have to practice which requires time and energy. Some one who is very skilled with computers could be said to have good computer kung fu.
    The martial art began in the shoulin temples when a man named bohdirama went to the temples and observed the monks. The monks would meditate so long that they would fall asleep, plus their bodies were weak from lack of physical exercise. Bohdirama taught the monks seven hand movements to help keep them awake during meditation. After learning this the monks came to believe only through training both body and mind could one truely achieve enlightenment. Through years of observing and training the monks fighting skills became legendary.
    After the destruction of the temples the surviving monks went seperate ways to live, train, and teach in secret. This is the main reason there are so many different styles of kung fu. In short kung fu is a label put on many Chinese martial arts. Kung fu combines hard and soft, body and mind to create a compleate person who only uses what they know to defend themselves or someone they love.

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