Whats the matter with kung fu?

Okay why do people say kung fu is only a skill and not very good?. I mean i do kung fu and i think it can easily beat other styles if you are good at it.|||Kung fu is a very good skill, those who say otherwise probably haven%26#039;t looked at it much. There is no single answer when it comes to combat. If you were a great natural fighter then Kung Fu would help you be better. Some schools push too much theoretical and not enough practical. Part of this is because kung fu tends to center on techniques that are very deadly. Hard to find people willing to let another student eye jab them with full power.





My study of kung fu has been very mixed with other styles though. I%26#039;ve seen some of the most talented martial artists in the world and that statement saying they would mop up the floor with the UFC types is laughable. First of all the most knowledgable person doesn%26#039;t always win. Then realize most UFC types study a decent mixture of styles. Someone who is average skill at hitting, kicking, grappling, elbowing and knees is going to wipe the floor with a great skilled person at any one of those.





The main thing is to stop letting your choice of study be a matter of ego. Seems 90% of the world believes that there is one secret style to overcome all others. This is simply not true. MA is a personal choice and most are going to follow what makes sense to them. If you are busy trying to prove one thing is the best you are missing a lot and will therefore always be mediocre. This is because you aren%26#039;t being objective. All MA styles have both good and bad techniques.





Basically it boils down to how you include/exclude techniques. You should try anything that seems good but don%26#039;t be afraid to say that something is bad just because it is in a style you like. Once you learn a bit of MA you will probably be able to decide pretty quickly if a new technique is good or bad. You don%26#039;t want to get in the habit of dismissing things too quickly but you should be able to say if it seems as good as what you already know. Really good artists tend to learn something pretty well before they exclude it...but then they really exclude it. It isn%26#039;t always that a technique is flawed, sometimes it is there to fit someone besides you. Don%26#039;t be afraid to test new things and exclude them if you don%26#039;t like them. To me it seems better to try a bad technique and prove it doesn%26#039;t work for you than to exclude a good technique because you think it has no merit without attempting it.





Once you realize they all have good and bad, the enlightened person is going to look at how to improve the bad. If kung fu is too %26#039;soft%26#039; then maybe you should do work to practice making it harder. The yin %26amp; yang concept is a good guideline when evaluating styles. If something is pure soft then it lacks power and the reverse is also bad. Look for a balance between soft and hard, hitting and kicking, standing and grappling, long and short range, offensive and defensive, theory and application. If you constantly strive for balance rather than leaning to the extreme you will be ahead of most of the competition.|||nothing who said it was?|||It%26#039;s not the style that grants you prowess, it%26#039;s the overall comprehension of it that makes one affective against all other styles.|||If the martial art fits you and you enjoy it then theres nothing wrong with it. I personally don%26#039;t care for it, but thats only my opinion. Kung-Fu doesn%26#039;t fit me. I will agree that it%26#039;s a very beautiful art, and quite complex.


Don%26#039;t worry about what others say, everyone thinks their own art is the best.|||it sucks cause u throw a kung fu kick u leave a huge opening kung fu is all attack no denfence srry man but i could kick your a**


-Jake





Clearly you know nothing about Kung Fu. As stated before, people who know Kung Fu have a great power in them, and are are careful about how they use it and make sure not to flaunt it about. Go to the Shaolin Temple in China and try to beat one of them. Good Luck with that.





If some little punk on the street knows you know Kung Fu, he%26#039;s automatically going to attack you, as if he has something to prove. %26quot;You may know martial arts, but I know how to get crazy.%26quot;


Yea. Typical for some wannabe to think he%26#039;s tough %26quot;%26#039;Cause I%26#039;m from the streets.%26quot; That%26#039;s why they would rather buy a weapon than develop one. (I forget who said that last part, but it wasn%26#039;t me who thought of it. Don%26#039;t sue!)





The whole idea behind Kung Fu is defense. They don%26#039;t teach these things to any idiot who can use it to mug and rob people. However, it is a valid argument to say that the best self defense is a pre-emptive attack, but only when threatened.|||What?|||My experience with kung fu is that it is a beautiful martial art with a lot of moves were you say %26quot;WTF is that supposed to be?%26quot;. When I was first just watching my son doing Shaolin Dragon, I wasn%26#039;t so convinced that it would do any damage because no one was putting a lot of force into the strikes like karate or hung gar kung fu (an external style as opposed to dragon which is a mix of internal and external). But when Sifu explained what the moves were for, I thought it was NASTY!!! These were not moves were you go to use on your playmates nor do you use them in tournaments (you%26#039;d be kicked out for using dangerous and unsportsmanlike moves). I started taking lessons and the deeper the understanding of the art, the more I respect the system and hope that I%26#039;d never have to use it. We don%26#039;t concentrate on delivering the most powerful blows so we can overpower the opponent. We learn how to defend and be able to incapacitate or knock down a bigger opponent in brutal fashion in a few moves even though it doesn%26#039;t look like we used much force. We learn how to counter different types of opponents whether they are distance fighters (TKD), grapplers, etc. while adopting our individual strengths for use to best effect. Women find the system very effective because brute strength is not needed to be effective. A Shaolin nun happens to be one of the originators of the system. BTW, all these are just beginner level techniques. Once one learns the internal parts, forget about it. That%26#039;s why you don%26#039;t see testosterone-filled idiots trying to flaunt their %26quot;skills%26quot; because KF is no joke.





Kung fu also has chin na grappling, ground fighting techniques, pressure point techniques, dim mak, weapons (!), wrestling, throws, medicine. I bet many so-called martial arts can%26#039;t make a similar claim.





Continue on with your kung fu and good luck.|||Tell anyone who says that to start a fight with Jackie Chan, he does kung fu - theres probably only a select few people in the world who could beat him!





All martial arts are a %26#039;skill%26#039;. i.e. you have to develop yourself in order to learn them.





You%26#039;ll probably find that the problem people have with Kung Fu is that it%26#039;s Chinese, whereas most other forms of fighting arts are Japanese, Thai e.t.c. The Chinese and Japanese don%26#039;t respect each others arts (or people) very much. Try using a Chinese greeting to a Japanese person, you%26#039;ll see what I mean!|||it sucks cause u throw a kung fu kick u leave a huge opening kung fu is all attack no denfence srry man but i could kick your a**|||It all in the training mate.


Kung fu training doesnt include sparring.


And if it does... it doesnt include sparring with other styles of fighting.


Thats the key....test continuously against other styles and other fighters.





by the way...styles dont beat styles. Fighters beat fighters.





also by the way... Jackie Chan is an actor with a big ego who would get his *** kicked by any decent MMA fighter|||Dont know all that, but I do know that %26quot;everybody was kung fu fightin%26#039;%26quot; and that those cats were as fast as lightnin%26#039;|||It is the man that makes the art, not vice versa.|||well skills can only get you so far... sometime


unfortunatly there are some people who are monsterously strong and fighting those people with skills won%26#039;t help you much|||The people who say that haven%26#039;t met a real kung fu expert. I have met several, and each one would mop the whole ultimate fighting bunch around a cage single-handed.





The difference is two things. First, a lot of people say they teach kung fu, but they don%26#039;t really know it. These people give kung fu a bad name.





Second, the very best kung fu practitioners don%26#039;t like to show off by entering big fights. It%26#039;s a side-effect of the kung fu training. It mellows you out and makes you realize that ego and reputation don%26#039;t matter. None of the masters I know would bother entering a ring, but they are very capable at defending themselves. Their abilities are terrifying, and it%26#039;s a good thing that such power comes with a mellowing of personality.|||Kung fu isnt not just martial art. it%26#039;s a way of life i guess. people who do kung fu are usually good people they dont like to harm people.





i guess it%26#039;s a western world. people are force to thinking that wrestling or boxing or any rough fighting style are the most effective way to defend ourselves.





well, they%26#039;re wrong. i see kung fu as the non-violent martial art. it can be deadly as well as other fighting style.





The reason why people think kung fu isnt cool is because they dont know it anything about it at all. not many shows performing kung fu. like as we all know, wrestling and boxing are very popular. but why isnt kung fu? because it%26#039;s not intended for show. it%26#039;s expensive, beautiful, artistic, and historical. people dont allow kungfu to be brought up to audiences for bad purposes or show business. kung fu is way too good for that.|||nothing.. actually its a self depends and can help you. take care!!





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