Is there a difference between tae kwon do and kung fu?

I see them as the same thing, but when i asked someone they told me I was wrong. someone help me!|||Tae Kwon Do is a Korean martial art and kung fu is more Chinese. Tae Kwon Do%26#039;s specialty is kicking and direct striking. Kung fu is a softer fluid style but that does not mean it%26#039;s not powerful.





They are the same that they are a martial art. It%26#039;s like saying boxing and judo are the same because they are fighting sports. Same general category, but totally different in means of technique.|||Of course there is a difference. They wouldn%26#039;t have different names if they weren%26#039;t different, now would they?|||tae kwon do is something people wont really know what it is when you tell them about it but KUNG FU is something people will actually know. TAKE KUNG FU|||Taekwondo is more specific of a term and kung fu is very broad. Overall though, taekwondo emphasizes kicks and point sparring. Taekwondo is distinctive because of its kicks and differs from kung fu in its more hard, linear, and direct approach. There are two major organizations of taekwondo and those are World TaekwonDo Federation (WTF) and International Taekwondo Federation (ITF). Kung fu is very very very broad. There is mostly shaolin kung fu and there are two general types of that. Southern shaolin emphasizes lower, powerful stances and the three most common are choy li fut, wing chun, and hung gar. (Side note: Jeet Kune Do is like a refined form of wing chun and some other aspects of other arts, if you ever watched bruce lee) There are also Northern style Shaolin arts that I wouldnt really want to go too much into so I%26#039;ll just call the general name of changquan. Northern has more jumps and kicks than southern and is probably because the chinese in the northern areas were taller and could not train with fists during the winter. Kung Fu is overall more soft and less hard than taekwondo (except maybe wing chun) and I would say sometimes a bit more flashy but can be just as effective. Also there are internal arts like taijiquan (tai chi), baguazhang, etc... that are part of kung fu.|||there is a major difference taekwondo is a martial art based on high kicks and knife hand strikes, kung fu is a martial art based on animal movements also there from different countries.|||They are completly different styles of martial arts.|||yes, i used to do tae-kwon-do, and am actually a black belt, tae involves much more legs and discipline whilst kung-fu is more self defense and involves alot more upper body attacks|||I can tell you are a beginner to Martial arts, so welcome! Yes they are completely different. Tae Kwon Do, is a martial art that originated in Korea. And Heavily emphasizes kicks. Kung Fu had influenced TKD. Kung Fu, means Chinese Martial Arts. It can refer to hundreds of different Chinese Arts. It is said, that Kung Fu influenced most modern day arts. But their were more even before that.