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Monday, November 16, 2009
Can anyone experienced in martial art before tell me the difference between wushu and tai chi chuan ?
compare the avantages ...what is the most effecient,powerful ..?
cause i boggle between those two magnificient arts|||%26quot;Wushu%26quot; is coined by mainland China to encompass all martial arts and Chinese Wushu can be mainly divided into two subsets. Subset %26quot;Chuantong Wushu%26quot; or %26quot;Traditional Wushu%26quot; ideally refers to the classical martial arts styles that haven%26#039;t been tainted with competition requirements but are taught for effectiveness. %26quot;Xiandai Wushu%26quot; or %26quot;Modern Wushu%26quot; is essentially flashy performance and competition sets with no applicability at one extreme and kickboxing-like Sanda in the other extreme with no moderation in between as most Modern Wushu practitioners train in either one or the other but not both. (The western world generally use %26quot;Wushu%26quot; in references to Modern Wushu performance routines, %26quot;Sanda%26quot; to mean the Modern Wushu contact sports, and %26quot;KungFu/GungFu/GongFu%26quot; to mean Traditional Wushu.)
TaiChi/Taiji is a style of Chinese Martial Arts with practitioners in both Modern and Traditional Wushu camps as well as New-Age-health-nuts. Modern Wushu Taichi is for performance. Recent competitions in Modern Taichi even has people performing tornado kicks, butterfly kicks not unlike other Modern Wushu performance routines. Traditional TaiChi is tough training like any other Traditional Wushu styles. The TaiChi for health camp is pretty much just people finding new ways to work out and shouldn%26#039;t be considered martial artists.
Your request for comparison between Wushu and Taichi isn%26#039;t valid, because you are comparing a general martial arts term/trend to a martial arts style. It%26#039;s like asking for a comparison between an automobile and a Lincoln Towncar.|||They are both highly impractical fighting styles. Wushu is much flashier and acrobatic, and you could do some minimal damage. Tai Chi is way too slow for fighting. The main thing is that they work on your mind and spirit.|||Wushu is very active and requires great agility and energy. It%26#039;s like gymnastics. Tai Chi is like moving meditation with no jumps and very rare quick movements. You move slowly paying careful attention to your weight distribution and posture. They are totally different.
Wushu uses weapons, Tai Chi can use a sword but very very slowly.
How can you call them both magnificent when you don%26#039;t know what they are?|||when china decided to standardize the martial arts and use it in competition, it developed wushu. wushu techniques are stylized to look good in competition, rather than retaining the actual fighting techniques. wushu gives you great conditioning and flexibility, but may not make you a good fighter. it depends on the instructor%26#039;s background as with any martial art.
tai chi chuan is a fighting art that has 5 main styles: chen, yang, wu, wu-hao, and sun. wushu tai chi looks alot like chen style. the most popular style of tai chi is the yang style. most instructors teach tai chi for health benefits, so it%26#039;s hard to find one who has the thorough knowledge to explain the principles used in actual fighting. when watching a tai qi class, are their bodies ( legs, hips, arms) moving as one unit?
cause i boggle between those two magnificient arts|||%26quot;Wushu%26quot; is coined by mainland China to encompass all martial arts and Chinese Wushu can be mainly divided into two subsets. Subset %26quot;Chuantong Wushu%26quot; or %26quot;Traditional Wushu%26quot; ideally refers to the classical martial arts styles that haven%26#039;t been tainted with competition requirements but are taught for effectiveness. %26quot;Xiandai Wushu%26quot; or %26quot;Modern Wushu%26quot; is essentially flashy performance and competition sets with no applicability at one extreme and kickboxing-like Sanda in the other extreme with no moderation in between as most Modern Wushu practitioners train in either one or the other but not both. (The western world generally use %26quot;Wushu%26quot; in references to Modern Wushu performance routines, %26quot;Sanda%26quot; to mean the Modern Wushu contact sports, and %26quot;KungFu/GungFu/GongFu%26quot; to mean Traditional Wushu.)
TaiChi/Taiji is a style of Chinese Martial Arts with practitioners in both Modern and Traditional Wushu camps as well as New-Age-health-nuts. Modern Wushu Taichi is for performance. Recent competitions in Modern Taichi even has people performing tornado kicks, butterfly kicks not unlike other Modern Wushu performance routines. Traditional TaiChi is tough training like any other Traditional Wushu styles. The TaiChi for health camp is pretty much just people finding new ways to work out and shouldn%26#039;t be considered martial artists.
Your request for comparison between Wushu and Taichi isn%26#039;t valid, because you are comparing a general martial arts term/trend to a martial arts style. It%26#039;s like asking for a comparison between an automobile and a Lincoln Towncar.|||They are both highly impractical fighting styles. Wushu is much flashier and acrobatic, and you could do some minimal damage. Tai Chi is way too slow for fighting. The main thing is that they work on your mind and spirit.|||Wushu is very active and requires great agility and energy. It%26#039;s like gymnastics. Tai Chi is like moving meditation with no jumps and very rare quick movements. You move slowly paying careful attention to your weight distribution and posture. They are totally different.
Wushu uses weapons, Tai Chi can use a sword but very very slowly.
How can you call them both magnificent when you don%26#039;t know what they are?|||when china decided to standardize the martial arts and use it in competition, it developed wushu. wushu techniques are stylized to look good in competition, rather than retaining the actual fighting techniques. wushu gives you great conditioning and flexibility, but may not make you a good fighter. it depends on the instructor%26#039;s background as with any martial art.
tai chi chuan is a fighting art that has 5 main styles: chen, yang, wu, wu-hao, and sun. wushu tai chi looks alot like chen style. the most popular style of tai chi is the yang style. most instructors teach tai chi for health benefits, so it%26#039;s hard to find one who has the thorough knowledge to explain the principles used in actual fighting. when watching a tai qi class, are their bodies ( legs, hips, arms) moving as one unit?
What are some ways to improve straight sword flower?
Hi, i am currently learning wushu, i am using straight sword. I would like to know how to improve my flower, how to make it go faster, Is there any tricks or tips that i can use?|||Honestly...
Relax, and dont forget to breathe.
Kung fu isint about the muscles so much as tendons and knowing when to apply the power. youll find when you relax, espically in the shoulders, youll actually speed up alot. Alot of times you wont even realize how tense your shouders are till you think about it.
I still fight that battle constantly ;) just from years of shotokan, i have to force myself to loosen up a little, Specially when working with the streight sword or short staff
Relax, and dont forget to breathe.
Kung fu isint about the muscles so much as tendons and knowing when to apply the power. youll find when you relax, espically in the shoulders, youll actually speed up alot. Alot of times you wont even realize how tense your shouders are till you think about it.
I still fight that battle constantly ;) just from years of shotokan, i have to force myself to loosen up a little, Specially when working with the streight sword or short staff
Jiu-Jitsu or Judo? Previous experience in Wushu.?
I%26#039;ve had several years of Wushu, and am looking to start some sort of formal martial arts training again. My choices are limited, as I%26#039;m in a small town that has little to offer. So now my choices are Jiu-Jitsu or Judo. I don%26#039;t know that my previous training would be largely beneficial to me for either one as they seem to both focus on grappling. I thought I%26#039;d ask if anyone had a suggestion that could help me decide.|||Question:? Do you like throwing people? If so, then you will be better off doing judo. Judo focuses more on throwing your opponent before starting the ground work. Jiu Jitsu pretty much starts from the ground, but in my experience rolling with BJJ guys, they are much better on the ground than judo guys. I teach Judo and have to say that Judo for me is a more practical self defense, because you learn to manipulate your opponent from the standing position. Both styles are great for ground defense, with BJJ having a slight edge (my opinion), but I would rather start from a standing position than from the ground. Take these factors into account before you decide.|||If you have access, do both. Perhaps 1-3 months of one, then 1-3 months of the other. Judo is great on the feet. But depending on the school you go to, they may not spend much time on the ground. I haven%26#039;t studied jiu-jitsu, but I rolled around with some of the bjj guys at university and their ground tactics easily outclassed me.|||well judo is the sports version of Jiujitsu , so it all depends on how each teach school teaches their art, best thing is try both and c how u like it, nothing hear will help u unless u get a feel for the dojos , so try both and c,
and by the way is the jiujitsu, Japanese or Brazilian bc there is a big difference, alot of the same techniques just different methods of learning
and by the way is the jiujitsu, Japanese or Brazilian bc there is a big difference, alot of the same techniques just different methods of learning
Wushu school in south delhi?
is there any good wushu martial art school in south delhi?|||Home%26gt;Mens Health%26gt;Wushu School%26gt;.......south delhi? Makes no sense. Is this some. Never mind.|||Mmm yess.... Its around the corner from petes prostitutes... it may look more like a small shack... and it may seem like theres some crazy naked person inside.... BUT JUST GO IN!
Chinese wushu or korean hapkido?
there are too schools near me that teach chinese wushu and korean hapkido/taekwondo and I cant decide which one to choose. I want something that is impressive in a demo and can be used in a performance. Also, I%26#039;m looking for effectiveness too, but mostly something that looks cool|||I suppose it all depends on what you mean by %26quot;used in a performance%26quot; and %26quot;looks cool?%26quot;
If you are looking for pretty, flowing ballet-like movements then wushu is the way to go. On the other hand, if you are looking for the fancy kicking you see in the movies with amazing ticking and precision techniques, then Tae Kwon Do is what you want. Add to that the graceful throws and break falls of Hapkido and you have a very cool combination that looks AWESOME and Hapkido...authentic Hapkido is unbelievable effective for self defense.
~~|||Find out if your Wushu school teaches San shue as well...it is a kung fu based boxing which is on the rise (fighter Cung Le) Hapkido is effective as well.....however if you want demos with hapkido join Kuk Sool Wan :)|||Effectiveness: Hapkido - most of the time they don%26#039;t have too many jumping kicks, but they do have joint locks, kicks, punches, defense against weapons and usually groundfighting and weapon techniques of more practical weapons like clubs, knives, rope/belt and canes.
Impressive in Demonstrations: Wushu or Taekwondo would serve that purpose. Taekwondo with their athletic moves and spinning kicks that are accurate and difficult for someone that hasn%26#039;t ever taken martial arts to accomplish. Some styles of Kung Fu / Wushu also have spectacular techniques and the weapon techinques are fun to watch.
My recommendation? Taekwondo and Hapkido as they are a great combination. They both use Korean terms and there is some carryover with each art. Especially if they are taught at the same school. You can learn the flashing techniques and enter sparring competitions in Taekwondo and Hapkido would teach your practical techniques of self-defense. Good Luck!|||A lot of people here finds easier to suggest which art to take because that is what the person is currently involved in.
The reality is I don%26#039;t know you from the gecko thus it makes it even more harder. Finding the right school, style and instructor can be a very discouraging and perplexing endeavor. The truth is ultimately only %26quot;YOU%26quot; can make that decision.
I don%26#039;t believe in the %26quot;one size fits all%26quot; mentality. It would be hard to picture a sumotori ( person who trains in Sumo) doing a 360 jump spin triple kick. My point is that you have to find an art that fits YOU. It does not matter which art. Just find an art that will make YOU feel happy.
The best suggestion I can offer you is to try both styles or any other styles. Call the schools to see if they are offering free lessons or find out if they have any and how much is introductory classes for a month.
Taking one trial classes just does not cut it because at that moment you%26#039;re excited and often times this excitement often leads you to making a wrong decision such signing a long term contract ( Never ever sign a contract !) or other bad decisions.
Martial Arts training is about making right choices and good investment. If you are serious enough, It pays to do your homework before you do your legwork.
Good Luck !|||It%26#039;s a shame that people still bash other arts when it is always clear that the style doesn%26#039;t make the fighter, it%26#039;s the fighter that makes the style. Try to take a sample class in both schools and find one that speaks to your heart.|||If you%26#039;re looking for cool looking go for the wushu.|||hapkido... You Hap to be kidoing me (i love to be corny)|||Wushu is tournament based martial art mainly for show. The flimsy broadswords, bo staves, etc. are very appealing to the eyes. Hapkido is completely different. It focuses on locks and using your opponents momentum against them. Jumping and spinning kicks are important as well, but it%26#039;s mainly a defensive martial art, with much more offensive capabilities than Aikido.|||both of those suck, jiu jitsu is where its at. but hey if you want to do a bunch of magic tricks and impress people go for hapkido and wushu, but remember jiu jitsu beats them both. check it out on you tube.
If you are looking for pretty, flowing ballet-like movements then wushu is the way to go. On the other hand, if you are looking for the fancy kicking you see in the movies with amazing ticking and precision techniques, then Tae Kwon Do is what you want. Add to that the graceful throws and break falls of Hapkido and you have a very cool combination that looks AWESOME and Hapkido...authentic Hapkido is unbelievable effective for self defense.
~~|||Find out if your Wushu school teaches San shue as well...it is a kung fu based boxing which is on the rise (fighter Cung Le) Hapkido is effective as well.....however if you want demos with hapkido join Kuk Sool Wan :)|||Effectiveness: Hapkido - most of the time they don%26#039;t have too many jumping kicks, but they do have joint locks, kicks, punches, defense against weapons and usually groundfighting and weapon techniques of more practical weapons like clubs, knives, rope/belt and canes.
Impressive in Demonstrations: Wushu or Taekwondo would serve that purpose. Taekwondo with their athletic moves and spinning kicks that are accurate and difficult for someone that hasn%26#039;t ever taken martial arts to accomplish. Some styles of Kung Fu / Wushu also have spectacular techniques and the weapon techinques are fun to watch.
My recommendation? Taekwondo and Hapkido as they are a great combination. They both use Korean terms and there is some carryover with each art. Especially if they are taught at the same school. You can learn the flashing techniques and enter sparring competitions in Taekwondo and Hapkido would teach your practical techniques of self-defense. Good Luck!|||A lot of people here finds easier to suggest which art to take because that is what the person is currently involved in.
The reality is I don%26#039;t know you from the gecko thus it makes it even more harder. Finding the right school, style and instructor can be a very discouraging and perplexing endeavor. The truth is ultimately only %26quot;YOU%26quot; can make that decision.
I don%26#039;t believe in the %26quot;one size fits all%26quot; mentality. It would be hard to picture a sumotori ( person who trains in Sumo) doing a 360 jump spin triple kick. My point is that you have to find an art that fits YOU. It does not matter which art. Just find an art that will make YOU feel happy.
The best suggestion I can offer you is to try both styles or any other styles. Call the schools to see if they are offering free lessons or find out if they have any and how much is introductory classes for a month.
Taking one trial classes just does not cut it because at that moment you%26#039;re excited and often times this excitement often leads you to making a wrong decision such signing a long term contract ( Never ever sign a contract !) or other bad decisions.
Martial Arts training is about making right choices and good investment. If you are serious enough, It pays to do your homework before you do your legwork.
Good Luck !|||It%26#039;s a shame that people still bash other arts when it is always clear that the style doesn%26#039;t make the fighter, it%26#039;s the fighter that makes the style. Try to take a sample class in both schools and find one that speaks to your heart.|||If you%26#039;re looking for cool looking go for the wushu.|||hapkido... You Hap to be kidoing me (i love to be corny)|||Wushu is tournament based martial art mainly for show. The flimsy broadswords, bo staves, etc. are very appealing to the eyes. Hapkido is completely different. It focuses on locks and using your opponents momentum against them. Jumping and spinning kicks are important as well, but it%26#039;s mainly a defensive martial art, with much more offensive capabilities than Aikido.|||both of those suck, jiu jitsu is where its at. but hey if you want to do a bunch of magic tricks and impress people go for hapkido and wushu, but remember jiu jitsu beats them both. check it out on you tube.
How hard should i exerise wushu?
You need to determine what your goal is. If you are seeking to become a world athlete then you need to practice 5-8 hours daily.
If you are training for health purposes, then you wouldn%26#039;t train as much. Your age and state of health is equally important. For instance, 2 hours daily for a teenager would be fine, but for someone who is over the age of 60 a less strenuous exercise schedule would be appropriate.|||Always know your limitations.
If you are training for health purposes, then you wouldn%26#039;t train as much. Your age and state of health is equally important. For instance, 2 hours daily for a teenager would be fine, but for someone who is over the age of 60 a less strenuous exercise schedule would be appropriate.|||Always know your limitations.
Chinese wushu?
I know that Chinese Wushu doesn%26#039;t have a set grading/belt system but international wushu does. There are 18 weapon systems. As well as several fighting styles.
However, I have seen that in international wushu someone can become a sixth dan in chinese but in international wushu they are ninth dan.
How does this happen?
What is the highest dan one can receive in either?
Please give sources if you have them.
Thanks for your help in advance... if anyone gives it.|||hi
I%26#039;m Chinese but young guys here are not into wushu^_^
i think the differences are due to different dan(duanwei in Chinese) systems,i mean there are two systems running for domestic practitioners and overseas.
generally,it is easier for a guy to get ninth dan in international competition,in which there are fewer high-level practitioners,but in mainland china,it is not so easy,
However, I have seen that in international wushu someone can become a sixth dan in chinese but in international wushu they are ninth dan.
How does this happen?
What is the highest dan one can receive in either?
Please give sources if you have them.
Thanks for your help in advance... if anyone gives it.|||hi
I%26#039;m Chinese but young guys here are not into wushu^_^
i think the differences are due to different dan(duanwei in Chinese) systems,i mean there are two systems running for domestic practitioners and overseas.
generally,it is easier for a guy to get ninth dan in international competition,in which there are fewer high-level practitioners,but in mainland china,it is not so easy,
Anyone go to this martial school Hua Mei Tai Chi & Wushu and have an opinion about it?
hey anyone out there go to Hua Mei Tai Chi %26amp; Wushu
Education Center,??
what is it like?
how%26#039;s the sparring and whatnot?
what is the cost?|||I don%26#039;t go to that particular school, but I can tell you that the style is great. For the school that I go to, it costs 70 for one style. 90 per month unlimited. Good luck
Education Center,??
what is it like?
how%26#039;s the sparring and whatnot?
what is the cost?|||I don%26#039;t go to that particular school, but I can tell you that the style is great. For the school that I go to, it costs 70 for one style. 90 per month unlimited. Good luck
What websites can i learn wushu from?
ever since i saw jet li%26#039;s fearless i wanted to start training because im already traing with bas rutten|||You cannot learn any form of martial arts from from a book, or the internet.
Any wushu practitioners hanging around here?
I have practiced some wushu elements in my kung fu|||I started training modern wushu (which I still love!), but now I basically train Shaolin Kung Fu
In practicing wushu do we ned to go to the basics?
Wushu|||oyea you need to always work and stay well established in the basics. The foundation is based on that. Wu shu demands your focus and ability to harmonize your body%26#039;s posture, movements, thought, and keep it at a pace that it becomes like water flowing. This continuos action is the basic foundation of Wu Shu. And when weilding a dangerous weapon, you fully see and understand it%26#039;s importance of the basics.
It is said a great master simply returns to being a beginner, as we grow we learn where what we thought once was perfect was not. It is the never ending road to perfection. That is Wu Shu, old or new, the same intention.
Wu Shu has many doors as do CMA, but the common principle is perfection of the person thru self discovery. And trust me it is a long road, and without all the glory of say MMA.|||Do you mean return to them or start there?|||yes, you need to built the foundation so that you are less likely to get injured during the Wushu practice.
It is said a great master simply returns to being a beginner, as we grow we learn where what we thought once was perfect was not. It is the never ending road to perfection. That is Wu Shu, old or new, the same intention.
Wu Shu has many doors as do CMA, but the common principle is perfection of the person thru self discovery. And trust me it is a long road, and without all the glory of say MMA.|||Do you mean return to them or start there?|||yes, you need to built the foundation so that you are less likely to get injured during the Wushu practice.
Where can i practice/study wushu?
where can i study wushu if I live in san mateo,rizal,philippines|||check out this babes location.....................
The wushu tournament in US?
Recently I heard that there will be a wushu tournament in Southern california in the city of Anaheim .But I don%26#039;t know the date and the location.will there anyone know about that? Pls tell me.N about the other tournament that will be on 2009 .I would like to compete taiji .|||I wish I could help you, but the only thing I can do is pray for your answer.
What are some famous wushu/ kung fu music?
I have been looking for chinese songs for wushu such as the ones played in these videos
http://youtube.com/watch?v=7u9Uc6SE31w
http://youtube.com/watch?v=gCtCMc7JUVs
does anyone know the names or artists?|||They were...%26quot;Kung Fooo Fightin%26#039;!%26quot; ~ Carl Douglas
.....Wah-Ta!|||Flight of the doves|||Check out the songs on the CD:
%26quot;Hong Kong Cinemas Greatest Hits: Martial Arts%26quot;
Release Date: 03/28/2000
Original Release: 1999
UPC: 780014403324
http://youtube.com/watch?v=7u9Uc6SE31w
http://youtube.com/watch?v=gCtCMc7JUVs
does anyone know the names or artists?|||They were...%26quot;Kung Fooo Fightin%26#039;!%26quot; ~ Carl Douglas
.....Wah-Ta!|||Flight of the doves|||Check out the songs on the CD:
%26quot;Hong Kong Cinemas Greatest Hits: Martial Arts%26quot;
Release Date: 03/28/2000
Original Release: 1999
UPC: 780014403324
The wushu tournament in US?
Recently I heard that there will be a wushu tournament in Southern california in the city of Anaheim .But I don%26#039;t know the date and the location.will there anyone know about that? Pls tell me.N about the other tournament that will be on 2009 .I would like to compete taiji .|||I wish I could help you, but the only thing I can do is pray for your answer.
What are some famous wushu/ kung fu music?
I have been looking for chinese songs for wushu such as the ones played in these videos
http://youtube.com/watch?v=7u9Uc6SE31w
http://youtube.com/watch?v=gCtCMc7JUVs
does anyone know the names or artists?|||They were...%26quot;Kung Fooo Fightin%26#039;!%26quot; ~ Carl Douglas
.....Wah-Ta!|||Flight of the doves|||Check out the songs on the CD:
%26quot;Hong Kong Cinemas Greatest Hits: Martial Arts%26quot;
Release Date: 03/28/2000
Original Release: 1999
UPC: 780014403324
http://youtube.com/watch?v=7u9Uc6SE31w
http://youtube.com/watch?v=gCtCMc7JUVs
does anyone know the names or artists?|||They were...%26quot;Kung Fooo Fightin%26#039;!%26quot; ~ Carl Douglas
.....Wah-Ta!|||Flight of the doves|||Check out the songs on the CD:
%26quot;Hong Kong Cinemas Greatest Hits: Martial Arts%26quot;
Release Date: 03/28/2000
Original Release: 1999
UPC: 780014403324
What syle of wushu did jet li use in the movie fearless???
wushu, fighitng style, jet li.|||Look here for what Jet Li knows:
http://www.jetli.com/jet/index.php?s=bod...
But if your asking what type of martial artthe character he portrays is using, it%26#039;s Mizongyi:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mizongyi
But honestly I don%26#039;t think you%26#039;ve being paying much attention to the messages in the film.|||Chuck Norris|||Well he plays a character named Hou Yuan who is was a real person who taught traditional kung fu because back when he lived there wasn%26#039;t really the performance wushu there is today. But because the movie had to look extra cool he did a lot of jump kicks and staged modern wushu fighting. I can personally tell that the style used looks like Long Fist (Chang Quan) so yea probably compulsory Long Fist applications plus other styles but mainly Long Fist.|||Jet li played the character Huo Yuan Jia in the movie fearless
the wushu fighting style according to the movie was called %26quot;huo wushu%26quot; as taught by his father at the end of the movie he creates the jingwu federation to join the styles of wushu together.|||Jet Li learned many styles within contemporary wushu. Long fist, southern fist, possibly some animal styles. But what is important is that he learned all of the basics of wushu in Chinese called (Ji-Ben Gong)基本功 this allows you to pick up any style
http://www.jetli.com/jet/index.php?s=bod...
But if your asking what type of martial artthe character he portrays is using, it%26#039;s Mizongyi:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mizongyi
But honestly I don%26#039;t think you%26#039;ve being paying much attention to the messages in the film.|||Chuck Norris|||Well he plays a character named Hou Yuan who is was a real person who taught traditional kung fu because back when he lived there wasn%26#039;t really the performance wushu there is today. But because the movie had to look extra cool he did a lot of jump kicks and staged modern wushu fighting. I can personally tell that the style used looks like Long Fist (Chang Quan) so yea probably compulsory Long Fist applications plus other styles but mainly Long Fist.|||Jet li played the character Huo Yuan Jia in the movie fearless
the wushu fighting style according to the movie was called %26quot;huo wushu%26quot; as taught by his father at the end of the movie he creates the jingwu federation to join the styles of wushu together.|||Jet Li learned many styles within contemporary wushu. Long fist, southern fist, possibly some animal styles. But what is important is that he learned all of the basics of wushu in Chinese called (Ji-Ben Gong)基本功 this allows you to pick up any style
Is there any Wushu schools in Salt Lake City.?
I am very interested in wushu and wanted to know is there any wushu schools in Salt Lake City: Utah.|||why did you put this in the martial arts section? and use google|||no
What exactly is "Wushu?"?
When I read that people trained in Wushu, is there a specific style they are talking about? Does it encompass all or is it just easier than saying %26quot;BaQua, Wing Chun, Hsing, etc?%26quot;|||Simply put..
It%26#039;s the Chinese term for martial arts.
Best wishes :)***|||wushu is chinese acrobatics its more for show than actual fighting there are fighting applications that wushu originally had but the communists watered wushu down to just a preformance art more than an actual fighting style
Baqua wing chun and xingyinquan are not as fancy as wushu there is less acrobatics in it but these styles are purely for fighting and have not been watered down to preforming art by the chinese communists because they were maintained in cities that the communists did not govern
wing chun for example was banned from china as were most chinese kung fu and the reason for this is because the government did not want their soldiers fighting styles to be overwhelmed by styles far more superior so they banned the superior styles in fear of there soldiers loosing fights. so most wing chun masters including the late great yip man left china and moved to cities like hong kong to practice the fighting art freely these cities that the chinese didnt govern became the evolutionary spots where there exiled arts would flourish and continue to grow and evolve|||Wushu is a generic term for martial arts. People who train in Wushu do it as a performance art. The forms are pretty but have no martial intent.|||Wushu is just the Chinese term for martial arts.
It%26#039;s the Chinese term for martial arts.
Best wishes :)***|||wushu is chinese acrobatics its more for show than actual fighting there are fighting applications that wushu originally had but the communists watered wushu down to just a preformance art more than an actual fighting style
Baqua wing chun and xingyinquan are not as fancy as wushu there is less acrobatics in it but these styles are purely for fighting and have not been watered down to preforming art by the chinese communists because they were maintained in cities that the communists did not govern
wing chun for example was banned from china as were most chinese kung fu and the reason for this is because the government did not want their soldiers fighting styles to be overwhelmed by styles far more superior so they banned the superior styles in fear of there soldiers loosing fights. so most wing chun masters including the late great yip man left china and moved to cities like hong kong to practice the fighting art freely these cities that the chinese didnt govern became the evolutionary spots where there exiled arts would flourish and continue to grow and evolve|||Wushu is a generic term for martial arts. People who train in Wushu do it as a performance art. The forms are pretty but have no martial intent.|||Wushu is just the Chinese term for martial arts.
How can i be a champ in wushu (kung fu)?
i play it in egypt i play sanshou|||well if u realy want to be good in ANY martial arts you want to practice. But when practicing try figuring out what your mistakes are and practice on fixing those. If you keep practicing with the mistakes later on it will become an habit. Try videotaping yourself and than watch it over and try it again by focusing on the mistake that you saw.|||Practice! It always works if you practice right. The way I would practice is one type of a move a day. For example: 1st day I would practice my punches. 2nd day I would practice my kicks. etc. And make sure you make the techincs good!|||i believe wushu is a great martial art for fitness and mental discipline, but not for practical usage. so why would you want to become a master in that? (bruce lee was an exception, he didnt follow the rules of wushu which is why he became great)|||practice, practice, practice, practice, practice, practice, practice, practice, practice, practice, practice, practice, practice, practice, practice, practice, practice, practice, practice, practice, practice, practice, practice, practice, practice, practice, practice, practice, practice, practice, practice, practice, practice, practice, practice, practice, practice, practice, practice, practice, practice, practice, practice, practice, practice, practice, practice, practice.
Where can I learn Wushu?
Hi guys,
I%26#039;m just wondering if anybody knows where I can learn wushu around the Birmingham area in the UK? If anyone knows of a tutor group, then I%26#039;d love to know :)
Thanks :)|||at the dojo of course... lol|||Hey sweetcheeks !
If you nca%26#039;t find the time to look for this crap on your own, what makes you think you won%26#039;t be too lazy to train ???? What a gimp !|||Reconsider whether you really want to learn Wushu. It%26#039;s a performance-only style, useless for fighting.|||not really usless for fghting cos i has a fighting side called sanshou which is wushu kick boxing
I%26#039;m just wondering if anybody knows where I can learn wushu around the Birmingham area in the UK? If anyone knows of a tutor group, then I%26#039;d love to know :)
Thanks :)|||at the dojo of course... lol|||Hey sweetcheeks !
If you nca%26#039;t find the time to look for this crap on your own, what makes you think you won%26#039;t be too lazy to train ???? What a gimp !|||Reconsider whether you really want to learn Wushu. It%26#039;s a performance-only style, useless for fighting.|||not really usless for fghting cos i has a fighting side called sanshou which is wushu kick boxing
Xtreme martial arts is wushu right?
Im currently taking kung fu and i will be invited to wushu soon. ( i have taken wushu before but i quit and now im back!) and i was wondering if wushu is considered extreme martial arts because i want to be learning all those flips and stuff or should i just go to gymnastics?
I know what extreme martial arts is but i want to know what is it under, kung fu wushu karate taekwon or what.. what class should i take to learn this i live in sacramento area|||Most of the XMA competitors come from all different types of styles ranging from JKO, Kenpo, and Kung-fu. Combine gymnastics with traditional martial arts training as well as find yourself an XMA coach.
If you live in Northern California, look up Team Cali or Team Loopkicks. Innovators like Rudy Reynon, Hans Wikkeling, James Solis, Richard Cali, and Jerico Catura all hail from Northern California. Look em up and see where they train.|||It is really just mixed martial arts. So look for an XMA class, or mixed martial arts and probably also gymnastics.|||No, not at all. Just because they do flips doesnt mean they are the same. They are similar though.
I know what extreme martial arts is but i want to know what is it under, kung fu wushu karate taekwon or what.. what class should i take to learn this i live in sacramento area|||Most of the XMA competitors come from all different types of styles ranging from JKO, Kenpo, and Kung-fu. Combine gymnastics with traditional martial arts training as well as find yourself an XMA coach.
If you live in Northern California, look up Team Cali or Team Loopkicks. Innovators like Rudy Reynon, Hans Wikkeling, James Solis, Richard Cali, and Jerico Catura all hail from Northern California. Look em up and see where they train.|||It is really just mixed martial arts. So look for an XMA class, or mixed martial arts and probably also gymnastics.|||No, not at all. Just because they do flips doesnt mean they are the same. They are similar though.
Where could I get "wushu the young generation" on DVD? 20 points to winner?
20 points to winner man....so yyea find me the site plz :)|||http://www.yesasia.com/us/wushu-the-youn...
there is only one sight and the version is in chinese that is all i can geet|||I bought movies from cinemanow.com You can rent or download the whole movie to your computer and then plug it into your tv if you like
http://www.cinemanow.com/|||why dont you try to find it on the internet instead and download it.
there is only one sight and the version is in chinese that is all i can geet|||I bought movies from cinemanow.com You can rent or download the whole movie to your computer and then plug it into your tv if you like
http://www.cinemanow.com/|||why dont you try to find it on the internet instead and download it.
Is there Wushu classes anywhere in las vegas?
lookin for wushu help|||Yes there is a Wushu class in henderson nv about 20-25 minutes from the vegas strip, not far at all. Kevin Kawada is the teacher still i think and he is good.. Good Luck!
http://www.lvshaolin.com/?gclid=CKzo1_KU...
http://www.lvshaolin.com/?gclid=CKzo1_KU...
Where can i watch Wushu - The Young Generation Movie?
i been lookin 4 hours n i cant find it where can i watch the full movie 4 free?
i want to watch it realy bad|||Watch movies on the Internet Here:
%26lt;http://watch-movies.download-for-free.or...
Good Luck!
i want to watch it realy bad|||Watch movies on the Internet Here:
%26lt;http://watch-movies.download-for-free.or...
Good Luck!
Friends do you Think Martial arts like Karate,wushu are Practical in street Fights?
in think friends boxing and wresling are more practical in defeating a oponent|||i have been doing karate for over 30 yrs, and i have had few issues in the street with it.
it is not the style it is the that makes the you a fighter, but the persons ability%26#039;s and training.
a black belt does not mean your unbeatable they mark different levels of achievement. a 1st degree only means you have an understanding of the basics.
its not the belt that makes the person but the person that makes the belt. not all black belt know what they are doing or are well trained. just because you have a black belt does not mean squat.
edit:%26gt; katana i should have read what you wrote before i wasted my time
so gannoway when are going to grow out of your dippers. i and stop bottle feeding. you have never set foot in a martial arts class and have no idea what you are even talking about.
your suppose to be a level six and barely have any best answers. that alone is amusing enough for us. the only reason you answer questions is for the points.|||I once read that Muay Thai was the most effective form of martial arts. There was a story about how a Muay Thai expert once knocked out a bunch of Karate experts in seconds. However, a little reflection would suggest that in a real street fight, without any rules, grappling martial arts would reign supreme over striking martial arts. You could perhaps land a few blows at the beginning of a fight, but it is almost impossible to avoid the fight turning into a wrestle. For this reason, for example, I would put my money on a good judo expert beating a karate/taekwondo/kung-fu expert.
Among striking disciplines, I think those that emphasise kicking would be stronger...which may be why that Muay Thai guy did so well...also, Taekwondo would fall into this category.
I love all those Kung-fu styles (the monkey, the snake, the tiger etc) but a general rule of thumb is that the more aesthetically impressive the martial art, the less effective it is in a real street fight!|||Speed to the chin (kick or punch), throat or kneecaps is where it is at. The rest is just cosmetic. The thing about boxing and wrestling is pain management. Those two styles require a person to take a lot of blows and still fight. Also boxers deliver more powerful punches than any other martial artists. Kickboxing + wrestling is probably the best combo martial arts out there.|||It depends far more on the person than the style. In the same style you will find those who are better at one aspect or the other, but few that are masters at all of them. If this were not true, then all fights would be won by people from one style and no untrained street thug would stand a chance. However, we know this is not reality.
But I wish it was since I have experience in both wrestling and karate.
|||Karate, wushu, the sorts are all pretty worthless in a street fight. Boxing essentially is even better in a street fight. I think the example I keep hearing is like 3 out of every 4 fights end on the floor. BJJ is the best ground game out there. As for stand up, Muay thai. I personally do muay thai and love every minute of it. It has so many practical adaptations for street fight situations.|||In street fighting, the techniques are all very different, because there a no rules. If you wanna be a good street fighter, learn Brazilian Jujitsu. You learn grappling and submissions. It%26#039;s a form of mixed martial arts.
My uncle is a martial arts teacher and he knows 7 kinds of different fighting styles.
Or, you could always train to be a NINJA|||I%26#039;ve heard that one of the main things in karate is to not let the opponentt grab you because then you will be screwed if the opponent has any wrestling experience.
Which is why a lot of martial artists are now learning Brazilian Jujitsu, or some other grappling technique. |||I have been in plenty of street fights! Karate works just fine for me as long I keep my distance and keep moving. I would also like to ad that wrestling doesn%26#039;t work well when you have multiple attackers. Maybe the black belt never really fought outside of the dojo, which to me is pointless. |||You are absolutely right. Karate is very rigid with strong stance but their mobility is restricted by these stance. Please don%26#039;t mind Katana and Shihan, they have been training in Karate for soo long and you say that Karate is not practical, hurt their feelings.|||just because he has a black belt does not mean he earned it.
no all place know how to teach there are a lot of belt factories.
--gannowus, and you wonder why we tell you. that you are no longer welcome here.
non of the top contribute rs will be answer your questions any more. and as some one just pointed out you are suppose to be a level 6 and you still don%26#039;t know how to answer questions.
every time you make a statement we see how immature and arrogant you really are|||It%26#039;s not about what art you know. It%26#039;s about your teacher and weather you know how to apply it. Generally, it%26#039;s a good idea to have a mixture of arts, a grappling art and a striking art.|||This is obviously the question of a bruce lee fan.
Only people who have no real training in REAL martial arts are going to agree with you.
The black belt was trained by a person who should not be teaching. |||That actually depends on your weight, if your a small light person wrestling is pretty worthless, wushu might give you a bit of advantage if it was a fair fight. Typical mugging however not much can help.|||In my opinion, ts the not the art, Its the fighter.|||was this a real fight, and its like i said on here once before, most styles teach u enough to get ur self hurt|||I recognize the format and language you use and know you are a troll who has had several accounts banned lol, however I will answer you for the benefit of others. The fact is that okinawan karate contains a lot of stand up grappling motions, as well as take downs and throws. This makes it fairly diffacult to take down a well trained karate-ka unless you have a very good grappling background.
Also do not forget that the main goal of a martial artist is not to fight in street fights, which are about ego, but to defend themselves when given no other choice, and it is about survival.
you also seem to think that black belts are generic and are all the same, however there are vast differences between students and schools. Just because one truck has problems, doesn%26#039;t mean every other truck has problems. In the end it comes down to the person, not the style. You can have the fastest car on earth, which like a style is a tool, yet if you do not practice driving it, and learn well, and have the ability to get the most out of it, you may as well have a pinto.
Edit- Slaya09- People like you are the reason that so many people consider MMA%26#039;s, BJJ. and Muay Thai people to be ignorent and disrespectful. How do you know karate is not effective for self defense? Have you traine dit for years? Show me verifiable statistics that show that 75-95% of fights end up on the ground where both people are able to continue. The fact is you can%26#039;t because they don%26#039;t exist. In fact the people that trumpet that can%26#039;t even get the same % down.
Edit for gannoway- you know nothing about karate, so how do you know how %26quot;rigid%26quot; the stances are? The fact is you don%26#039;t and quite honestly, every time you answer a question you show your ignorence of martial arts. You in the grand scheme of things are insignifigant, however do you not realize that most in this section are tired of you? Go play elswhere kid.
it is not the style it is the that makes the you a fighter, but the persons ability%26#039;s and training.
a black belt does not mean your unbeatable they mark different levels of achievement. a 1st degree only means you have an understanding of the basics.
its not the belt that makes the person but the person that makes the belt. not all black belt know what they are doing or are well trained. just because you have a black belt does not mean squat.
edit:%26gt; katana i should have read what you wrote before i wasted my time
so gannoway when are going to grow out of your dippers. i and stop bottle feeding. you have never set foot in a martial arts class and have no idea what you are even talking about.
your suppose to be a level six and barely have any best answers. that alone is amusing enough for us. the only reason you answer questions is for the points.|||I once read that Muay Thai was the most effective form of martial arts. There was a story about how a Muay Thai expert once knocked out a bunch of Karate experts in seconds. However, a little reflection would suggest that in a real street fight, without any rules, grappling martial arts would reign supreme over striking martial arts. You could perhaps land a few blows at the beginning of a fight, but it is almost impossible to avoid the fight turning into a wrestle. For this reason, for example, I would put my money on a good judo expert beating a karate/taekwondo/kung-fu expert.
Among striking disciplines, I think those that emphasise kicking would be stronger...which may be why that Muay Thai guy did so well...also, Taekwondo would fall into this category.
I love all those Kung-fu styles (the monkey, the snake, the tiger etc) but a general rule of thumb is that the more aesthetically impressive the martial art, the less effective it is in a real street fight!|||Speed to the chin (kick or punch), throat or kneecaps is where it is at. The rest is just cosmetic. The thing about boxing and wrestling is pain management. Those two styles require a person to take a lot of blows and still fight. Also boxers deliver more powerful punches than any other martial artists. Kickboxing + wrestling is probably the best combo martial arts out there.|||It depends far more on the person than the style. In the same style you will find those who are better at one aspect or the other, but few that are masters at all of them. If this were not true, then all fights would be won by people from one style and no untrained street thug would stand a chance. However, we know this is not reality.
But I wish it was since I have experience in both wrestling and karate.
|||Karate, wushu, the sorts are all pretty worthless in a street fight. Boxing essentially is even better in a street fight. I think the example I keep hearing is like 3 out of every 4 fights end on the floor. BJJ is the best ground game out there. As for stand up, Muay thai. I personally do muay thai and love every minute of it. It has so many practical adaptations for street fight situations.|||In street fighting, the techniques are all very different, because there a no rules. If you wanna be a good street fighter, learn Brazilian Jujitsu. You learn grappling and submissions. It%26#039;s a form of mixed martial arts.
My uncle is a martial arts teacher and he knows 7 kinds of different fighting styles.
Or, you could always train to be a NINJA|||I%26#039;ve heard that one of the main things in karate is to not let the opponentt grab you because then you will be screwed if the opponent has any wrestling experience.
Which is why a lot of martial artists are now learning Brazilian Jujitsu, or some other grappling technique. |||I have been in plenty of street fights! Karate works just fine for me as long I keep my distance and keep moving. I would also like to ad that wrestling doesn%26#039;t work well when you have multiple attackers. Maybe the black belt never really fought outside of the dojo, which to me is pointless. |||You are absolutely right. Karate is very rigid with strong stance but their mobility is restricted by these stance. Please don%26#039;t mind Katana and Shihan, they have been training in Karate for soo long and you say that Karate is not practical, hurt their feelings.|||just because he has a black belt does not mean he earned it.
no all place know how to teach there are a lot of belt factories.
--gannowus, and you wonder why we tell you. that you are no longer welcome here.
non of the top contribute rs will be answer your questions any more. and as some one just pointed out you are suppose to be a level 6 and you still don%26#039;t know how to answer questions.
every time you make a statement we see how immature and arrogant you really are|||It%26#039;s not about what art you know. It%26#039;s about your teacher and weather you know how to apply it. Generally, it%26#039;s a good idea to have a mixture of arts, a grappling art and a striking art.|||This is obviously the question of a bruce lee fan.
Only people who have no real training in REAL martial arts are going to agree with you.
The black belt was trained by a person who should not be teaching. |||That actually depends on your weight, if your a small light person wrestling is pretty worthless, wushu might give you a bit of advantage if it was a fair fight. Typical mugging however not much can help.|||In my opinion, ts the not the art, Its the fighter.|||was this a real fight, and its like i said on here once before, most styles teach u enough to get ur self hurt|||I recognize the format and language you use and know you are a troll who has had several accounts banned lol, however I will answer you for the benefit of others. The fact is that okinawan karate contains a lot of stand up grappling motions, as well as take downs and throws. This makes it fairly diffacult to take down a well trained karate-ka unless you have a very good grappling background.
Also do not forget that the main goal of a martial artist is not to fight in street fights, which are about ego, but to defend themselves when given no other choice, and it is about survival.
you also seem to think that black belts are generic and are all the same, however there are vast differences between students and schools. Just because one truck has problems, doesn%26#039;t mean every other truck has problems. In the end it comes down to the person, not the style. You can have the fastest car on earth, which like a style is a tool, yet if you do not practice driving it, and learn well, and have the ability to get the most out of it, you may as well have a pinto.
Edit- Slaya09- People like you are the reason that so many people consider MMA%26#039;s, BJJ. and Muay Thai people to be ignorent and disrespectful. How do you know karate is not effective for self defense? Have you traine dit for years? Show me verifiable statistics that show that 75-95% of fights end up on the ground where both people are able to continue. The fact is you can%26#039;t because they don%26#039;t exist. In fact the people that trumpet that can%26#039;t even get the same % down.
Edit for gannoway- you know nothing about karate, so how do you know how %26quot;rigid%26quot; the stances are? The fact is you don%26#039;t and quite honestly, every time you answer a question you show your ignorence of martial arts. You in the grand scheme of things are insignifigant, however do you not realize that most in this section are tired of you? Go play elswhere kid.
Can foreigners study shaolin kung fu or wushu in china?
You can...however, it might be somewhat tough. Many Chinese elders who are masters of kung fu holds kung fu as a Chinese pride and will most likely refuse to teach a foreigner.
And if the ones who will teach for money, then it%26#039;s probably is for money, and you probably can%26#039;t pick up much.
|||Yes but be weary. I suggest you watch these two videos. The first one is kinda the bad side, the latter is one i was able to whip up on the good side.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aaLpiZJj6...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GlddY5VgY...
I think going into it with the right mindset will help but i%26#039;m just trying to show both sides of it.
I really hope that answers your question.|||Are you planning on going to China? Then prepare for senseless corruption, strict police, a language instructor and $200,000 cause you might get kidnapped... LOL... And why Shaolin? Are you gonna bicycle-kick your way towards MA greatness... LMAO...|||yes they can, as long as u know what the language they%26#039;re speaking or they speak a bit of english.
Anyways, just look for people in ur country that knows these martial arts so that it wont be difficult for u 2 understand.|||Yes. Mathew Polly did it in the 1990%26#039;s. Read his book before actually doing it.|||Yes.
However, don%26#039;t forget that you can study it in your own country as well.|||why not
And if the ones who will teach for money, then it%26#039;s probably is for money, and you probably can%26#039;t pick up much.
|||Yes but be weary. I suggest you watch these two videos. The first one is kinda the bad side, the latter is one i was able to whip up on the good side.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aaLpiZJj6...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GlddY5VgY...
I think going into it with the right mindset will help but i%26#039;m just trying to show both sides of it.
I really hope that answers your question.|||Are you planning on going to China? Then prepare for senseless corruption, strict police, a language instructor and $200,000 cause you might get kidnapped... LOL... And why Shaolin? Are you gonna bicycle-kick your way towards MA greatness... LMAO...|||yes they can, as long as u know what the language they%26#039;re speaking or they speak a bit of english.
Anyways, just look for people in ur country that knows these martial arts so that it wont be difficult for u 2 understand.|||Yes. Mathew Polly did it in the 1990%26#039;s. Read his book before actually doing it.|||Yes.
However, don%26#039;t forget that you can study it in your own country as well.|||why not
What are some good songs for a wushu or martial arts performance? ( any language)?
wushu or martial arts music?|||Well, it kinda goes by preference, but if I were touring with my troupe and doing demos still, I%26#039;d use Abingdon Boys School - Desire.|||I got one.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uCqcd8IlN...
And another!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tzy38qbvr...|||There%26#039;s one I enjoy, called %26quot;Use the search function, this was asked many, many times already%26quot; ;-)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uCqcd8IlN...
And another!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tzy38qbvr...|||There%26#039;s one I enjoy, called %26quot;Use the search function, this was asked many, many times already%26quot; ;-)
What are the advantages of doing wushu (kung fu) or tai chi chuan or wing chun?
wushu, has become more of a competitive sport over the years, similar to tkd.. you can still find remnants of the traditional styles that have been watered down to accommidate contemporary students, and with wushu what you learn is contemporary.. there are very little if any sifus that still teach classic wushu, that used to be more combative, but you%26#039;d really have to search and research the lineage and skill of the instructor..
don%26#039;t get me wrong it%26#039;s a beautiful art form with theatrical feats of acrobatics and is a very diciplined art, but art is all it has become..
i myself am a yang taijiquan practicioner. and understanding what the guys are saying in that taiji has also become a contemporary martial art, being taught by holistic instructors as a meditative form, for health only, not knowing the very art that they are so pompously claiming to know and teach..
taijiquan is by all accounts one of the oldest martial arts in exsistance today.. and with the right instruction can also be one of the most brutal martial arts in exsistance today.. sadly there are only a few that teach it as such..
taiji is 70% shuay jiao (chinese grappling) and chin%26#039;na (joint locks and manipulations [not grappling]). it was used in china as a combative art in battles.
every movement in taiji is a kick, strike, lock, or throw.. each movement has all four possibilities otherwise it%26#039;s not really taiji..
the grappling is more of a throwing, not throwing away, like aikido, but throwing downward - %26quot;my sifu says of shuay jiao, %26#039;if i%26#039;m going to hit someone, why not hit them with the hardest thing i can find, and that%26#039;s the earth!%26#039;%26quot;
you also gain the benefits of the healing aspects of taiji, which lowers blood pressure, reduces stress, fights osteo-arthritis, massages the joints and internal organs, opens the merrideans so that your body detoxifies and energy channels are cleared, extending your life so that you have longer to perfect your taiji!
but again, you have to find an authentic sifu who has learned and teaches taijiquan as a martial art.. and i can%26#039;t stress it enough, again, do your research, there are tons of %26#039;contemporary%26#039; taiji instructors who don%26#039;t have a clue, who%26#039;ve learned the form at a three day seminar and were certified by another poser...!!!
wing chun is also a wonderful art, and is actually the basis of bruce lee%26#039;s art jkd.. wing chun is a trapping art, close quarters you learn to distroy the line of attack, trap the attack and lock/break etc. said limb.. it%26#039;s a fast art beautifully executed by skilled practitioners, with few high kicks, but it does contain kicks.. the advantages are speed, sensitivity and knowledge of limb manipulations. i%26#039;ve never trained in wing chun, but i do do jkd trapping..
well, that%26#039;s what i know, i hope this helps!
~*good luck*~|||thanx for the 10! Report Abuse
|||I don%26#039;t like you generalizing on wushu, but you are right on one point. In order to fight with wushu, you need a teacher that teaches wushu for fighting and not the typical dancing artsy crap. Report Abuse
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Do kyokushin and jujitsu instead, with Thai kickboxing thrown in.|||These styles are excellent for getting to know yourself by meditation and the training involved.|||broad corriculum... including chi%26#039;na (grapple) and dim mak (pressure points) ofcoarse there are many types and some expectantly better than others and some just for sports compatition|||Balance.... Harmony.... exercise...
Do you learn to fight? Doubtful.... Do I consider Tai Chi Chuan to be the mother of martial arts.... yes.... does that mean I would rather train that than MT or another striking art for self defence... hell no.
Wu Shu is all about show... kind of like TKD.|||There is no advantage or disadvantage. It depends on purpose and how much effort you%26#039;re planning. If you want to learn to fight than avoid any offshoot style such as meditational tai chi or tae bo otherwise go for those. If you want to see results and increase your fighting ability fast as possible then I suggest karate, jujutsu, tae kwondo, and other japanese martial arts, but I warn you that you already have to be in pretty good shape. If you have time or are in less than good shape than I suggest wushu such as combat taichi(I repeat combat taichi ,not American taichi. Look for Yang style or Chen style) and wing-chun because you have to train for a long time in the basics to attain physical health and ability to fight. It may take as long as 3 years to even begin to have fighting ability, but you get to set a routine and pace suitable to you. If you are in very good shape and want to put effort, concentration, and time then you can learn shaolin styles, hung gar, and other hard style kungfu. It all depends on your preferences, dedication, and time.|||they are much much more developed martial arts so insted of summinc farely %26#039;recent%26#039; like ju jitsu which some say is about 200yrs old whereas kung fu styles have been around for thouhsands of year. also insted of it being quite ridgid e.g. karate, kung fu is much more flowing and sophisticated
guy below your jus a ponse who dunno wot hes on about nd thinks mma is the best thing since sliced bread probably|||1- none if the styles aren%26#039;t trained properly.
especially since wing chun and tai chi are %26quot;kung fu%26quot;.
2- the best of them will be the one that trains with resistance and in a realistic manner.
3- wushu is generally considered a style that is a %26quot;performance art%26quot;.
EDIT: 4- just because something has been around for thousands of years doesn%26#039;t make it good- actually the opposite.
If it hasn%26#039;t been advanced upon it is obsolete. would you use a computer from the 1980%26#039;s?
Better yet, flint knives and weapons produced by precussion flaking have been around since the early paleolithic (millions of years old). As well as the combat styles that were used with them. Does this mean we should trade in our guns for weapons made of flaked stone?|||ok here is the thing about wushu. It not really that great unless your like the best guy in the world. They are the only one how can actualy apply the stuff in ways that are valid. It%26#039;s an insanely hard art to get down and I really dont thing it%26#039;s practicle. You could study your whole life in wushu and never get to that level where you can actualy apply it. Try some traditional kung fu. It%26#039;s more real and teaches you better techniques. While wushu does have an abstract concept helping it out. My instructor teaches us bits and peices of wushu as we get into the higher levels as thats the only time we will really be good enough to use it anyways.
O ya and as I%26#039;ve told others I only recomend tai chi as an add on to a martial art|||Check out www.KrackedSkullz.com and tell me.
Chuck is in his 50%26#039;s and still having a blast.
don%26#039;t get me wrong it%26#039;s a beautiful art form with theatrical feats of acrobatics and is a very diciplined art, but art is all it has become..
i myself am a yang taijiquan practicioner. and understanding what the guys are saying in that taiji has also become a contemporary martial art, being taught by holistic instructors as a meditative form, for health only, not knowing the very art that they are so pompously claiming to know and teach..
taijiquan is by all accounts one of the oldest martial arts in exsistance today.. and with the right instruction can also be one of the most brutal martial arts in exsistance today.. sadly there are only a few that teach it as such..
taiji is 70% shuay jiao (chinese grappling) and chin%26#039;na (joint locks and manipulations [not grappling]). it was used in china as a combative art in battles.
every movement in taiji is a kick, strike, lock, or throw.. each movement has all four possibilities otherwise it%26#039;s not really taiji..
the grappling is more of a throwing, not throwing away, like aikido, but throwing downward - %26quot;my sifu says of shuay jiao, %26#039;if i%26#039;m going to hit someone, why not hit them with the hardest thing i can find, and that%26#039;s the earth!%26#039;%26quot;
you also gain the benefits of the healing aspects of taiji, which lowers blood pressure, reduces stress, fights osteo-arthritis, massages the joints and internal organs, opens the merrideans so that your body detoxifies and energy channels are cleared, extending your life so that you have longer to perfect your taiji!
but again, you have to find an authentic sifu who has learned and teaches taijiquan as a martial art.. and i can%26#039;t stress it enough, again, do your research, there are tons of %26#039;contemporary%26#039; taiji instructors who don%26#039;t have a clue, who%26#039;ve learned the form at a three day seminar and were certified by another poser...!!!
wing chun is also a wonderful art, and is actually the basis of bruce lee%26#039;s art jkd.. wing chun is a trapping art, close quarters you learn to distroy the line of attack, trap the attack and lock/break etc. said limb.. it%26#039;s a fast art beautifully executed by skilled practitioners, with few high kicks, but it does contain kicks.. the advantages are speed, sensitivity and knowledge of limb manipulations. i%26#039;ve never trained in wing chun, but i do do jkd trapping..
well, that%26#039;s what i know, i hope this helps!
~*good luck*~|||thanx for the 10! Report Abuse
|||I don%26#039;t like you generalizing on wushu, but you are right on one point. In order to fight with wushu, you need a teacher that teaches wushu for fighting and not the typical dancing artsy crap. Report Abuse
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Do kyokushin and jujitsu instead, with Thai kickboxing thrown in.|||These styles are excellent for getting to know yourself by meditation and the training involved.|||broad corriculum... including chi%26#039;na (grapple) and dim mak (pressure points) ofcoarse there are many types and some expectantly better than others and some just for sports compatition|||Balance.... Harmony.... exercise...
Do you learn to fight? Doubtful.... Do I consider Tai Chi Chuan to be the mother of martial arts.... yes.... does that mean I would rather train that than MT or another striking art for self defence... hell no.
Wu Shu is all about show... kind of like TKD.|||There is no advantage or disadvantage. It depends on purpose and how much effort you%26#039;re planning. If you want to learn to fight than avoid any offshoot style such as meditational tai chi or tae bo otherwise go for those. If you want to see results and increase your fighting ability fast as possible then I suggest karate, jujutsu, tae kwondo, and other japanese martial arts, but I warn you that you already have to be in pretty good shape. If you have time or are in less than good shape than I suggest wushu such as combat taichi(I repeat combat taichi ,not American taichi. Look for Yang style or Chen style) and wing-chun because you have to train for a long time in the basics to attain physical health and ability to fight. It may take as long as 3 years to even begin to have fighting ability, but you get to set a routine and pace suitable to you. If you are in very good shape and want to put effort, concentration, and time then you can learn shaolin styles, hung gar, and other hard style kungfu. It all depends on your preferences, dedication, and time.|||they are much much more developed martial arts so insted of summinc farely %26#039;recent%26#039; like ju jitsu which some say is about 200yrs old whereas kung fu styles have been around for thouhsands of year. also insted of it being quite ridgid e.g. karate, kung fu is much more flowing and sophisticated
guy below your jus a ponse who dunno wot hes on about nd thinks mma is the best thing since sliced bread probably|||1- none if the styles aren%26#039;t trained properly.
especially since wing chun and tai chi are %26quot;kung fu%26quot;.
2- the best of them will be the one that trains with resistance and in a realistic manner.
3- wushu is generally considered a style that is a %26quot;performance art%26quot;.
EDIT: 4- just because something has been around for thousands of years doesn%26#039;t make it good- actually the opposite.
If it hasn%26#039;t been advanced upon it is obsolete. would you use a computer from the 1980%26#039;s?
Better yet, flint knives and weapons produced by precussion flaking have been around since the early paleolithic (millions of years old). As well as the combat styles that were used with them. Does this mean we should trade in our guns for weapons made of flaked stone?|||ok here is the thing about wushu. It not really that great unless your like the best guy in the world. They are the only one how can actualy apply the stuff in ways that are valid. It%26#039;s an insanely hard art to get down and I really dont thing it%26#039;s practicle. You could study your whole life in wushu and never get to that level where you can actualy apply it. Try some traditional kung fu. It%26#039;s more real and teaches you better techniques. While wushu does have an abstract concept helping it out. My instructor teaches us bits and peices of wushu as we get into the higher levels as thats the only time we will really be good enough to use it anyways.
O ya and as I%26#039;ve told others I only recomend tai chi as an add on to a martial art|||Check out www.KrackedSkullz.com and tell me.
Chuck is in his 50%26#039;s and still having a blast.
Which one is the best of those two in reality?Chinese Wushu or Japanese Karate?
No martial arts is superior to another. It is the individual, what he was taught, and how good his skills are.
As for thekippest No offense but you need to calm down. You have a few of your facts a little off.
Wushu was the result of the Chinese governments attempt to control what is being taught. It is a combination of many different styles. It is a Communist contry after all.
Yes Karate was influenced by chinese arts but to say that it is a direct result of Chinese arts is debatable. That is especially true considering that the Okinawans already had fighting arts before the Chinese influence.
Now Here is where there is a misunderstanding or Kempo/kenpo. While the commonly know styles of kenpo (like Parker kenpo) do have roots in common with some other systems there are a few Kempo styles that are relatively unknown. I happen to have spent most of the last 41 years learning one of them. Although I%26#039;m not going to mention the name of the style I will say this. Our style has roots that started in China, when to Korea, then Japan, before coming to the U.S. in the 1960%26#039;s. Our style is not connection at all with the roots of any other kempo/kenpo style. I wish people would stop making generalizations about arts. There are offshoot arts in many places around the world that have only a small following of students. Yet that may or may not be like other arts using the same terminology to describe them.|||ignore the ignorant comments of wushu being flashy and demonstrative. especially since Karate CAME FROM chinese gong fu. gong fu just means a skill or an ability, more specifically wu shu means %26#039;War art%26#039; or similar translations. gymnastic wushu is what the one boy was talking about when he said it was flashy.
NO ART is better than the other inherently. it is somewhat about how dedicated the person training the art is. it is also MAJORLY about how effective the instructor is at teaching the art. THIS is where wushu accelerates.
To be a master (sifu) of chinese gong fu, you must have been the sole disciple of your master (chosen by the master when he retired, the disciple is taught for many years and years after the master stopped teaching his school) but in KARATE... ANY joe shmoe can teach you after 5 years
in my gong fu school , it takes 6 years of regular training (atleast 2-3 days weekly) to even attain black sash (at the soonest!!!)
karate is extremely commercialized and the average karate school you can get a black belt in 2-3 years easy.
karate is also not as adaptive, and the forms they did a hundred years ago are nearly exactly the same no matter the style.
as i said before KARATE CAME FROM CHINESE GONG FU.
the closest karate style that still resembles gong fu is Kenpo Karate where they use similar fists found in various gong fu styles (leopard fist, cranes beak, tiger claws.. but kenpo renamed the fists)
if you can find a legitimate gong fu school, do that. Japanese karate came from gong fu, but chinese gong fu has been around thousands of years and is naturally the most complex system of combat available.|||I don%26#039;t know whether to laugh at thekippe%26#039;s lack of knowledge or smack him upside the head and knock some sense into him.
falsehood 1 - %26quot;To be a master (sifu) of chinese gong fu, you must have been the sole disciple of your master (chosen by the master when he retired, the disciple is taught for many years and years after the master stopped teaching his school) but in KARATE... ANY joe shmoe can teach you after 5 years%26quot; if this is true then how come there are so many Kung fu schools? And traditionally you need to be a 3rd degree black belt to open a school.
falsehood 2-%26quot;karate is also not as adaptive, and the forms they did a hundred years ago are nearly exactly the same no matter the style.%26quot; - There are numerous versions of Isshin-Ryu karate where the movements in the kata are different, depending on the time period that the marine who brought it back trained under Tatsuo Shimibuku, because he was constantly improving the style. Anyway how much different can a punch, kick, or grab be now then it was 100 years ago? i also do not see kung fu forms changing all that much.
falsehood 3- %26quot;as i said before KARATE CAME FROM CHINESE GONG FU%26quot; Partially incorect-Some of the techniques on Okinawin karate were modified from Kung fu motions and blended with indiginous fighting methods, but not everything came from Kung Fu.
falsehood 4- %26quot;Japanese karate came from gong fu%26quot; WRONG, WRONG, WRONG Japanese Karate was developed from Okinawin Karate. This is undesputible.
Please refrain from bad mouthing an art when you obviously have no knowledge of the subject.
As for the question it is impossible to pick one over the other. For one thing there are many forms of karate and many of kung fu, so which styles are you talking about? How good is the instructor, and does he know the true application? Does the school train realisticly, with %26quot;aliveness or progressive resistance? Do they spar with contact?
Kung Fu and Karate if taught right and traine well can both be excellent for self defense and can work quite well in reality. A style and the techniques they contain are only tools, how they are used and how well they perform are up to the individual.|||While I have a high respect for karate in general; I really have to admit that Chinese Wushu is the best and most complete system for self-defense.
But it really takes a very long time to learn Wushu, and karate is really a young man%26#039;s pursuit (under 30 years of age) because karate takes a lot of energy to apply.
Karate by its very inception is a limited, though powerful, fighting style. Karate was derived from Chinese Wushu in the 17th century.|||Wushu is a demonstration art. It%26#039;s too flashy and showy there are authentic techniques in there, but it%26#039;s not combat based. I have to go with Karate.
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To those who I offended, I apologize for my ignorance about Chinese Martial arts. I%26#039;m fully aware that Karate, and most other arts, were born from Kung Fu. However, when I think Wushu, all I picture is the demonstrations that I have seen, both on t.v, and in person. You learn something new everyday, which is what this site was intended for. Again, I apologize. But I stand by my opinion. As an overall art, Mental, Physical, and spiritual, Chinese martial arts are great. As far as pure fighting applications go, I%26#039;m of the opinion that Karate is superior.|||Hi.
Wushu (or Kung Fu) and karate are not specific styles, they are broad categories containing hundreds upon hundreds of individual styles.
Generally speaking though, Karate may be a little more directly applicable to combat within a shorter period of time. In other words it%26#039;s easier to learn, understand and apply.
Kung Fu in some cases tends to be a little abstract, it takes longer to learn, understand and apply. Again, (and I can%26#039;t emphasize this enough) generally speaking.
You will always have strengths and weaknesses in any given style. A style of Kung Fu may be relatively weak on kicking and a style of Karate may be strong by comparison, or vice versa. Kung Fu does tend to be a little more comprehensive, if only in the sheer amount of information there is to be absorbed. However some styles of Karate are no less comprehensive.
There really is no such thing as a %26quot;best%26quot; style. What it really comes down to is personal preference and how the style is taught.
What works for me may not be your preference and therefore you may not excel in it as well as I.
Also you could learn the most complete, advanced martial art in the world but if your instructor is no good then you may not get anything of value out of it.
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Still the nature of a given style is of great importance. Different styles inherently focus on different things.
Some focus on the sport aspect, both in Karate and Kung Fu.
Some focus on the art aspect itself and create very beautiful and exotic styles of martial arts, but they sometimes lose some of their practicality in the process (usually this happens in Kung Fu).
Some focus on self defense and are actually labeled as %26quot;self defense styles%26quot;, these are usually styles of Karate. Kenpo Karate for example is a category of styles many of which are categorized as self defense styles. In my humble opinion these are the best (keeping in mind it has a lot to do with other factors as well) for self defense, street combat, reality, or what have you.
Some of these styles of Kenpo Karate actually combine Karate and Kung Fu. So you%26#039;ll have the immediate combat applications that are strengths of Karate but still have the depth of knowledge that you can find in many styles of Kung Fu. For example my style is Chinese Kenpo Karate; it uses Karate, some Jujitsu and some Hung Gar Kung Fu. It takes a relatively short time to learn how to use the style but a lifetime to master it.
So in summary, there is no single best style or group of styles, at least that everyone could come to a consensus on as it is largely personal preference and how the style is used.
It is the artist that makes the art, not the other way around.
I hope this adequately answers your question :)|||Neither........you bring the best of Wushu and the best of Karate. There are strengths and weaknesses in both....but if you have you the BEST of each style.........all you got is a lucky strike or someones miscalculation. Which is solely on the master%26#039;s shoulders, not the art itself.|||Karate, wushu is like I dont know all that weird crap that wouldn%26#039;t ever work in a fight. Karate is much much better.|||Of course Karate.|||Karate. Wushu is good for show. But I%26#039;d pick karate.|||neither they both suck!
As for thekippest No offense but you need to calm down. You have a few of your facts a little off.
Wushu was the result of the Chinese governments attempt to control what is being taught. It is a combination of many different styles. It is a Communist contry after all.
Yes Karate was influenced by chinese arts but to say that it is a direct result of Chinese arts is debatable. That is especially true considering that the Okinawans already had fighting arts before the Chinese influence.
Now Here is where there is a misunderstanding or Kempo/kenpo. While the commonly know styles of kenpo (like Parker kenpo) do have roots in common with some other systems there are a few Kempo styles that are relatively unknown. I happen to have spent most of the last 41 years learning one of them. Although I%26#039;m not going to mention the name of the style I will say this. Our style has roots that started in China, when to Korea, then Japan, before coming to the U.S. in the 1960%26#039;s. Our style is not connection at all with the roots of any other kempo/kenpo style. I wish people would stop making generalizations about arts. There are offshoot arts in many places around the world that have only a small following of students. Yet that may or may not be like other arts using the same terminology to describe them.|||ignore the ignorant comments of wushu being flashy and demonstrative. especially since Karate CAME FROM chinese gong fu. gong fu just means a skill or an ability, more specifically wu shu means %26#039;War art%26#039; or similar translations. gymnastic wushu is what the one boy was talking about when he said it was flashy.
NO ART is better than the other inherently. it is somewhat about how dedicated the person training the art is. it is also MAJORLY about how effective the instructor is at teaching the art. THIS is where wushu accelerates.
To be a master (sifu) of chinese gong fu, you must have been the sole disciple of your master (chosen by the master when he retired, the disciple is taught for many years and years after the master stopped teaching his school) but in KARATE... ANY joe shmoe can teach you after 5 years
in my gong fu school , it takes 6 years of regular training (atleast 2-3 days weekly) to even attain black sash (at the soonest!!!)
karate is extremely commercialized and the average karate school you can get a black belt in 2-3 years easy.
karate is also not as adaptive, and the forms they did a hundred years ago are nearly exactly the same no matter the style.
as i said before KARATE CAME FROM CHINESE GONG FU.
the closest karate style that still resembles gong fu is Kenpo Karate where they use similar fists found in various gong fu styles (leopard fist, cranes beak, tiger claws.. but kenpo renamed the fists)
if you can find a legitimate gong fu school, do that. Japanese karate came from gong fu, but chinese gong fu has been around thousands of years and is naturally the most complex system of combat available.|||I don%26#039;t know whether to laugh at thekippe%26#039;s lack of knowledge or smack him upside the head and knock some sense into him.
falsehood 1 - %26quot;To be a master (sifu) of chinese gong fu, you must have been the sole disciple of your master (chosen by the master when he retired, the disciple is taught for many years and years after the master stopped teaching his school) but in KARATE... ANY joe shmoe can teach you after 5 years%26quot; if this is true then how come there are so many Kung fu schools? And traditionally you need to be a 3rd degree black belt to open a school.
falsehood 2-%26quot;karate is also not as adaptive, and the forms they did a hundred years ago are nearly exactly the same no matter the style.%26quot; - There are numerous versions of Isshin-Ryu karate where the movements in the kata are different, depending on the time period that the marine who brought it back trained under Tatsuo Shimibuku, because he was constantly improving the style. Anyway how much different can a punch, kick, or grab be now then it was 100 years ago? i also do not see kung fu forms changing all that much.
falsehood 3- %26quot;as i said before KARATE CAME FROM CHINESE GONG FU%26quot; Partially incorect-Some of the techniques on Okinawin karate were modified from Kung fu motions and blended with indiginous fighting methods, but not everything came from Kung Fu.
falsehood 4- %26quot;Japanese karate came from gong fu%26quot; WRONG, WRONG, WRONG Japanese Karate was developed from Okinawin Karate. This is undesputible.
Please refrain from bad mouthing an art when you obviously have no knowledge of the subject.
As for the question it is impossible to pick one over the other. For one thing there are many forms of karate and many of kung fu, so which styles are you talking about? How good is the instructor, and does he know the true application? Does the school train realisticly, with %26quot;aliveness or progressive resistance? Do they spar with contact?
Kung Fu and Karate if taught right and traine well can both be excellent for self defense and can work quite well in reality. A style and the techniques they contain are only tools, how they are used and how well they perform are up to the individual.|||While I have a high respect for karate in general; I really have to admit that Chinese Wushu is the best and most complete system for self-defense.
But it really takes a very long time to learn Wushu, and karate is really a young man%26#039;s pursuit (under 30 years of age) because karate takes a lot of energy to apply.
Karate by its very inception is a limited, though powerful, fighting style. Karate was derived from Chinese Wushu in the 17th century.|||Wushu is a demonstration art. It%26#039;s too flashy and showy there are authentic techniques in there, but it%26#039;s not combat based. I have to go with Karate.
Just Added:
To those who I offended, I apologize for my ignorance about Chinese Martial arts. I%26#039;m fully aware that Karate, and most other arts, were born from Kung Fu. However, when I think Wushu, all I picture is the demonstrations that I have seen, both on t.v, and in person. You learn something new everyday, which is what this site was intended for. Again, I apologize. But I stand by my opinion. As an overall art, Mental, Physical, and spiritual, Chinese martial arts are great. As far as pure fighting applications go, I%26#039;m of the opinion that Karate is superior.|||Hi.
Wushu (or Kung Fu) and karate are not specific styles, they are broad categories containing hundreds upon hundreds of individual styles.
Generally speaking though, Karate may be a little more directly applicable to combat within a shorter period of time. In other words it%26#039;s easier to learn, understand and apply.
Kung Fu in some cases tends to be a little abstract, it takes longer to learn, understand and apply. Again, (and I can%26#039;t emphasize this enough) generally speaking.
You will always have strengths and weaknesses in any given style. A style of Kung Fu may be relatively weak on kicking and a style of Karate may be strong by comparison, or vice versa. Kung Fu does tend to be a little more comprehensive, if only in the sheer amount of information there is to be absorbed. However some styles of Karate are no less comprehensive.
There really is no such thing as a %26quot;best%26quot; style. What it really comes down to is personal preference and how the style is taught.
What works for me may not be your preference and therefore you may not excel in it as well as I.
Also you could learn the most complete, advanced martial art in the world but if your instructor is no good then you may not get anything of value out of it.
-----------
Still the nature of a given style is of great importance. Different styles inherently focus on different things.
Some focus on the sport aspect, both in Karate and Kung Fu.
Some focus on the art aspect itself and create very beautiful and exotic styles of martial arts, but they sometimes lose some of their practicality in the process (usually this happens in Kung Fu).
Some focus on self defense and are actually labeled as %26quot;self defense styles%26quot;, these are usually styles of Karate. Kenpo Karate for example is a category of styles many of which are categorized as self defense styles. In my humble opinion these are the best (keeping in mind it has a lot to do with other factors as well) for self defense, street combat, reality, or what have you.
Some of these styles of Kenpo Karate actually combine Karate and Kung Fu. So you%26#039;ll have the immediate combat applications that are strengths of Karate but still have the depth of knowledge that you can find in many styles of Kung Fu. For example my style is Chinese Kenpo Karate; it uses Karate, some Jujitsu and some Hung Gar Kung Fu. It takes a relatively short time to learn how to use the style but a lifetime to master it.
So in summary, there is no single best style or group of styles, at least that everyone could come to a consensus on as it is largely personal preference and how the style is used.
It is the artist that makes the art, not the other way around.
I hope this adequately answers your question :)|||Neither........you bring the best of Wushu and the best of Karate. There are strengths and weaknesses in both....but if you have you the BEST of each style.........all you got is a lucky strike or someones miscalculation. Which is solely on the master%26#039;s shoulders, not the art itself.|||Karate, wushu is like I dont know all that weird crap that wouldn%26#039;t ever work in a fight. Karate is much much better.|||Of course Karate.|||Karate. Wushu is good for show. But I%26#039;d pick karate.|||neither they both suck!
Is Wushu effective in the streets?
Let%26#039;s not discuss punches/kicks just if its effective or not|||look man dont listen to all the people above cuz they look like they dont know what wushu is so wushu is effective but you have to learn sanda which is the fighting part in it cuz the northern style or the chang quan and very good they give you grace power speed to fight but you have to learn the fighting itself i have been training wushu ( northern) for years got many medals none of them is gold to be honest mostly silvers but anyway i kicked many *** with it till i started ninja and went to japan thats the best martial art ever even in national geographic they said ninja is the best and strongest.|||well there is two types of wushu: sanda and contemporary wushu. Sanda is like muay thai but with throws and sweeps allowed. Contemporary wushu is just about forms. you could use it to fight, but the effectiveness would depend alot, ALOT on your instructor since contemporary wushu is really only taught for forms competition, not for fighting anymore. you can almost compare contemporary wushu to tai chi in that both heavily rely on forms, but in tai chi you can learn how to use it to fight if your instructor knows push hands and if they know how to use it for a fight. wushu, well, your instructor has to know how to use it in a fight, and that varys alot from instructor to instructor. if you do some sort of kung fu (ex: wing chung, five animal style) then you should be able to break down most of your wushu forms and see what can be used for a fight.
but you should really ask your instructor if he/she knows how to use contemporary wushu as a martial art. if they dont, then try to break it down, make some combos from it, and make the most of it until you go to a seminar and find someone who knows.
and to answer you question. in china there are two types of wushu (wushu means martial arts, but in competitions, it means two things) : sanda and contemporary wushu.
Sanda: very effective, like muay thai but with takedowns.
contemporary wushu: not effective at all, refrain from using it if possible. but if your trying to get away you can do it with style! although, you could give the guy a 540 kick if he%26#039;s not expecting it, but thats hard to do, so, no, its not really effective on the streets. |||Wushu is used more for the movies, Jet Li is trained in Wushu but it is more flash then power and technique. It all depends on what what you are getting into the street, a one on one fight, I would go with something else, to distract someone it works well.|||WUSHU IS NOT A MARTIAL ART. IT IS A SPORT IN CHINA WERE GUYS, THAT KNOW DIFFERENT MARTIAL ARTS, COME TOGETHER AND FIGHT. |||for getting money as a street performer...yeah
which style do you practice, northern or southern?|||I doubt it. It%26#039;s mostly about flare.
but you should really ask your instructor if he/she knows how to use contemporary wushu as a martial art. if they dont, then try to break it down, make some combos from it, and make the most of it until you go to a seminar and find someone who knows.
and to answer you question. in china there are two types of wushu (wushu means martial arts, but in competitions, it means two things) : sanda and contemporary wushu.
Sanda: very effective, like muay thai but with takedowns.
contemporary wushu: not effective at all, refrain from using it if possible. but if your trying to get away you can do it with style! although, you could give the guy a 540 kick if he%26#039;s not expecting it, but thats hard to do, so, no, its not really effective on the streets. |||Wushu is used more for the movies, Jet Li is trained in Wushu but it is more flash then power and technique. It all depends on what what you are getting into the street, a one on one fight, I would go with something else, to distract someone it works well.|||WUSHU IS NOT A MARTIAL ART. IT IS A SPORT IN CHINA WERE GUYS, THAT KNOW DIFFERENT MARTIAL ARTS, COME TOGETHER AND FIGHT. |||for getting money as a street performer...yeah
which style do you practice, northern or southern?|||I doubt it. It%26#039;s mostly about flare.
Would "wushu" be a regular event in the next Olympics?
%26quot;Wushu%26quot; was a demonstration sport in Beijing and the Philippines (yes folks, the PHILIPPINES) won a gold medal (Willy Wang) and other team members won silver and bronze medals. Read all about it ---
http://mysassymind.blogspot.com/2008/08/...|||I hope so. Though they included the event in Beijing since its a popular sport in Asia. Some say that they are considering it since Wu Shu has become popular also in the West. Who knows, it might be included in London 2012. BMX became an olympic sport...maybe wushu has a chance then.|||I hope so. And if not in the next Olmpics, maybe in the future editions. For them to allow wushu as a demonstration sport indicates that they see its growing popularity.
I know, too, that there is a lobby to make wushu a regular event. I hope they succeed so Filipinos will have even better chances of bringing home an Olympic gold.|||i do hope so, so that we can have strong contenders for the said sport and a chance to have a medal...|||Very unlikely. While many Asian countries would support it, many European, North and South American countries my opt to shy away from it being a relatively unknown sport in their native lands.|||i read somewhere that they need at least 50 countries joining the competition before it be considered a regular event.|||Videoke should be the accepted sport , and I feel that Philippines would get gold medal for that each time |||i am looking forward to it! =p
i hope that it would be a famous sport in the olympics
^_^
http://mysassymind.blogspot.com/2008/08/...|||I hope so. Though they included the event in Beijing since its a popular sport in Asia. Some say that they are considering it since Wu Shu has become popular also in the West. Who knows, it might be included in London 2012. BMX became an olympic sport...maybe wushu has a chance then.|||I hope so. And if not in the next Olmpics, maybe in the future editions. For them to allow wushu as a demonstration sport indicates that they see its growing popularity.
I know, too, that there is a lobby to make wushu a regular event. I hope they succeed so Filipinos will have even better chances of bringing home an Olympic gold.|||i do hope so, so that we can have strong contenders for the said sport and a chance to have a medal...|||Very unlikely. While many Asian countries would support it, many European, North and South American countries my opt to shy away from it being a relatively unknown sport in their native lands.|||i read somewhere that they need at least 50 countries joining the competition before it be considered a regular event.|||Videoke should be the accepted sport , and I feel that Philippines would get gold medal for that each time |||i am looking forward to it! =p
i hope that it would be a famous sport in the olympics
^_^
What is wushu?
I have a student who has to research this sport, but she knows very little English. How can I explain wushu to her?
(I am her English teacher so, please, no diatribes against immigrants)|||%26quot;Martial Discipline%26quot;, refers usually to the standardized martial routines established by the Chinese government after the Cultural Revolution for competition.
www.ghosthand.org/GLOSSARY.html
Wushu ( ) literally means %26quot;martial art%26quot;. It is the correct term for the more commonly known but misused term kung fu, which roughly translates to %26quot;skill%26quot; and refers specifically to the energy, feeling and effort expended in doing or making something. A craftsman or artisan could be said to have good %26quot;kung fu%26quot; in the way in which they carry out their craft. In the same way, a wushu practitioner can also be said to have good %26quot;kung fu%26quot; with their Wushu practice. ...
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wushu|||If you are with this doubt you are because she is with preconceptions to the immigrants|||If you saw the movie Fearless with Jet Li, Wushu is a Chinese martial arts that is about the community instead of the individual. It%26#039;s a form of martial arts that focuses strongly on disciplining oneself.|||Wushu = chinese martial arts.|||don know
that%26#039;s easy kathy
don u say that to 5 yr olds
wushu your hands clean
wushu real good before u get the cookie|||Jet Li was on the Tonight Show with Jay Leno and he explained, as has been done previously, that WuShu means %26#039;martial arts%26#039;. He added that it comes from words that mean %26#039;stop fight%26#039;. I think that implies to either stop a fight offensively or defensively. One way or another, end it quickly and decisively, hopefully without seriously maiming the opponent.
(I am her English teacher so, please, no diatribes against immigrants)|||%26quot;Martial Discipline%26quot;, refers usually to the standardized martial routines established by the Chinese government after the Cultural Revolution for competition.
www.ghosthand.org/GLOSSARY.html
Wushu ( ) literally means %26quot;martial art%26quot;. It is the correct term for the more commonly known but misused term kung fu, which roughly translates to %26quot;skill%26quot; and refers specifically to the energy, feeling and effort expended in doing or making something. A craftsman or artisan could be said to have good %26quot;kung fu%26quot; in the way in which they carry out their craft. In the same way, a wushu practitioner can also be said to have good %26quot;kung fu%26quot; with their Wushu practice. ...
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wushu|||If you are with this doubt you are because she is with preconceptions to the immigrants|||If you saw the movie Fearless with Jet Li, Wushu is a Chinese martial arts that is about the community instead of the individual. It%26#039;s a form of martial arts that focuses strongly on disciplining oneself.|||Wushu = chinese martial arts.|||don know
that%26#039;s easy kathy
don u say that to 5 yr olds
wushu your hands clean
wushu real good before u get the cookie|||Jet Li was on the Tonight Show with Jay Leno and he explained, as has been done previously, that WuShu means %26#039;martial arts%26#039;. He added that it comes from words that mean %26#039;stop fight%26#039;. I think that implies to either stop a fight offensively or defensively. One way or another, end it quickly and decisively, hopefully without seriously maiming the opponent.
Is wushu hard to learn?
and how long would it take an average 15 year old to learn the basics of wushu.|||wushu is like gymnastics it%26#039;s better to learn it when your young but in the U.S.A. there are many modified versions of the traditional wushu style. If your flexible and committed it could take you a year or two to learn the basics. Believe me that%26#039;s not as long as it sounds, considering how long it took in the old days in china.|||Wushu is the %26quot;Lord of the Dance%26quot; of kung fu. Its practitioners are on a never-ending quest to find the perfect pair of aqua and/or magenta pajamas.|||If you have the patience to practice, then the answer is no !
What is the best between wushu kung fu and tai chi chuan ?
i want your opinions of people who actually do it|||It all depends on what you are trying to get out of it. There are a number of key differences between Wu Shu and Tai Chi, the biggest being that Wu Shu is a %26quot;sportified%26quot; adaptation of Kung Fu styles meant for exhibition-type competitions, while Tai Chi is a very specific martial art system.
Wu Shu will teach you acrobatics, gymnastics, speed, precision, grace, and theatrical technique. Wu Shu is merely an umbrella term for this way of performing Kung Fu styles.
Tai Chi will teach you an actual system that is meant for self-defense and personal growth, not only of body and chi, but also of mind and philosophy.|||Another difficult style to find someone in that actually trains with REAL resistance.
Okay, wushu is basically %26quot;modern interperative dance%26quot;.
Tai chi chuan however can be taught legitimately, although in all honesty I%26#039;ve only seen one teacher who actually showed people and applied it with resistance and in a realistic situation and manner with realistic training methods. I%26#039;m not sure if I would come across another in my lifetime but I%26#039;m not exactly looking for a tai chi class. 99% or more of tai chi classes are basically just old people moving on the lawn because if they stop moving they might realize that rigor mortis had set in last night and they are already dead.
Find a good intructor and study with them. Only problem is, if you are dead set on either wushu or tai chi, you might be wearing an adult diaper by the time you do. Don%26#039;t base your search on the style, base it on the quality of the school and the instructor.|||There IS no BEST Martial Art.
While Wushu is the more aggressive discipline (as well as one of China%26#039;s sport Martial Arts with annual tournaments being held) between the two, both of these Martial Arts are closely related, just as the two Korean Martial Arts Tae Kwon Do and Tang Soo Do are two distinct but similar disciplines.
The main reason why you see elderly people studying Tai Chi Chuan is because of it%26#039;s slower use of it%26#039;s techniques and these techniques are more suitable for their bodies due to it%26#039;s use of the relaxation, stretching and muscle toning aspects rather than more strenuous activities; But these techniques can also be effective when used in a more necessary setting (ie if you are attacked by someone).
Both are good disciplines to learn, but you have to find a quality school that%26#039;ll focus on you perfecting your punching, kicking, forms, or self defense techniques they%26#039;ll teach you and not by how soon you%26#039;ll have a blackbelt in the discipline or how many tournaments trophies you%26#039;ll win, because competition is the LEAST important aspect of ANY Martial Arts discipline.
Train often and train well, and you%26#039;ll improve, train poorly, and you won%26#039;t improve.
training frequency, and the training quality are two of several aspects that makes a good Martial Artist.|||You are asking the wrong question. The name of the art is far less important than the instructor who is teaching it. Find a good instructor in any style.|||Tai Chi Chuan is the mother of all martial arts. Ask anyone who knows what they are doing. Wushu is totally different! Just because two styles seem similar in appearance doesn%26#039;t mean that they are the same! Take BJJ and JJ for example... and they are even from the same style!!!|||best as in what way? Personally I wouldn%26#039;t take either of them.
FVCK YOU HOOD! Tai Chi isn%26#039;t mother of all arts! Tai Chi have absolutely NO connect to boxing, wrestling, karate, or other styles! Keep your mouth shut and learn!|||The quality and frequency of training far outweigh the style of the training.
Their is never a best art only a best artist.
Wu Shu will teach you acrobatics, gymnastics, speed, precision, grace, and theatrical technique. Wu Shu is merely an umbrella term for this way of performing Kung Fu styles.
Tai Chi will teach you an actual system that is meant for self-defense and personal growth, not only of body and chi, but also of mind and philosophy.|||Another difficult style to find someone in that actually trains with REAL resistance.
Okay, wushu is basically %26quot;modern interperative dance%26quot;.
Tai chi chuan however can be taught legitimately, although in all honesty I%26#039;ve only seen one teacher who actually showed people and applied it with resistance and in a realistic situation and manner with realistic training methods. I%26#039;m not sure if I would come across another in my lifetime but I%26#039;m not exactly looking for a tai chi class. 99% or more of tai chi classes are basically just old people moving on the lawn because if they stop moving they might realize that rigor mortis had set in last night and they are already dead.
Find a good intructor and study with them. Only problem is, if you are dead set on either wushu or tai chi, you might be wearing an adult diaper by the time you do. Don%26#039;t base your search on the style, base it on the quality of the school and the instructor.|||There IS no BEST Martial Art.
While Wushu is the more aggressive discipline (as well as one of China%26#039;s sport Martial Arts with annual tournaments being held) between the two, both of these Martial Arts are closely related, just as the two Korean Martial Arts Tae Kwon Do and Tang Soo Do are two distinct but similar disciplines.
The main reason why you see elderly people studying Tai Chi Chuan is because of it%26#039;s slower use of it%26#039;s techniques and these techniques are more suitable for their bodies due to it%26#039;s use of the relaxation, stretching and muscle toning aspects rather than more strenuous activities; But these techniques can also be effective when used in a more necessary setting (ie if you are attacked by someone).
Both are good disciplines to learn, but you have to find a quality school that%26#039;ll focus on you perfecting your punching, kicking, forms, or self defense techniques they%26#039;ll teach you and not by how soon you%26#039;ll have a blackbelt in the discipline or how many tournaments trophies you%26#039;ll win, because competition is the LEAST important aspect of ANY Martial Arts discipline.
Train often and train well, and you%26#039;ll improve, train poorly, and you won%26#039;t improve.
training frequency, and the training quality are two of several aspects that makes a good Martial Artist.|||You are asking the wrong question. The name of the art is far less important than the instructor who is teaching it. Find a good instructor in any style.|||Tai Chi Chuan is the mother of all martial arts. Ask anyone who knows what they are doing. Wushu is totally different! Just because two styles seem similar in appearance doesn%26#039;t mean that they are the same! Take BJJ and JJ for example... and they are even from the same style!!!|||best as in what way? Personally I wouldn%26#039;t take either of them.
FVCK YOU HOOD! Tai Chi isn%26#039;t mother of all arts! Tai Chi have absolutely NO connect to boxing, wrestling, karate, or other styles! Keep your mouth shut and learn!|||The quality and frequency of training far outweigh the style of the training.
Their is never a best art only a best artist.
Wushu Federation Philippines?
Do they accept beginners in wushu?|||I would think so, best thing to do is ask them.
Can the Shaolin KungFu or Wushu make the same acrobatics as in Gymnastics or even better??
If you are looking for gymnastic ability, take gymnastics.|||different. a gymnast wont kick your head in... generally speaking...
What is differece Between KUNG FU and WUSHU?
i understand kungfu
but i never understand what is wushu,please help me|||They%26#039;re the same thing. Wushu and kung fu are attached to almost any martial art that comes from China. They%26#039;re both a generic name for literally hundreds of individual Chinese fighting arts.
Wushu is the CORRECT term. In Chinese, kung fu is a mark for time. You can use kung fu to describe anything as long as you%26#039;ve spent a lot of time working on it. For example, you can say that a chef%26#039;s cooking kungfu is great. Because that chef has taken 10 to 20 years to gain those abilities. Since wushu takes a lot of time to learn, so you can say your kung fu is great. But wushu actually means martial arts.
The term kung fu was not popular until the 20th century, thus the word would be seldom found in any ancient texts. The term was first known to have been reported by a Westerner, French Jesuit missionary Jean Joseph Marie Amiot, in the 18th century and was known little in the mainstream English language until approximately the late 1960s, when it became popular because of the Hong Kong films, especially those by Bruce Lee, and later Kung Fu - the television series. Before that it was referred to primarily as %26quot;Chinese boxing%26quot;.
|||Kung fu means %26quot;accomplished skill%26quot;. Wushu means %26quot;fighting art%26quot;. There is traditional wushu (what we in the West know as kung fu), which is for fighting and self defense. Then there is contemporary wushu which is a performance art...exaggerated kung fu moves and gymnastics. Looks great but it%26#039;s not for fighting.|||well described by hammy nough said
but i never understand what is wushu,please help me|||They%26#039;re the same thing. Wushu and kung fu are attached to almost any martial art that comes from China. They%26#039;re both a generic name for literally hundreds of individual Chinese fighting arts.
Wushu is the CORRECT term. In Chinese, kung fu is a mark for time. You can use kung fu to describe anything as long as you%26#039;ve spent a lot of time working on it. For example, you can say that a chef%26#039;s cooking kungfu is great. Because that chef has taken 10 to 20 years to gain those abilities. Since wushu takes a lot of time to learn, so you can say your kung fu is great. But wushu actually means martial arts.
The term kung fu was not popular until the 20th century, thus the word would be seldom found in any ancient texts. The term was first known to have been reported by a Westerner, French Jesuit missionary Jean Joseph Marie Amiot, in the 18th century and was known little in the mainstream English language until approximately the late 1960s, when it became popular because of the Hong Kong films, especially those by Bruce Lee, and later Kung Fu - the television series. Before that it was referred to primarily as %26quot;Chinese boxing%26quot;.
|||Kung fu means %26quot;accomplished skill%26quot;. Wushu means %26quot;fighting art%26quot;. There is traditional wushu (what we in the West know as kung fu), which is for fighting and self defense. Then there is contemporary wushu which is a performance art...exaggerated kung fu moves and gymnastics. Looks great but it%26#039;s not for fighting.|||well described by hammy nough said
Does anyone know a good wushu school in San Francisco?
Im trying to start up wushu but having trouble finding a good school.
ty for help in advance|||NO...|||Pacific wushu, or wushu west in north Berkeley (right by BART) www.wushuwest.com Report Abuse
|||look up Kenneth Chung! he%26#039;s a world famous Wing Chun instructor.. I%26#039;m not sure if that%26#039;s what you had in mind when you say wushu, but wing chun is a very effective martial art that was the foundation for Bruce Lee%26#039;s martial arts..|||Assuming you are talking about the performance/dance/flashy kind, here are two fairly good places:
http://www.wushuwest.com/
http://www.pacificwushu.com/
Just don%26#039;t expect any applications or actual usage out of what you%26#039;ll learn there.
ty for help in advance|||NO...|||Pacific wushu, or wushu west in north Berkeley (right by BART) www.wushuwest.com Report Abuse
|||look up Kenneth Chung! he%26#039;s a world famous Wing Chun instructor.. I%26#039;m not sure if that%26#039;s what you had in mind when you say wushu, but wing chun is a very effective martial art that was the foundation for Bruce Lee%26#039;s martial arts..|||Assuming you are talking about the performance/dance/flashy kind, here are two fairly good places:
http://www.wushuwest.com/
http://www.pacificwushu.com/
Just don%26#039;t expect any applications or actual usage out of what you%26#039;ll learn there.
Does i should learn MARTIAL ART WUSHU? why many humans considered it as useless?
i am 20 year old
there is a wushu classes in the morning time near out home,should i join those classes,what will be the benefit of learning wushu,why many considered it as useless
does it is useless?
give your answer in points like
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2
3
4
5
6
7
8
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10 jesus love all|||most people consider it useless FOR FIGHTING because largely it is.
wushu does really mean martial arts..and is actually more proper a name than kung fu.
but wushu as it%26#039;s known today was originally developed under communist ideals such as %26quot;comrades shouldn%26#039;t fight comrades%26quot; ...it for the most part, is no longer a fighting art, but an asthetic pretty dance representative of martial arts. it%26#039;s a sport.
some wushu schools do teach combat applications but not many from what i%26#039;ve seen...they%26#039;re too busy dancing and flipping around like jacky chan.
ignore the fool who said first learn english...id say you know english better than he knows your language.
you will gain many things such as balance, coordination, strength, agility, and many other attributes...but don%26#039;t necessarily think you will learn self defense.
some kung fu schools use the name wushu as well. it%26#039;s best to find out if its a sport/dance or entertainment art. or if its traditional wushu, a fighting art.|||There is no such thing as a %26quot;useless%26quot; martial art.
If nothing else, you will benefit by:
1. Discipline
2. Self control.
3. Physical Exercise.
4. Coordination
5. Precision
6. Never confuse popularity with efficiency
People like to compare martial arts...
This is pointless.
The %26quot;worst martial art,%26quot; well executed, will easily overcome the %26quot;best martial art%26quot; executed poorly.
Modern Wushu was created (from other martial arts) in China after 1949.
At about the same time another new martial art was created for the military in Korea.
That other martial art is Taekwondo.
Unless you are talking about %26quot;Modern Wushu%26quot; --
%26quot;wushu%26quot; is a very vague term (about the same as %26quot;martial arts.%26quot;)|||okay overall
you learn
leg strength ( like u can jump REALLY HIGH)
discipline
and
weapons
the hand to hand combat isss okay
also u get to learn alot of balance|||First, learn English. Then learn any martial art you want.|||Learn martial arts I you want, but I%26#039;m keeping my Colt .357.
Ian M|||wushu by the way do you know what is wushu?...
if you know. then your are wise is you don%26#039;t you never understand a thing.
If other pople said that wushu are useless there they are wrong.
Let me give first the meaning of wushu.
What is Wushu?
Among China%26#039;s well kept secrets, one caught the imagination of Americans - Chinese wushu. Wushu is an important component of the cultural heritage of China, with a rich content that has remained untarnished over the centuries. Literally translated, %26quot;wu%26quot; is military, %26quot;shu%26quot; is art. Wushu therefore means the art of fighting, or martial arts.
Previously, wushu figured significantly in the simple matter of survival through China%26#039;s many wars and political upheaval. Today, wushu has been organized and systematized into a formal branch of study in the performance arts by the Chinese. It reigns as the most popular national sport in the country of 1.1 billion people, practiced by the young and old alike. Its emphasis has shifted from combat to performance, and it is practiced for its method of achieving heath, self-defense skills, mental discipline, recreational pursuit and competition.
To describe wushu, it is best to understand the philosophy of its teaching. Every movement must exhibit sensible combat application and aestheticism. The wealth of wushu%26#039;s content, the beauty of wushu movents, the difficulty factor, and the scientific training methods are the song of the elements that set wushu apart from martial arts. Routines are performed solo, paired or in groups, either barehanded or armed with traditional Chinese weaponry. In short, wushu is the most exciting martial art to be seen, felt, and ultimately practiced.
How is wushu related to kung fu and taijiquan? %26quot;Wushu%26quot; is the correct term for all Chinese martial arts therefore kung fu and wushu were originally the same. During the last thirty years, wushu in Mainland China was modernized so that there could be a universal standard for training and competing. In essence, much emphasis has been placed on speed, difficulty, and presentation. Consequently, wushu has become an athletic and aesthetic performance and competitive sport, while %26quot;kung fu%26quot; or traditional wushu remains the traditional fighting practice. Taijiquan is a major division of wushu, utilizing the body%26#039;s internal energy or %26quot;chi%26quot; and following the simple principle of %26quot;subduing the vigorous by the soft.%26quot;
Although still in budding stages in many countries, wushu is an established international sport. In 1990, wushu was inducted as an official medal event in the Asian Games. Since then World Championships have taken place with 56 nations participating. Wushu is also vying for the Olympic games in the 21st century.
see how great is wushu
try also to watch wushu at www.youtube.com
search wushu and play it....
there is a wushu classes in the morning time near out home,should i join those classes,what will be the benefit of learning wushu,why many considered it as useless
does it is useless?
give your answer in points like
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10 jesus love all|||most people consider it useless FOR FIGHTING because largely it is.
wushu does really mean martial arts..and is actually more proper a name than kung fu.
but wushu as it%26#039;s known today was originally developed under communist ideals such as %26quot;comrades shouldn%26#039;t fight comrades%26quot; ...it for the most part, is no longer a fighting art, but an asthetic pretty dance representative of martial arts. it%26#039;s a sport.
some wushu schools do teach combat applications but not many from what i%26#039;ve seen...they%26#039;re too busy dancing and flipping around like jacky chan.
ignore the fool who said first learn english...id say you know english better than he knows your language.
you will gain many things such as balance, coordination, strength, agility, and many other attributes...but don%26#039;t necessarily think you will learn self defense.
some kung fu schools use the name wushu as well. it%26#039;s best to find out if its a sport/dance or entertainment art. or if its traditional wushu, a fighting art.|||There is no such thing as a %26quot;useless%26quot; martial art.
If nothing else, you will benefit by:
1. Discipline
2. Self control.
3. Physical Exercise.
4. Coordination
5. Precision
6. Never confuse popularity with efficiency
People like to compare martial arts...
This is pointless.
The %26quot;worst martial art,%26quot; well executed, will easily overcome the %26quot;best martial art%26quot; executed poorly.
Modern Wushu was created (from other martial arts) in China after 1949.
At about the same time another new martial art was created for the military in Korea.
That other martial art is Taekwondo.
Unless you are talking about %26quot;Modern Wushu%26quot; --
%26quot;wushu%26quot; is a very vague term (about the same as %26quot;martial arts.%26quot;)|||okay overall
you learn
leg strength ( like u can jump REALLY HIGH)
discipline
and
weapons
the hand to hand combat isss okay
also u get to learn alot of balance|||First, learn English. Then learn any martial art you want.|||Learn martial arts I you want, but I%26#039;m keeping my Colt .357.
Ian M|||wushu by the way do you know what is wushu?...
if you know. then your are wise is you don%26#039;t you never understand a thing.
If other pople said that wushu are useless there they are wrong.
Let me give first the meaning of wushu.
What is Wushu?
Among China%26#039;s well kept secrets, one caught the imagination of Americans - Chinese wushu. Wushu is an important component of the cultural heritage of China, with a rich content that has remained untarnished over the centuries. Literally translated, %26quot;wu%26quot; is military, %26quot;shu%26quot; is art. Wushu therefore means the art of fighting, or martial arts.
Previously, wushu figured significantly in the simple matter of survival through China%26#039;s many wars and political upheaval. Today, wushu has been organized and systematized into a formal branch of study in the performance arts by the Chinese. It reigns as the most popular national sport in the country of 1.1 billion people, practiced by the young and old alike. Its emphasis has shifted from combat to performance, and it is practiced for its method of achieving heath, self-defense skills, mental discipline, recreational pursuit and competition.
To describe wushu, it is best to understand the philosophy of its teaching. Every movement must exhibit sensible combat application and aestheticism. The wealth of wushu%26#039;s content, the beauty of wushu movents, the difficulty factor, and the scientific training methods are the song of the elements that set wushu apart from martial arts. Routines are performed solo, paired or in groups, either barehanded or armed with traditional Chinese weaponry. In short, wushu is the most exciting martial art to be seen, felt, and ultimately practiced.
How is wushu related to kung fu and taijiquan? %26quot;Wushu%26quot; is the correct term for all Chinese martial arts therefore kung fu and wushu were originally the same. During the last thirty years, wushu in Mainland China was modernized so that there could be a universal standard for training and competing. In essence, much emphasis has been placed on speed, difficulty, and presentation. Consequently, wushu has become an athletic and aesthetic performance and competitive sport, while %26quot;kung fu%26quot; or traditional wushu remains the traditional fighting practice. Taijiquan is a major division of wushu, utilizing the body%26#039;s internal energy or %26quot;chi%26quot; and following the simple principle of %26quot;subduing the vigorous by the soft.%26quot;
Although still in budding stages in many countries, wushu is an established international sport. In 1990, wushu was inducted as an official medal event in the Asian Games. Since then World Championships have taken place with 56 nations participating. Wushu is also vying for the Olympic games in the 21st century.
see how great is wushu
try also to watch wushu at www.youtube.com
search wushu and play it....
Does anybody know the standard dimentions of Wushu Staff (gunshu)?
I would greatly appreciate it if you could let me know the standard dimentions of the staff that is used in Wush Staff Routine(GunShu).
With best regards,
T.H.|||98 cm|||Two fist-lengths longer than the person is tall and it should be tapered to one end like a needle or joust, bigger at the %26quot;working-end%26quot; and smaller at the tip, to facilitate whipping action with one end and %26quot;clubbing%26quot; on the other.
With best regards,
T.H.|||98 cm|||Two fist-lengths longer than the person is tall and it should be tapered to one end like a needle or joust, bigger at the %26quot;working-end%26quot; and smaller at the tip, to facilitate whipping action with one end and %26quot;clubbing%26quot; on the other.
In Kung Fu Panda. What is the meaning of the wushu finger hold.?
Can anyone explain what is the meaning of the wushu finger hold and how does it, %26quot;theoretically%26quot; work.? What did it do to the Big Grey Cat? or did the Cat exploded own his free will?|||even though shifu he was able to train Po in a relatively short period of time, he couldn%26#039;t teach him something that was so powerful only he knows (also because it was a secret). but on the other hand, Po said that he figured it out(by himself), and like Saturnday said, it was more of an illusion that the tiger believed, so it happened.
I don%26#039;t think there is any way u can damage someone so badly only by rotating his finger. I mean the connection between the finger, the hand the rest of the body is not strong enough.
I%26#039;m pretty sure that our minds can work as a simulator for illusion that we believe in, so it%26#039;s like they come true, or is the(our) world made only by what we believe in?
and if the cat exploded, how come Po wasn%26#039;t hurt
overall, the movie is nice, but nothing from the west can rival asian animation, especially anime|||the wushu finger hold is not a physical attack at all. the flexing of the pinky is only a trigger for the chi energy that you gather at the tip of your fingers and push it through the body of the opponent which destroys the opponents inner organs. Report Abuse
|||First of all, wushu EXISTS. It is one branch of Kung Fu that specialises in the use of fingers as a tool for self-defence. I%26#039;m not saying that the %26#039;wushu-finger%26#039; hold is real but wushu is VERY REAL. Report Abuse
|||Haha i remember that no offense to the best answer (which i believe is the most realistic answer) but my 10yrld kid cousin gave me a weirder answer for that move using the %26quot;hard to clean up afterwards%26quot; saying of shifu he deducted that its a pressure point in that makes enemy poop like crazy LOL... Report Abuse
|||Basically, the %26quot;big grey cat%26quot; theoretically %26quot;exploded%26quot;. Remember the earlier scene when Shifu told Po that the most difficult thing to do when using Wuxi Finger Hold is cleaning up afterwards? I guess its because the pieces are thrown away in ever direction and with Po%26#039;s girth, that would be a kinda lot of mess.
It think it uses some form of %26#039;butterfly effect%26#039; where an exertion of little effort can have catastrophic effect on the person it was being inflicted to.
And true, the style is not possible theoretically, I think even with superpowerful fingers. But movies are movies and if that makes you happy then good for you.:)|||It is a very tiny hold on a minor body part, and yet is purported to deliver enormous destruction.
Kinda like the cliche that mice scare elephants, the little-overcomes-big paradigm.|||mmk, the wuxi fingerhold isn%26#039;t real. when you put someone in the hold, they explode, but only in the movie. the cat exploded because of the hold. you couldnt ever do this in real life. its not even theoretical|||wushu finger hold is one of many mystical combinational move that only real Kung Fu masters know. They are very dangerous %26amp; only handful of masters know about it.|||Everyone else has answered pretty well, i just wanted to add it%26#039;s a snow leopard, not just a grey cat :)|||lol the movie is called kung fu panda.... dont take anything you see in it too seriously
I don%26#039;t think there is any way u can damage someone so badly only by rotating his finger. I mean the connection between the finger, the hand the rest of the body is not strong enough.
I%26#039;m pretty sure that our minds can work as a simulator for illusion that we believe in, so it%26#039;s like they come true, or is the(our) world made only by what we believe in?
and if the cat exploded, how come Po wasn%26#039;t hurt
overall, the movie is nice, but nothing from the west can rival asian animation, especially anime|||the wushu finger hold is not a physical attack at all. the flexing of the pinky is only a trigger for the chi energy that you gather at the tip of your fingers and push it through the body of the opponent which destroys the opponents inner organs. Report Abuse
|||First of all, wushu EXISTS. It is one branch of Kung Fu that specialises in the use of fingers as a tool for self-defence. I%26#039;m not saying that the %26#039;wushu-finger%26#039; hold is real but wushu is VERY REAL. Report Abuse
|||Haha i remember that no offense to the best answer (which i believe is the most realistic answer) but my 10yrld kid cousin gave me a weirder answer for that move using the %26quot;hard to clean up afterwards%26quot; saying of shifu he deducted that its a pressure point in that makes enemy poop like crazy LOL... Report Abuse
|||Basically, the %26quot;big grey cat%26quot; theoretically %26quot;exploded%26quot;. Remember the earlier scene when Shifu told Po that the most difficult thing to do when using Wuxi Finger Hold is cleaning up afterwards? I guess its because the pieces are thrown away in ever direction and with Po%26#039;s girth, that would be a kinda lot of mess.
It think it uses some form of %26#039;butterfly effect%26#039; where an exertion of little effort can have catastrophic effect on the person it was being inflicted to.
And true, the style is not possible theoretically, I think even with superpowerful fingers. But movies are movies and if that makes you happy then good for you.:)|||It is a very tiny hold on a minor body part, and yet is purported to deliver enormous destruction.
Kinda like the cliche that mice scare elephants, the little-overcomes-big paradigm.|||mmk, the wuxi fingerhold isn%26#039;t real. when you put someone in the hold, they explode, but only in the movie. the cat exploded because of the hold. you couldnt ever do this in real life. its not even theoretical|||wushu finger hold is one of many mystical combinational move that only real Kung Fu masters know. They are very dangerous %26amp; only handful of masters know about it.|||Everyone else has answered pretty well, i just wanted to add it%26#039;s a snow leopard, not just a grey cat :)|||lol the movie is called kung fu panda.... dont take anything you see in it too seriously
Saturday, November 14, 2009
Wushu terminologies, help please, i need this for my evaluation?
hi, i need to know the names(in chinese) of the basic routines/warm-ups in wushu(martial arts). im just a newbie and i need that for the evaluation,please tell me where i can find those(specific address). 脺|||Nope, Im sorry. I don%26#039;t even know what those are.
Are ther ny good schools in India for learning wushu?
http://wushuindia.com/wkfi/units/Directo...
Give this website a shot as well.
http://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/6409
Give this website a shot as well.
http://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/6409
I want to learn wushu but it's hard to gather money for me to go to china, plus i'm only 14. What should I do?
Become a well conditioned athlete/gymnast. Learn to speak Chinese.Pray you overcome inherent racism against foreigners living in Asia, it will affect you. Turn 18 and go to the college of physical education in Beijing or one of the other big schools for wushu.
Or
you can ask yourself why you want to learn wushu(I assume you want to be a performer or actor). If you want to be a %26quot;deadly%26quot; Kung Fu Master, you need to learn a better martial art.(MMA,Muay Thai/BJJ).America has some of The best Martial arts training in the world, I highly doubt any of the 2 billion people in china could match the best European or American(north, south, or Latin).At least they have not done so to date. One more thing; Take it easy on the %26quot;chop socky%26quot; movies you grow hair on your palms....|||if money is a real issue... like it was for me when i was younger, rent or buy old chinese martial art movies. altho corny and the Dubbing of the film are absolutely terrible most of the film do state real ways of training.
Try Youtube.com or ask around, if u see ppl in the park training, ask if they may teach u or advise u on so moves.
%26quot;But please Note%26quot; do NOT ever try doing Chi Gung %26quot;breathing techniques%26quot; with out superversion of a teacher. If practiced wrongly it can damage the body seriously.|||Look around at your local martial arts schools and see if there are any you like. Maybe you have a wushu school were you live, maybe not, but there are other arts you can try until you can find one|||Get experience and learn the art at you local Dojo.
Or
you can ask yourself why you want to learn wushu(I assume you want to be a performer or actor). If you want to be a %26quot;deadly%26quot; Kung Fu Master, you need to learn a better martial art.(MMA,Muay Thai/BJJ).America has some of The best Martial arts training in the world, I highly doubt any of the 2 billion people in china could match the best European or American(north, south, or Latin).At least they have not done so to date. One more thing; Take it easy on the %26quot;chop socky%26quot; movies you grow hair on your palms....|||if money is a real issue... like it was for me when i was younger, rent or buy old chinese martial art movies. altho corny and the Dubbing of the film are absolutely terrible most of the film do state real ways of training.
Try Youtube.com or ask around, if u see ppl in the park training, ask if they may teach u or advise u on so moves.
%26quot;But please Note%26quot; do NOT ever try doing Chi Gung %26quot;breathing techniques%26quot; with out superversion of a teacher. If practiced wrongly it can damage the body seriously.|||Look around at your local martial arts schools and see if there are any you like. Maybe you have a wushu school were you live, maybe not, but there are other arts you can try until you can find one|||Get experience and learn the art at you local Dojo.
Wushu schools in Massachusetts?
I need help finding a school that teached wushu thats in MA.|||There are a number of places that offer training, including the Chinese Wushu Research Institute.
http://search.yahoo.com/search?search=wu...
http://search.yahoo.com/search?search=wu...
Should Wushu be an Olympic sport? Why or Why Not?
Do you think wushu should be an olympic sport? Wushu practitioners from around the world have vied for a spot for this sport to be added to the summer olympics.
Personally I think it should be added, however, I think some people would find it to be biased in favor of the country that invented it (China), since they train far more (usually-not always) than their counterparts in other countries. Some feel that the martial aspect of wushu would be lost, as people try to get the larges 720 jumps and backflips etc. Wushu has been an international sport for sometime and martial art.
What do you think?|||Yes, look at some of the other Olympic sports. Wushu requires more skill and is far more aesthetic than some dude throwing a hammer.
To the first answer, Judo is already an olympic sport dumbass.|||it%26#039;d be difficult to justify making one martial art an olympic event but denying the rest of the martial arts.. and there are too many martial arts to make each one an individual sport, so really the only fair way to do it would be to make MMA an olympic event.. then Wushu masters could compete and so could practitioners of any other martial art..|||ya. It is very competitive and just as cool as any other sport|||Anything that requires judging is not a sport, eg. gymnastics and synchronized swimming.
If that%26#039;s how %26quot;Wu Shu%26quot; is decided, by judging, then it doesn%26#039;t belong. If it%26#039;s a combat sport decided by points, pins or knockouts (eg. Tae Kwon Do, Wrestling) then it belongs.
There is no such thing as a %26quot;judged sport%26quot;. They are at best described as %26quot;events%26quot; and more accurately, a bad joke.
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Personally I think it should be added, however, I think some people would find it to be biased in favor of the country that invented it (China), since they train far more (usually-not always) than their counterparts in other countries. Some feel that the martial aspect of wushu would be lost, as people try to get the larges 720 jumps and backflips etc. Wushu has been an international sport for sometime and martial art.
What do you think?|||Yes, look at some of the other Olympic sports. Wushu requires more skill and is far more aesthetic than some dude throwing a hammer.
To the first answer, Judo is already an olympic sport dumbass.|||it%26#039;d be difficult to justify making one martial art an olympic event but denying the rest of the martial arts.. and there are too many martial arts to make each one an individual sport, so really the only fair way to do it would be to make MMA an olympic event.. then Wushu masters could compete and so could practitioners of any other martial art..|||ya. It is very competitive and just as cool as any other sport|||Anything that requires judging is not a sport, eg. gymnastics and synchronized swimming.
If that%26#039;s how %26quot;Wu Shu%26quot; is decided, by judging, then it doesn%26#039;t belong. If it%26#039;s a combat sport decided by points, pins or knockouts (eg. Tae Kwon Do, Wrestling) then it belongs.
There is no such thing as a %26quot;judged sport%26quot;. They are at best described as %26quot;events%26quot; and more accurately, a bad joke.
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What are Benefits of Learning Martial Art Wushu ?
Just as in every martial art, you should learn control, Patience, and discipline. On the physical aspect speed, flexibility, strength.|||Fitness and an overal healthy toned body. Try looking into wingchun!
I'm looking for some Wushu Tournaments in Las Vegas what are some?
I%26#039;m looking for underblack tournaments, sparring, and forms.|||just watched fearless,have you?|||So you are looking for a Chinese martial arts tournament? Ok Which style? I am serious. I love all these dojos that say we teach Kung Fu or WuShu, Both mean the same thing. Basicaly Martial Art. Kung Fu is Manderine dialect and WuShu is Cantanese dialect. Neither is a style or form of arts. In China people say I train in GongFU or Wushu. In the western world we say I train in Martial arts. Not describing the style we train in... And even to Say Martial Art when talking about your style. If it didn%26#039;t originate in China then it is a different term. In Japanese they say Ryu which means style or form. So when you say WuShu or Kung Fu training that is fine but include a form you are training in such as Shaolin or Mantis if it%26#039;s chinese. If it%26#039;s Tae Kwan Do that Korean so a different term if its Judo or Karate that%26#039;s Japanese so its Ryu...
So a dojo that says we teach WuShu or Kung Fu is esentially using an American misconception to sell there training as everyone knows about Kung Fu movies and Kung Fu the legend continues... OR they teach multiple chinese styles in which case they should advertise Chinese MMA.
Saying Shaolin Kung Foo or Mantis Wushu is fine but not just the Wushu on it%26#039;s own
I made all the same assumptions too until I learned the truth about it by looking it up when someone corrected me about it.
So after you all cuss me out go look it up and see for your self.|||JudoKa: Both WuShu and Kung Fu are Mandarin dialect...Wu Shu translates most closely to martial art, whereas kung fu is a generic term referring to any skill gained throuhg time and effort. While technically and traditionally the terms are interchangeable, in modern english-speaking America -- especially within the tournament venue -- Wushu tends to refer to the contemporary martial arts of Communist China while kung fu is generally accepted to mean the more traditional martial arts of antiquity.
Anyway, to answer the original question, the West coast (I%26#039;m being very general with my geography here, so figure from NV/AZ out to the Pacific) has a lot of tourneys going on all the time. Check out martialartsmart.com. they are a supply store, but they sponsor a bunch of local and national tourneys which they list on their site. As a side note, Chinese style tourneys are not like Open, or Japanese tourneys in the fact that only Chinese stylists may compete; there are no divisions for japanese/korean kata, etc. The sparring will probably also be continuous rather than the %26quot;point fighting%26quot; used in Open tourneys...although with lawsuits the way they are, many promoters are being forced into the point game by their insurance companies (a sad state of affairs IMNSHO)
So a dojo that says we teach WuShu or Kung Fu is esentially using an American misconception to sell there training as everyone knows about Kung Fu movies and Kung Fu the legend continues... OR they teach multiple chinese styles in which case they should advertise Chinese MMA.
Saying Shaolin Kung Foo or Mantis Wushu is fine but not just the Wushu on it%26#039;s own
I made all the same assumptions too until I learned the truth about it by looking it up when someone corrected me about it.
So after you all cuss me out go look it up and see for your self.|||JudoKa: Both WuShu and Kung Fu are Mandarin dialect...Wu Shu translates most closely to martial art, whereas kung fu is a generic term referring to any skill gained throuhg time and effort. While technically and traditionally the terms are interchangeable, in modern english-speaking America -- especially within the tournament venue -- Wushu tends to refer to the contemporary martial arts of Communist China while kung fu is generally accepted to mean the more traditional martial arts of antiquity.
Anyway, to answer the original question, the West coast (I%26#039;m being very general with my geography here, so figure from NV/AZ out to the Pacific) has a lot of tourneys going on all the time. Check out martialartsmart.com. they are a supply store, but they sponsor a bunch of local and national tourneys which they list on their site. As a side note, Chinese style tourneys are not like Open, or Japanese tourneys in the fact that only Chinese stylists may compete; there are no divisions for japanese/korean kata, etc. The sparring will probably also be continuous rather than the %26quot;point fighting%26quot; used in Open tourneys...although with lawsuits the way they are, many promoters are being forced into the point game by their insurance companies (a sad state of affairs IMNSHO)
Where is the top wushu school in shanghai ?
Your best bet is to look in the classified section of the phone books and newspapers or leisure/sports centres etc.
Kong Fu and Tai Ji: On weekdays 8.30am to 5.30pm. A professional Wu Shiu trainer can teach you real Chinese Kong Fu and Tai. Groups can book a time for their convenience. Shanghai Wushu Center(595 West Nanjing Lu) Tel: 6215 3599.|||ancient chinese secret
Kong Fu and Tai Ji: On weekdays 8.30am to 5.30pm. A professional Wu Shiu trainer can teach you real Chinese Kong Fu and Tai. Groups can book a time for their convenience. Shanghai Wushu Center(595 West Nanjing Lu) Tel: 6215 3599.|||ancient chinese secret
How can i study wushu with out leaving from home? and in secret...?
i want to become as good as possible while working wit wat i can, pressure points, kicks, punches, meditation, tha whole thing. or as much as i can get...|||Study animals and your own body. I think it is very important that you wish to do this. Think about this. The originators of combat arts started out on there own. Studying your own body%26#039;s functions and meditating on what you would do and any sense able fighter would do in certain situation breeds raw original fighting power.|||It%26#039;s possible, but you%26#039;re going to have to work three times as hard and twice as long as someone with a good teacher. Read books on it - they%26#039;re the best source of information you%26#039;ll get, as unless you know what to look for in technically sound skill, gambling with Youtube videos for help is risky. If you know what to look for, there are some good ones on there.
However, it%26#039;s crucial that you have someone to train with, otherwise you%26#039;ll have no real point of reference for how someone will react to what you do, and that%26#039;s a huge drawback. This is why martial artists could train themselves some 200 years ago in feudal asia and can%26#039;t do it as well now - the availability to test your skills on another was readily available - through circumstance or searching.|||Without proper instruction and other people to practice with you aren%26#039;t going to get anything but bad habits that will make learning more difficult later on if you decide to really train.
You can for sure read about the history of the art and there are many youtube videos showcasing the techniques but without an instructor teaching you, all of this will be out of context.
If you are serious about wanting to learn you must find a qualified instructor and begin supervised lessons. You%26#039;re wasting your time and quite possibly injuring yourself through improper and unsafe training practices otherwise.
Good luck.|||The best and most responsible method to learn any martial art (or physical activity in general) is under the guidance and instruction of a qualified teacher, as in a dojo or studio. Anything less is doing yourself and the art a disservice.
However, it%26#039;s crucial that you have someone to train with, otherwise you%26#039;ll have no real point of reference for how someone will react to what you do, and that%26#039;s a huge drawback. This is why martial artists could train themselves some 200 years ago in feudal asia and can%26#039;t do it as well now - the availability to test your skills on another was readily available - through circumstance or searching.|||Without proper instruction and other people to practice with you aren%26#039;t going to get anything but bad habits that will make learning more difficult later on if you decide to really train.
You can for sure read about the history of the art and there are many youtube videos showcasing the techniques but without an instructor teaching you, all of this will be out of context.
If you are serious about wanting to learn you must find a qualified instructor and begin supervised lessons. You%26#039;re wasting your time and quite possibly injuring yourself through improper and unsafe training practices otherwise.
Good luck.|||The best and most responsible method to learn any martial art (or physical activity in general) is under the guidance and instruction of a qualified teacher, as in a dojo or studio. Anything less is doing yourself and the art a disservice.
Anyone know of the sport Wushu? And some help?
I%26#039;m a member of my school%26#039; Wushu team but I can%26#039;t secure a first team place in school since my hand injury. What can I do to prove myself that I can perform well?|||http://answers.yahoo.com/my/profile;_ylt...
this is the profile of a guy who talks an aweful lot about Wushu
he doesn%26#039;t allow e-mail
but maybe if you leave a comment on on of his previous questions you two can talk and maybe help eachother out.
sorry...other than that, i can%26#039;t be of any help other than to tell you to practice your *** off...
seriously...that%26#039;s an easy answer because it works
good luck
this is the profile of a guy who talks an aweful lot about Wushu
he doesn%26#039;t allow e-mail
but maybe if you leave a comment on on of his previous questions you two can talk and maybe help eachother out.
sorry...other than that, i can%26#039;t be of any help other than to tell you to practice your *** off...
seriously...that%26#039;s an easy answer because it works
good luck
Do Kung Fu and Wushu apply to the same set of disciplines, or are they separate martial arts?
Wushu means martial art.
Kung Fu means the level you have achieved in anything you do, not only in martial arts but things like cooking and sports and writing. It means how good you are. It can apply to anything.
If you are very proficient in martial arts, it would be said that your kung fu is good - or your level of skill is good.
The wushu of today is more sport oriented. The more combative art is known as Kuoshu - central skill. |||In Chinese, wu = martial, military, war; shu=skills, arts; kung = work; fu = master, mastery. Wu Shu is the proper term for martial arts of China. It is now the term used in Red China for a set of 5 disciplines: chuan fa = hand-to-hand; bo = staff; spear; broadsword and saber. Kung Fu simply indicates working hard to master some skill, e.g. the Emperor had a Kung Fu chef, and I am Kung Fu in Chinese martial arts, painting, philosophy and history. The Kung symbol has Li = Strength added to it for Kung Fu. Kung Fu is synonymous for Great Achievement. Kung Fu can be used for many styles, while lately in Red China, Wu Shu is more limited, but in practice, all martial arts of China are Wu Shu, while any skill can be Kung Fu. The situation is ambiguous. It is useful to know that Shaolin (Sil Lum in Cantonese) means Chan Buddhist boxing styles, and Tai Chi Chuan means those of Taoism. Chin Na refers to grappling styles, in general.|||I think so, based on my opinion, to me, wushu is the best because of its techniques of teaching. The forms are less stressful, and their moves are better effective when against an opponent. The power and air that you get is mostly from wushu. Kungfu is a good option, but I prefer Wushu because of its extended length of power and motion (moves). |||Back in the day Wushu and Kung fu were just two different names for the same thing, chinese martial arts, but today kung fu describes combative martial arts which is used for self defense, And wushu is used to describe sport martial arts which have no application for fighting what so ever.|||they are the same its just that wushu is the modern look for kung fu that%26#039;s why they made for it styles and rules and now open styles with tricks and judging but they are the same. but if you want to learn both you have to see someone who train them both not as different sports.
Kung Fu means the level you have achieved in anything you do, not only in martial arts but things like cooking and sports and writing. It means how good you are. It can apply to anything.
If you are very proficient in martial arts, it would be said that your kung fu is good - or your level of skill is good.
The wushu of today is more sport oriented. The more combative art is known as Kuoshu - central skill. |||In Chinese, wu = martial, military, war; shu=skills, arts; kung = work; fu = master, mastery. Wu Shu is the proper term for martial arts of China. It is now the term used in Red China for a set of 5 disciplines: chuan fa = hand-to-hand; bo = staff; spear; broadsword and saber. Kung Fu simply indicates working hard to master some skill, e.g. the Emperor had a Kung Fu chef, and I am Kung Fu in Chinese martial arts, painting, philosophy and history. The Kung symbol has Li = Strength added to it for Kung Fu. Kung Fu is synonymous for Great Achievement. Kung Fu can be used for many styles, while lately in Red China, Wu Shu is more limited, but in practice, all martial arts of China are Wu Shu, while any skill can be Kung Fu. The situation is ambiguous. It is useful to know that Shaolin (Sil Lum in Cantonese) means Chan Buddhist boxing styles, and Tai Chi Chuan means those of Taoism. Chin Na refers to grappling styles, in general.|||I think so, based on my opinion, to me, wushu is the best because of its techniques of teaching. The forms are less stressful, and their moves are better effective when against an opponent. The power and air that you get is mostly from wushu. Kungfu is a good option, but I prefer Wushu because of its extended length of power and motion (moves). |||Back in the day Wushu and Kung fu were just two different names for the same thing, chinese martial arts, but today kung fu describes combative martial arts which is used for self defense, And wushu is used to describe sport martial arts which have no application for fighting what so ever.|||they are the same its just that wushu is the modern look for kung fu that%26#039;s why they made for it styles and rules and now open styles with tricks and judging but they are the same. but if you want to learn both you have to see someone who train them both not as different sports.
What are some differences and similarities in kung fu and wushu?
not the true definition lie kung fu is total accomplishment or achievement or wushu is a general twem for CMA im talkin about the actual martial arts
Shaolin Kung Fu
Wushu|||Kung-Fu is the traditional Chinese Martial Art and Wu Shu is the sport (generic) version of this that is why Wu Shu has more acrobatic movements in its patterns (forms, kata, poomse etc...) and is more widely used in competition becuse it is basicaly designed if you will to show the beauty of the Chinese martial arts more over traditional Kung-Fu (I think they are both beautiful) which is the combat application of Chinese Martial Arts.|||Kung Fu= is a chinese word that means an individual%26#039;s hard earned or mastered skill. It can be applied to any physical skill like cooking, painting, carpentry or even singing or dancing and not just for fighting. It became popular in the 70s as a household word in the U.S. due to Bruce Lee%26#039;s popularity and was then commonly associated with the traditional chinese fighting arts.
Wu Shu= is the chinese word used today to refer to the different chinese fighting art forms promoted with the sanction of the chinese governing body today. It was adapted by the chinese to avoid the confusion brought about by the use of the word Kung Fu.
The main differences are the fact that Kung Fu refers to individual skills. So anyone can just make up his own way of fighting, refine and master it then claim it as his Kung Fu. This lead to so many different individual styles that usually led to rivalries and disputes. Wu shu on the otherhand are fighting forms or systems developed by the Central Wu shu Institute in China that unified all the different established and recognized individual forms into several standardized forms for easier regulation and teaching in a curriculum setting as well as uniform application for sports competitions. After all, it is hard to judge and score kung fu competitions when there are way too many different styles with varied applications being used. A unified standard for teaching and scoring is needed, hence the establishment of the Wu Shu Institute.|||Same thing , different names.
Shaolin Kung Fu
Wushu|||Kung-Fu is the traditional Chinese Martial Art and Wu Shu is the sport (generic) version of this that is why Wu Shu has more acrobatic movements in its patterns (forms, kata, poomse etc...) and is more widely used in competition becuse it is basicaly designed if you will to show the beauty of the Chinese martial arts more over traditional Kung-Fu (I think they are both beautiful) which is the combat application of Chinese Martial Arts.|||Kung Fu= is a chinese word that means an individual%26#039;s hard earned or mastered skill. It can be applied to any physical skill like cooking, painting, carpentry or even singing or dancing and not just for fighting. It became popular in the 70s as a household word in the U.S. due to Bruce Lee%26#039;s popularity and was then commonly associated with the traditional chinese fighting arts.
Wu Shu= is the chinese word used today to refer to the different chinese fighting art forms promoted with the sanction of the chinese governing body today. It was adapted by the chinese to avoid the confusion brought about by the use of the word Kung Fu.
The main differences are the fact that Kung Fu refers to individual skills. So anyone can just make up his own way of fighting, refine and master it then claim it as his Kung Fu. This lead to so many different individual styles that usually led to rivalries and disputes. Wu shu on the otherhand are fighting forms or systems developed by the Central Wu shu Institute in China that unified all the different established and recognized individual forms into several standardized forms for easier regulation and teaching in a curriculum setting as well as uniform application for sports competitions. After all, it is hard to judge and score kung fu competitions when there are way too many different styles with varied applications being used. A unified standard for teaching and scoring is needed, hence the establishment of the Wu Shu Institute.|||Same thing , different names.
Where can i go for a wushu training?
im desperate to do some wushu.
i live in bacoor,cavite
could you recommend me some places where can i sign up to
im a total beginner though but still|||Well, it depend on where u live now. If you live in China, there is lots of school i can recomend, if in US, then i think there are also some places such as: chinese ambassy, chinese town, in fact u will find out lot school by searching chinese wushu school in goole US, i think. By the way, it will be too painful to learn, i like it and i keep training it still sometimes.|||i dunno if there%26#039;s any but if you happen to be in manila, go to rizal memorial stadium; they got wushu training there. for the mean while, practice butterfly kick, spinning butterfly kick, and aerials on the nearest gymnastics center or somewhere safe and imitate kung fu/wushu moves from videos.
i live in bacoor,cavite
could you recommend me some places where can i sign up to
im a total beginner though but still|||Well, it depend on where u live now. If you live in China, there is lots of school i can recomend, if in US, then i think there are also some places such as: chinese ambassy, chinese town, in fact u will find out lot school by searching chinese wushu school in goole US, i think. By the way, it will be too painful to learn, i like it and i keep training it still sometimes.|||i dunno if there%26#039;s any but if you happen to be in manila, go to rizal memorial stadium; they got wushu training there. for the mean while, practice butterfly kick, spinning butterfly kick, and aerials on the nearest gymnastics center or somewhere safe and imitate kung fu/wushu moves from videos.
Is there a word reffers to practitioner of Wushu?
For example the practitioner of Karate is called Karate ka.|||To the best of my knowledge there isn%26#039;t a specific name to refer to someone who practices Wushu, and this is because Wushu is just a broad, over arcing term to refer to martial arts. It isn%26#039;t one specific style such as Karate or Aikido, just a general term referring to martial arts in general.
Where can we learn wushu?
me and my friend want to learn wushu, but we live in iceland.. so no school or anything.. what is the best country (and school) to go to to learn that?|||WUSHU is one of the hardest forms of martial arts to learn without a trainer. It is a rare form of martial arts. Maybe an instructional video? I live in the states and there are only a few in the US that teach . I know it is a Chinese Art not Japanese.|||China, try and find a authentic shoalin temple.|||asia and a dojo|||Well you can either go to China. There are several great places to learn wushu;
Shaolin Temple
Shaolin temple in Henan province is something of a martial arts Mecca at the moment, with some 2000 students studying in 8 schools dotted in and around the temple and in the neighboring town. One school is actually connected with the temple and is Buddhist. The rest are private businesses and are run independently of the temple. Moreover, a lot of what is taught there is contemporary Wushu. Because of the large number of western tourists that come here, living conditions are surprisingly good, with even a western restaurant near the temple. The monks living conditions are also not to bad, compared to say Chen Village The government has a lot of influence over what happens at Shaolin, so a lot of the skilled monks have left or been expelled.
Wudang Mountain
Wudang Mountain, the home of Wudangquan, is also a blossoming martial arts hot spot. Wudang Mountain is also covered in martial arts schools. Being in a rich province, the living conditions were not too bad. Ironically, Wudang Mountain is very near the Henan border, and the dialect they speak sounds a bit like the dialect they speak in Chen Village. One monk I talked to said that they are forbidden from teaching for money, so the government %26#039;helps%26#039; them by taking all the school fees. I got the distinct impression that the coaches teaching, although from the temple, were far from the best. Taoists are renowned for keeping secrets.
Recently Premier Jian Zhiming visited Wudang Mountain and bestowed upon it the status of being a %26#039;Special Economic Zone%26#039;. This gives the region special tax laws. With more and more involvement from the government, I expect Wudang Mountain to become very commercial in the future. A shame.
Xi鈥檃n Wu Shu Institute
Xi鈥檃n has a famous martial arts school, and is also a historic town. The film star Donny Yen studied here. As well as contemporary wushu coaches, they have a 18th generation Tai Chi coach from Chen Village, Chen Quanzhong.
The Beijing Wushu Institute
This is run by Wu Bin and is the home of the Beijing wushu team. The Beijing Wushu Team is known for its precise movements, and exacting standards. Jet Li the martial arts movie star learned his trade here. They often recruit teachers from The Chinese Wushu Association, also run by Wu Bin, to teach foreigners if there is something they particularly want to learn that is not available in the institute itself. The facilities here are also very good. Each room has a bathroom and aircon and TV, though you may need to share your room with a room mate. Also, the institute will pick you up from the airport and drop you off there too. They will also help you with other problems and occasionally organize trips out to the great wall during your days off. A lot of tourist attractions are a short walk away, while the rest are a short taxi ride away. Beihai park is literally outside the front door. There are usually a lot of other foreigners there, so it is easy to have a good time. The night life in Beijing gets better every year.
If you want to know more about travel in China, I would recommend reading a guide book. Good things have been said about %26quot;The Rough Guide to China%26quot;. The entire text is available on line. Of course there is the ubiquitous %26quot;The Lonely Planet Guide to China%26quot; which is published in a number of different languages.
Theses days though, Wikitravel is increasingly the way to go.
Or you can go to Canada and learn of this guy:
www.shouyuliang.com
Grand-master Shouyu Liang is very well respected. Look at this article:
http://ezine.kungfumagazine.com/magazine...|||www.usawushu.com
Shaolin Temple
Shaolin temple in Henan province is something of a martial arts Mecca at the moment, with some 2000 students studying in 8 schools dotted in and around the temple and in the neighboring town. One school is actually connected with the temple and is Buddhist. The rest are private businesses and are run independently of the temple. Moreover, a lot of what is taught there is contemporary Wushu. Because of the large number of western tourists that come here, living conditions are surprisingly good, with even a western restaurant near the temple. The monks living conditions are also not to bad, compared to say Chen Village The government has a lot of influence over what happens at Shaolin, so a lot of the skilled monks have left or been expelled.
Wudang Mountain
Wudang Mountain, the home of Wudangquan, is also a blossoming martial arts hot spot. Wudang Mountain is also covered in martial arts schools. Being in a rich province, the living conditions were not too bad. Ironically, Wudang Mountain is very near the Henan border, and the dialect they speak sounds a bit like the dialect they speak in Chen Village. One monk I talked to said that they are forbidden from teaching for money, so the government %26#039;helps%26#039; them by taking all the school fees. I got the distinct impression that the coaches teaching, although from the temple, were far from the best. Taoists are renowned for keeping secrets.
Recently Premier Jian Zhiming visited Wudang Mountain and bestowed upon it the status of being a %26#039;Special Economic Zone%26#039;. This gives the region special tax laws. With more and more involvement from the government, I expect Wudang Mountain to become very commercial in the future. A shame.
Xi鈥檃n Wu Shu Institute
Xi鈥檃n has a famous martial arts school, and is also a historic town. The film star Donny Yen studied here. As well as contemporary wushu coaches, they have a 18th generation Tai Chi coach from Chen Village, Chen Quanzhong.
The Beijing Wushu Institute
This is run by Wu Bin and is the home of the Beijing wushu team. The Beijing Wushu Team is known for its precise movements, and exacting standards. Jet Li the martial arts movie star learned his trade here. They often recruit teachers from The Chinese Wushu Association, also run by Wu Bin, to teach foreigners if there is something they particularly want to learn that is not available in the institute itself. The facilities here are also very good. Each room has a bathroom and aircon and TV, though you may need to share your room with a room mate. Also, the institute will pick you up from the airport and drop you off there too. They will also help you with other problems and occasionally organize trips out to the great wall during your days off. A lot of tourist attractions are a short walk away, while the rest are a short taxi ride away. Beihai park is literally outside the front door. There are usually a lot of other foreigners there, so it is easy to have a good time. The night life in Beijing gets better every year.
If you want to know more about travel in China, I would recommend reading a guide book. Good things have been said about %26quot;The Rough Guide to China%26quot;. The entire text is available on line. Of course there is the ubiquitous %26quot;The Lonely Planet Guide to China%26quot; which is published in a number of different languages.
Theses days though, Wikitravel is increasingly the way to go.
Or you can go to Canada and learn of this guy:
www.shouyuliang.com
Grand-master Shouyu Liang is very well respected. Look at this article:
http://ezine.kungfumagazine.com/magazine...|||www.usawushu.com
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