I%26#039;m thinking of joining up, the Grandmaster has over 35 years experience...he teaches Muay Thai, Tai Chi, Wing Chun and Wushu
I was wondering what is he most likely to me first (or just get me to stretch and stretch)...I have no previous experience in martial arts|||Yes you will have to do alot of stretching and warming up and learn what the commands mean, but he first thing to any martial art technique is good stances. horse riding stance, front stance backstance and fighting stances are the basis for what will come next like punches and then kicks. Just empty your mind of all the kungfu movie crap you%26#039;ve seen and do exactly what the instructor says and dont be afraid to ask %26quot; am I doing this right%26quot; . He will be proud of your enthusiasm|||Uhhhhhhhhhhhhhh...
when I first started donig anything
first thing you learn is stance, before you do kicks and punches and all those stuff, you learn how to stay on your damn feet.
first month, he made me run up and down the stairs,, it was a 10 story building
no break, wall sits, leg raises, pushups, side crunches
take like a 30 second break
then he made us take our stance, then he would shove and push us, after a while, you get a good balance, it takes longer for some people. for about a week, i fell every time, but aftewards, he wouldn%26#039;t be able to push me down (unless he uses a takedown with his whole body or something)
then he taught us the moves, i wasn%26#039;t learning any of the martial arts you listed, i was doing something else.
he taught us the forms, first it was defense, how to block
then how to attack
then how to combine both and use counters
by the way, you will be stretching, warming up, and doing strength exercises ALL THE TIME.|||I think he%26#039;ll ask you to warm yourself up first then , he%26#039;ll teach you then 4 types of kicks. Front, Outward, Inward and Side. Then it%26#039;s the leg stances and moves.
From then the forms. and then much later the attack and defensive moves.|||You%26#039;d better ask your teacher but he will probably teach you the basics like Bow stance and Horse stance. And then introduce you to Changquan.
Thursday, November 12, 2009
Can anyone tell me the secret of the wushu from flip crash?
its a famous crash used in drunken forms and Di Tang Quan....can anyone tell me how to land it or any secrets or how to learn it? THANK SOOOO MUCH!|||the secret is make your fists firm even in a bent position. When land you usually have your upper thigh touching the ground to obsorb shock from the fall, especially when you are doing the semi flying kick. For the drunken form it is really about good balancing and fast snap attacks.
What are Benefits of Regular Push ups and Running ? or i should join martial arts wushu ?
i am physically weak
i want to became strong at any cost because i had to became mtv roadie at any cost
if i will do daily running and push ups than it will increase my
physical power or i should join wushu martial arts
there is only wushu classes held near our home
i also suffur from cosntapation so can hard work in wushu class will solve my problem of constapation|||Okay, lets take this one step at a time. First running is cardio exercise, push ups are strength training.
Cardio exercise includes any form of excercise such as running/jogging/swimming/cycling etc that gets your heart rate pumping and you sweating and out of breath. It will not only burn calories and reduce your body fat levels, therefore making you %26#039;slimmer%26#039; by having less fat on you, but will also improve your resting heart rate and lung function, making you healthier.
I can%26#039;t stress the importance of cardio excercise enough, a good benchmark to aim for is to run a mile and a half in 12 minutes or less (thats the basic military standard - I%26#039;m ex infantry).
Strength training will help you strengthen and tone your muscles. This is done with the use of weights or by free training.
There are essentially (without getting overly complicated) two types of strength excercises based on different types of muscle fibres depending on wether you want to build size, bulk and power, or just %26#039;tone%26#039; up the lean muscles an get more muscle endurance.
Heavy weights with short reps/sets will build your fast twitch muscle fibres and build size, power and strength. Imagine big guys at the gym lifting heavy weights.
But if you use light to medium weights with lots of reps/sets you will excercise your slow twitch muscle fibres, you wont build size, but you will tone up your body and train muscle endurance. This will obviously make you %26#039;look%26#039; healthier and more toned, but will also increase your metabolism (as your muscles demand more energy) so you will burn calories faster. These muscles are also excercised a lot with cardio workouts (i.e your leg muscles when running).
If you are in a gym then it is a good idea to use a mixture of both free weights/excercises (such as dumbell curls or sit ups/push ups) and using the machines. You don%26#039;t need a particular order/regime, just excercise your whole body. Don%26#039;t concentrate on one or two areas, use everything to a greater or lesser degree! ;D
As far as excercise goes, you should aim to strike a balance between cardio training and strength training, this way you will build good strong and toned muscle, but also keep your body fat levels down and increase your heart and lung performance, making you much fitter and healthier.
Wu Shu classes will give you a good cardio and strength workout as well as martial arts training.
Second your constipation, you need to sort your diet. Get more fibre for a start.
For a healthy diet, you need to be eating small to medium meals regularly. 4 or even 5 times a day. Each meal (apart from breakfast which should preferably be fibre rich), should contain a balanced ammount of carbohydrates for energy, (from potatoes, rice and pasta, etc) protien (from fish, chicken, occassional red meat is fine, soya is good too) and plenty of vitamins, minerals and antioxidants (simple fresh fruit and veg). Eat like this and make sure you are well hydrated (fruit juice is as good as water, any fluid counts, but some fluids have negative effects too, such as alcohol or caffiene rich drinks.)
You can have a wide range of healthy meals with this, from Thai, Chinese, Italian, British, Indian, etc. Just make sure each meal contains balanced ammounts of these three. On the bright side too, fresh veg and rice and pasta is a lot cheaper than crappy junk food!
This doesn%26#039;t mean you cant have chocolate or pizza/takeaway/etc, just save them as very occassional treats.
I would join the Wu Shu class, and train on top of it too, as well as eating healthy. You will feel a new man in a few months! ;D|||Are you serious? Well any way lets assume you are for now. First of all go see a doctor about your constipation, why do you think any martial art is going to help you with that? Running and push ups will help a little but alone probably are not going to be enough. Running is a fantastic way to improve your fitness and stamina. Push ups are a great part of a work out but not the only thing you should be doing. There is so much Information available on the net about work outs that you really just need to do some basic research about what would be good for your needs rather than asking on here. Look for stuff that will work your entire body and look at different routines to see what suits you. Eg if they call for lots of expensive equipment and you don%26#039;t have/cant afford it or cant get to a gym then its a waste of time but if its lots of body weight exercises then you should be able to do that with minimal equipment.
As for the Wushu, why not give it a go, it should help your fitness and Agility and flexibility, just bear in mind that its often quite a flashy style and perhaps not best suited for self defence if that%26#039;s what you have in mind. Still its better than doing nothing.
Good look.|||Your question is a joke, and you%26#039;re here to waste peoples%26#039; time. It%26#039;s obvious. I%26#039;ll answer, regardless.
You don%26#039;t become strong just by doing pushups, and you don%26#039;t increase your power by simply becoming more muscular. It%26#039;s far more complex than that.
However, if you%26#039;re thinking that going into wushu will eliminate the need to do pushups, you%26#039;re very mistaken. You will do pushups, and they%26#039;ll be the easiest of your training when you%26#039;re having to hold a ma bu, pu bu, and xu bu for 2 minutes at a time for four sets, then do your other training on top of it.|||t depends what sort of a body you are looking for. martial arts will make you mentally and physically rock solid if you do them for years and years, but you will not have bulging muscles - you will have a lean body. Bruce Lee was pumping his up, in case you want to give him as an example of martial arts bodybuilder. big muscles are a hindrance in martial arts style fighting because they slow you down and weaken your stamina; bigger muscles take much more energy out of you to use. if you want %26#039;visible%26#039; muscles running and push ups is good. push ups should be counterbalanced by an exercise to strenghten your back though, because if you build up your muscles lopsidedly as it were you will experience problems. if you really want to train and build up your body i advise you to go to your local gym and book a fitness instructor for an hour or so to give you some advice and help you set realistic goals. moreover, if you want to get fit it%26#039;s not all about exercising either, you need to pay attention to things such as diet and enough sleep and a general healthy lifestyle. i don%26#039;t know anything about constipation but i%26#039;m sure a gym instructer may be able to help you. good luck.|||Well, Wushu will give you good cardio and tone your muscles. As for the constipation, start taking a fiber supplement. That%26#039;ll keep you regular.|||If you join wushu arts you will do running and push ups, I guarantee that.
I do not think it will help your constipation though|||Are you the diamond push-up guy? Be honest!
i want to became strong at any cost because i had to became mtv roadie at any cost
if i will do daily running and push ups than it will increase my
physical power or i should join wushu martial arts
there is only wushu classes held near our home
i also suffur from cosntapation so can hard work in wushu class will solve my problem of constapation|||Okay, lets take this one step at a time. First running is cardio exercise, push ups are strength training.
Cardio exercise includes any form of excercise such as running/jogging/swimming/cycling etc that gets your heart rate pumping and you sweating and out of breath. It will not only burn calories and reduce your body fat levels, therefore making you %26#039;slimmer%26#039; by having less fat on you, but will also improve your resting heart rate and lung function, making you healthier.
I can%26#039;t stress the importance of cardio excercise enough, a good benchmark to aim for is to run a mile and a half in 12 minutes or less (thats the basic military standard - I%26#039;m ex infantry).
Strength training will help you strengthen and tone your muscles. This is done with the use of weights or by free training.
There are essentially (without getting overly complicated) two types of strength excercises based on different types of muscle fibres depending on wether you want to build size, bulk and power, or just %26#039;tone%26#039; up the lean muscles an get more muscle endurance.
Heavy weights with short reps/sets will build your fast twitch muscle fibres and build size, power and strength. Imagine big guys at the gym lifting heavy weights.
But if you use light to medium weights with lots of reps/sets you will excercise your slow twitch muscle fibres, you wont build size, but you will tone up your body and train muscle endurance. This will obviously make you %26#039;look%26#039; healthier and more toned, but will also increase your metabolism (as your muscles demand more energy) so you will burn calories faster. These muscles are also excercised a lot with cardio workouts (i.e your leg muscles when running).
If you are in a gym then it is a good idea to use a mixture of both free weights/excercises (such as dumbell curls or sit ups/push ups) and using the machines. You don%26#039;t need a particular order/regime, just excercise your whole body. Don%26#039;t concentrate on one or two areas, use everything to a greater or lesser degree! ;D
As far as excercise goes, you should aim to strike a balance between cardio training and strength training, this way you will build good strong and toned muscle, but also keep your body fat levels down and increase your heart and lung performance, making you much fitter and healthier.
Wu Shu classes will give you a good cardio and strength workout as well as martial arts training.
Second your constipation, you need to sort your diet. Get more fibre for a start.
For a healthy diet, you need to be eating small to medium meals regularly. 4 or even 5 times a day. Each meal (apart from breakfast which should preferably be fibre rich), should contain a balanced ammount of carbohydrates for energy, (from potatoes, rice and pasta, etc) protien (from fish, chicken, occassional red meat is fine, soya is good too) and plenty of vitamins, minerals and antioxidants (simple fresh fruit and veg). Eat like this and make sure you are well hydrated (fruit juice is as good as water, any fluid counts, but some fluids have negative effects too, such as alcohol or caffiene rich drinks.)
You can have a wide range of healthy meals with this, from Thai, Chinese, Italian, British, Indian, etc. Just make sure each meal contains balanced ammounts of these three. On the bright side too, fresh veg and rice and pasta is a lot cheaper than crappy junk food!
This doesn%26#039;t mean you cant have chocolate or pizza/takeaway/etc, just save them as very occassional treats.
I would join the Wu Shu class, and train on top of it too, as well as eating healthy. You will feel a new man in a few months! ;D|||Are you serious? Well any way lets assume you are for now. First of all go see a doctor about your constipation, why do you think any martial art is going to help you with that? Running and push ups will help a little but alone probably are not going to be enough. Running is a fantastic way to improve your fitness and stamina. Push ups are a great part of a work out but not the only thing you should be doing. There is so much Information available on the net about work outs that you really just need to do some basic research about what would be good for your needs rather than asking on here. Look for stuff that will work your entire body and look at different routines to see what suits you. Eg if they call for lots of expensive equipment and you don%26#039;t have/cant afford it or cant get to a gym then its a waste of time but if its lots of body weight exercises then you should be able to do that with minimal equipment.
As for the Wushu, why not give it a go, it should help your fitness and Agility and flexibility, just bear in mind that its often quite a flashy style and perhaps not best suited for self defence if that%26#039;s what you have in mind. Still its better than doing nothing.
Good look.|||Your question is a joke, and you%26#039;re here to waste peoples%26#039; time. It%26#039;s obvious. I%26#039;ll answer, regardless.
You don%26#039;t become strong just by doing pushups, and you don%26#039;t increase your power by simply becoming more muscular. It%26#039;s far more complex than that.
However, if you%26#039;re thinking that going into wushu will eliminate the need to do pushups, you%26#039;re very mistaken. You will do pushups, and they%26#039;ll be the easiest of your training when you%26#039;re having to hold a ma bu, pu bu, and xu bu for 2 minutes at a time for four sets, then do your other training on top of it.|||t depends what sort of a body you are looking for. martial arts will make you mentally and physically rock solid if you do them for years and years, but you will not have bulging muscles - you will have a lean body. Bruce Lee was pumping his up, in case you want to give him as an example of martial arts bodybuilder. big muscles are a hindrance in martial arts style fighting because they slow you down and weaken your stamina; bigger muscles take much more energy out of you to use. if you want %26#039;visible%26#039; muscles running and push ups is good. push ups should be counterbalanced by an exercise to strenghten your back though, because if you build up your muscles lopsidedly as it were you will experience problems. if you really want to train and build up your body i advise you to go to your local gym and book a fitness instructor for an hour or so to give you some advice and help you set realistic goals. moreover, if you want to get fit it%26#039;s not all about exercising either, you need to pay attention to things such as diet and enough sleep and a general healthy lifestyle. i don%26#039;t know anything about constipation but i%26#039;m sure a gym instructer may be able to help you. good luck.|||Well, Wushu will give you good cardio and tone your muscles. As for the constipation, start taking a fiber supplement. That%26#039;ll keep you regular.|||If you join wushu arts you will do running and push ups, I guarantee that.
I do not think it will help your constipation though|||Are you the diamond push-up guy? Be honest!
What is the difference between shaolin kung fu and kung fu wushu ?
what would you think is the best ?|||You first have to know that these terms Wushu (Martial Arts, or Martial Way), and Kung Fu (Hard Work), are utilized today as meaning Martial Arts.
As jjbeard92 stated todays Wushu was created in the 50s-60s, and the Shaolin Styles of Kung Fu originated centuries ago.
Today Wushu is a Chinese National Sport, with competiion around the World.
There are many styles of Shaolin Kung Fu that are practiced and taught in just about every country today.
lr
http://www.pacificwingchunassociation.co...|||Wushu means %26#039;martial art%26#039;. Today, people associate it with the accrobatic style with high jumps and low stances. Wushu was the more accepted term for martial art than Kung Fu (which means skill). Kung Fu could be applied to any craft. A chef could be said to have good Kung Fu.
In this regard, Wushu is similar to Jeet Kune Do. Bruce Lee didn%26#039;t want to give a name to the principles he had developed because by giving it a name, it then had boundaries. In other words, once he named it JKD, then only people that learned from him or any of his certified instructors actually learned JKD. The truth is that if you read his books, you will see that ALL mma is JKD. It%26#039;s using what works and abandoning what doesn%26#039;t. Wushu used to refer to any martial art, but now it has been tied to a specific style and therefore has artificial boundaries.
Shaolin Kung Fu refers to the practice of the Shaolin Monks. Kung Fu refers to their practices as a whole (meditation, excersize, fighting, etc). If you only study the fighting style of the Shaolin Monks, this is Shaolin Wushu.
Aren%26#039;t you glad you asked?|||Good job %26quot;kungfufig%26quot;.
But anyway, Shaolin Kung Fu DID NOT necessarily originate over 2000 years ago. As the historical story says, Boddhisharma(name is spelled incorrect), one of the legendary Buddha%26#039;s, traveled from India to the Shaolin temple in China and believed that the Shaolin monks practicing there were not as strong as he believed they could be. So basically what he did is he introduced a training regimine, both physically and mentally, that would be referred to as %26quot;Shaolin Kung Fu%26quot;. This event happened around 520 A.D.
%26quot;Wushu%26quot; is just a term, among many others, that basically means %26quot;kung fu%26quot;. If you want extensive information from a REAL expert on Shaolin Kung Fu, you can get the book called %26quot;The Art of Shaolin Kung Fu%26quot; from a bookstore or a library. It was written by Wong Kiew Kit.|||Shaolin Kung Fu dates back over 2000 years. It was honed and perfected by generations of monks. It is still very useful today.
Wushu was invented in the 1950%26#039;s or 60%26#039;s, I can%26#039;t remember, by the Communist leaders of China. They had discovered that their ban on the Buddhist monastery way of life was killing a national treasure of martial arts. So they took the knowledge of martial arts that they had access to and made up a new style. Wushu is more about appearances then fighting. Don%26#039;t get me wrong, it%26#039;s still a good martial art, but it has a fighting style and an art style within it. The art side is not useful in a street fight but it looks great in movies.
As jjbeard92 stated todays Wushu was created in the 50s-60s, and the Shaolin Styles of Kung Fu originated centuries ago.
Today Wushu is a Chinese National Sport, with competiion around the World.
There are many styles of Shaolin Kung Fu that are practiced and taught in just about every country today.
lr
http://www.pacificwingchunassociation.co...|||Wushu means %26#039;martial art%26#039;. Today, people associate it with the accrobatic style with high jumps and low stances. Wushu was the more accepted term for martial art than Kung Fu (which means skill). Kung Fu could be applied to any craft. A chef could be said to have good Kung Fu.
In this regard, Wushu is similar to Jeet Kune Do. Bruce Lee didn%26#039;t want to give a name to the principles he had developed because by giving it a name, it then had boundaries. In other words, once he named it JKD, then only people that learned from him or any of his certified instructors actually learned JKD. The truth is that if you read his books, you will see that ALL mma is JKD. It%26#039;s using what works and abandoning what doesn%26#039;t. Wushu used to refer to any martial art, but now it has been tied to a specific style and therefore has artificial boundaries.
Shaolin Kung Fu refers to the practice of the Shaolin Monks. Kung Fu refers to their practices as a whole (meditation, excersize, fighting, etc). If you only study the fighting style of the Shaolin Monks, this is Shaolin Wushu.
Aren%26#039;t you glad you asked?|||Good job %26quot;kungfufig%26quot;.
But anyway, Shaolin Kung Fu DID NOT necessarily originate over 2000 years ago. As the historical story says, Boddhisharma(name is spelled incorrect), one of the legendary Buddha%26#039;s, traveled from India to the Shaolin temple in China and believed that the Shaolin monks practicing there were not as strong as he believed they could be. So basically what he did is he introduced a training regimine, both physically and mentally, that would be referred to as %26quot;Shaolin Kung Fu%26quot;. This event happened around 520 A.D.
%26quot;Wushu%26quot; is just a term, among many others, that basically means %26quot;kung fu%26quot;. If you want extensive information from a REAL expert on Shaolin Kung Fu, you can get the book called %26quot;The Art of Shaolin Kung Fu%26quot; from a bookstore or a library. It was written by Wong Kiew Kit.|||Shaolin Kung Fu dates back over 2000 years. It was honed and perfected by generations of monks. It is still very useful today.
Wushu was invented in the 1950%26#039;s or 60%26#039;s, I can%26#039;t remember, by the Communist leaders of China. They had discovered that their ban on the Buddhist monastery way of life was killing a national treasure of martial arts. So they took the knowledge of martial arts that they had access to and made up a new style. Wushu is more about appearances then fighting. Don%26#039;t get me wrong, it%26#039;s still a good martial art, but it has a fighting style and an art style within it. The art side is not useful in a street fight but it looks great in movies.
Sunday, April 26, 2009
How much experience do I need to compete in Wushu?
I have about 1 years worth of training in wushu. Is there a tournament where novice practitioners can compete in?|||Modern wushu is composed of two disciplines: taolu (forms) and sanda (sparring). Taolu forms are similar to gymnastics and involve martial art patterns and maneuvers for which competitors are judged and given points according to specific rules. The forms comprise basic movements (stances, kicks, punches, balances, jumps, sweeps and throws) based on aggregate categories traditional Chinese martial art style and can be changed for competitions to highlight one%26#039;s strengths. Competitive forms have time limits that can range from 1 minute, 20 seconds for the some external styles to over five minutes for internal styles. Modern wushu competitors are increasingly training in aerial techniques such as 540 and 720 degree jumps and kicks to add more difficulty and style to their forms. Given the level of difficulty in these forms, you would require approximately 3 - 5 years of consistent practice to compete an national level.
Sanda (sometimes called sanshou or Lei Tai) is a modern fighting method and sport influenced by both traditional Chinese boxing, Chinese wrestling methods called Shuai Chiao and other Chinese grappling techniques such as Qin Na. It has all the combat aspects of wushu. Sanda appears much like kickboxing or Muay Thai, but includes many more grappling techniques. Sanda fighting competitions are often held alongside taolu or form competitions. It takes considerably less time to develop sanda techniques than taolu, so you would be able to enter sparring competitions sooner than you would forms.
Given wu shu%26#039;s structured learning syllabus, I would not be surprised if your organisation hosts tournament events for both forms and sparring, even at your level. Speak to your instructor, who will be able to contact the organisation head quarters for more info.
Good luck.
Sanda (sometimes called sanshou or Lei Tai) is a modern fighting method and sport influenced by both traditional Chinese boxing, Chinese wrestling methods called Shuai Chiao and other Chinese grappling techniques such as Qin Na. It has all the combat aspects of wushu. Sanda appears much like kickboxing or Muay Thai, but includes many more grappling techniques. Sanda fighting competitions are often held alongside taolu or form competitions. It takes considerably less time to develop sanda techniques than taolu, so you would be able to enter sparring competitions sooner than you would forms.
Given wu shu%26#039;s structured learning syllabus, I would not be surprised if your organisation hosts tournament events for both forms and sparring, even at your level. Speak to your instructor, who will be able to contact the organisation head quarters for more info.
Good luck.
Does anyone know where i can start Wushu (or Kung Fu) in Middlesex, uk? Or anywhere near there?
Id like to start, after finishing a seven year run of Judo. I want to try something new, and i liked the idea of Wushu. Does anyone have any other suggestions? Or an idea of what a session is like? And any clubs near by Middlesex, Uk? Soz I havent a clue...Thanks|||emm|||best bet go onto the bccma website and they will know of classes local to you etc|||Wait youre going to move away from a real martial art to a foo foo art like kung foo?
What should i do to control my balance in practicing wushu?
when we practice wushu, i always fell down to the floor. and my instructor is shouting at me, he sead that you need to control your balance. What should I do?|||set forms, help alot.
Hand and then weapon forms are a part of the training.
An example is a hand form that teachs first a single sword and then a double sword form.
That is what it takes to earn a green belt in San Soo with a total of 120 combat techniques.
Now add the next hand form that teachs the long pole, or 6%26#039; staff. Then your a brown add 40 more techniques.
Now add that next hand form that teachs another weapon set. And add another 40 techniques and well your on your way to a BB in San Soo.
If no balance your forms will suck, and it will be obvious in your weapon skills as the clip I showed earlier displayed. Weapon skills are different than those of hand to hand. Or one in the same, depending on training principle.|||practice at home because you need great cordination and you don%26#039;t have it at all i didn%26#039;t have the perfect balence like they want you to have in wushu so i dropped out and became a black belt in a simple art takwondo|||Learn to stand.If you can stand on one leg and stoop down and stand up again then you will have balance.|||Standing on one foot for equal lengths on each one will greatly increase your balance.
Hand and then weapon forms are a part of the training.
An example is a hand form that teachs first a single sword and then a double sword form.
That is what it takes to earn a green belt in San Soo with a total of 120 combat techniques.
Now add the next hand form that teachs the long pole, or 6%26#039; staff. Then your a brown add 40 more techniques.
Now add that next hand form that teachs another weapon set. And add another 40 techniques and well your on your way to a BB in San Soo.
If no balance your forms will suck, and it will be obvious in your weapon skills as the clip I showed earlier displayed. Weapon skills are different than those of hand to hand. Or one in the same, depending on training principle.|||practice at home because you need great cordination and you don%26#039;t have it at all i didn%26#039;t have the perfect balence like they want you to have in wushu so i dropped out and became a black belt in a simple art takwondo|||Learn to stand.If you can stand on one leg and stoop down and stand up again then you will have balance.|||Standing on one foot for equal lengths on each one will greatly increase your balance.
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