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While legend had it that Bodhidharma created kung fu in China, it is thought by many that he also had been raised as a prince. As such he would have been trained in some of the Martial Arts of India, and those would have influenced his skills and knowledge.
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Why did the ancient Chinese invent Kung Fu?
They didn't. kung fu came to China from India. A Buddhist monk named Bodhidharma brought kung fu with him when he Inmagrated to China.
Who brought karate to china?
Kung fu can to China from India. Bodhidharma a Buddhist monk traveled there. Kung fu was taken to the Ryukyu Islands and became Karate.
Who made kung-fu?
Bodhidharma
Is Kung Fu the oldest martial art in the world?
No. There are many arts that can trace their history back further, particularly in India and the Middle East. The legendary Bodhidharma that is credited with the creation of Kung Fu was an Indian Prince trained in their martial arts before coming to China.
Who is Bodidharma?
Bodhidharma was a India monk who founded Chan/Zen Buddhism.
Did Buddhist monks invent gymnastics in ancient China?
No. But legend has it that when Bodhidharma came to China in 517 CE he found the monks too weak to participate in meditation. He instructed them in excerxizes that later became Kung Fu.
Who is the first man to learn kung-fu?
No one is certain and never will be. However, legend says that it was developed by an Indian Prince that was teaching at a Buddhist Temple in China, and became the Bodhidharma.
What culture invented karate?
No. Karate is a blend of White Crane style Kung fu and Okinawan wrestling (te). Legend says that Kung fu was created by the Bodhidharma in the Buddhist temples of China and that he was an Indian prince.
Did buddhist people make martial arts?
Legend has it that Kung Fu was originated by the Bodhidharma and it was taught, still is, in the Shaolin Temples.
Where is the setting of Kung Fu Panda?
China
Is Kung-Fu from China?
"Kung Fu" is a modern 'Western' phrase to describe all the martial arts of China. So, yes, "kung Fu" is from China.
Did china invent Kung Fu?
Tradition is that kung fu was developed in China. The Bodhidharma is believed to have created it to teach the Shoalin Monks. Since he was from India, it is believed he combined the arts he learned there with new insights.Second answer:The indigenous martial arts that normally fall under the umbrella term "kung fu" were indeed created in China. However, they developed independently of South Asian fighting arts. The legend of Bodhidharma teaching medicinal breathing and stretching exercises to the monks comes from the 17th-century. Stan Henning has shown in his paper "Ignorance, Legend and Taijiquan" that the idea of the Zen patriarch teaching the monks boxing didn't come about until the 20th-century.For a broad overview of Shaolin martial history, see Prof. Shahar's book The Shaolin Monastery (2008).
