Some like it for the exercise. Others want to be able to defend themselves.

It was originally to be Bruce Lee, it was his idea for the show. They thought the US wasn't ready for an oriental lead character, so they got David Carradine to play the part instead.

Kung Fu can trace its roots back many centuries. It is a real martial art with a colorful history.

Most people think kung fu is meant to make you stronger so you can win fights. This is totally wrong! They use it to strengthen their mind and body. Most Buddhist do kung fun and Buddhist do not harm a living thing. The Buddha uses it to train the mind. A lot of kung fu is just for the mind.

It Varies. At least 3 years on most Styles. Reaching a blackbelt does not mean you are done. Becoming a black belt is just the 1st step.

Eric Cantona did the Kung Fu Kick in the year 1995. You can learn more about Eric Cantona at the Wikipedia. Once on the page, type "Eric Cantona" into the search field at the top of the page and press enter to bring up the information.

FIrst, you should know this. there are many tough people in the world who thinks they can fight, but 80 percent of them had never fought before, and most likely, when they are in a real fight, they will flail their arms around hoping to get a hit. I will teach you how to really fight, even if you are smaller, and weaker. So listen well because i am experienced.

MOST BASIC AND IMPORTANT !

1:in a fight, always, always turn you body to the side like a boxer, depending on which is your writing hand, so your opponent has less area to hit you. so twist you body to the right or left, which ever is more confortable.

2: When you fight, and twist your body, put you fists up covering your face, and ready to strike. put you dominant hand in front of you nondominant hand, just like a boxer!

3:Even if times are tough, never run facing away from you oponent, and flailing your arms back if you are losing. If you want to run. face your oponent and back away slowly, so you are prepared for any hits he tries to land on you.

4:when you punch, do not just swing your hand, or punch in a straight line without moving you fist as you punch. if you punch forward, twist your fist so your knukles twist inside your chest! after the first punch(with dominant hand) pull you dominant hand back and swing your nondominant hand forward, while the dominant hand which is also back can protect you or land another hit on your oponent.

5:never act scared. even if you are unexperienced, act like you have fought before. act confident, like you know what you are doing. if you act scared, your oponents morale will be higher, and will be more confident in fighting you.

GRAPPLES

i woudnt recomment a grapple if you are smaller then your opponent, and if you are weaker.

but if your opponent is not fully focused, or is dizzy, tired, etc, and you know he will not do any major attacks, go in for the "kill." do any headlock, choking locks, or grapples that causes pain to him, so he will give up. one of the most popular ones is the one where you go behind yhim, put your dominant arm around his neck, put your nondominanat hand to help you pull the dominant hand toward his neck so he cannt breath. i hope yoou know what i am talking about. that's al l for now......

They are all martial arts from Asia. Kung fu is from China and karate is from Okinawa. Judo, kendo and aikido are Japanese.

First, to clarify, the modern "Kung Fu" (an term for all Chinese martial arts) began in the Ming Dynasty (1368 AD-1644 AD); and Chinese historical writings regard Equitation (skill with horses) and Archery as "Kung Fu".

Chinese historians believe that "Kung Fu" began as tools for survival such as hunting and war with different tribes. The earliest mention of a distinct style of hand-to-hand combat was around 2700 B.C. where a fighting technique called "Jiao Li" (角力), where the practitioner uses horned helmets to gore enemies to death. "Jiao Li" was a grappling form with strikes, blocks, and joint locks later added to it to form "Shuai Jiao" (摔跤), which is translated into Chinese Wrestling. "Jiao Li" was developed during the Zhou Dynasty (1045 BC-256 BC), and became an official part of the Zhou military training program. "Shuai Jiao" was used by the Qin army and became a sport under the Qin Dynasty (221 BC-206BC).

During the "Spring and Autumn Period" (770 BC-746 BC), swordsmanship became wide spread, many of Confucius's students were described to be skilled swordsman. During this time period, punching techniques, called Boxing in modern terms, also improved a great deal.

During the Qin Dynasty, as mentioned before, strikes, blocks, and joint locks were added to "Jiao Li" to form "Shuai Jiao". Immediately after the Qing Dynasty, during the Han Dynasty (206 BC- 220 AD) many "Kung Fu" manuals were written, describing hand-to-hand unarmed combat techniques of the time, showing a vast increment of techniques from before the Han Dynasty. Toward the Han Dynasty, passages from books describe methods for an unarmed combatant to disarm an armed opponent. These records show that the basis for Chinese "Boxing" and its philosophy: <Far use feet to kick, Close use hand to punch, Next to body use joint locks and throws>.

Han Dynasty also saw rise to weapons "Kung Fu", where sword, dao (saber), dagger-axe, and sword-shield combination techniques.

If you have further questions please message me because I probably babbled on enough :)

Sources:

"中國武術史簡述"

"Classic of Rites"

No. However, many schools teach wushu as a form of physically activity. Wushu is also the national sport of Chinas

There are dojo in Beneavin Road, Wynnsward Drive, Saint Patrick's Road and the Shaolin Kung Fu Academy in South Richmond Street.

This is for Shaolin Kempo so this is basically Shaolin Chuan Fa (basically the same)

Ranking in order:

White

Yellow

Orange

Purple

Blue

Blue 1st degree

Green

Green 1st degree

brown 1st degree

brown 2nd degree

brown 3rd degree

Black

Black 1st degree

Black 2nd degree

Black 3rd degree

Black 4th degree

Its hard to answer this concretely without statistics, but I would venture Tai Chi and Wing Chun are among the most popular today. The former is now being promoted by health organizations because its movements do not put stress on the joints like traditional exercises. This makes it ideal for older people to practice. The latter was made popular by Ip Man via Bruce Lee and Donnie Yen in various films and in dojos around the world.

Not one that has any references that I've seen. I have a library of over 100 martial arts books and never seen that listed.

"Young Grasshopper" was the nickname given to Caine by his Kung Fu teacher Master Po. Master Po is blind and Caine says that must be the worst but Master Po shows him how he can hear the grasshopper at Caine's feet even when Caine can't hear it.

It depends what your kung fu style is. Some kung fu styles require a uniform, others train you in your everyday clothes, other have designated outfits, and others let you wear any workout outfit. To know, go see a kung fu martial artist near where you live.

kung fu is studied not just as a phyiscal learning, but as a mental one as well. it usuallt takes a lifetime to understand the true meaning of kung fu. it takes dedication and loyalty to even begin a start on the road of understanding.

All of the styles listed are types of martial arts.

Kung Fu originated in China. Legend says it was based on the martial arts of India.

Karate was created by merging Kung Fu and Okinawan Wrestling. It is predominantly a striking art.

Tae Kwon Do was created by merging Karate and Korean martial arts. It is predominantly a striking art.

Judo is a Japanese grappling art that was created as a sport from the martial art of JuJitsu.

First, to clarify, the modern "Kung Fu" (an term for all Chinese martial arts) began in the Ming Dynasty (1368 AD-1644 AD); and Chinese historical writings regard Equitation (skill with horses) and Archery as "Kung Fu".

Chinese historians believe that "Kung Fu" began as tools for survival such as hunting and war with different tribes. The earliest mention of a distinct style of hand-to-hand combat was around 2700 B.C. where a fighting technique called "Jiao Li" (角力), where the practitioner uses horned helmets to gore enemies to death. "Jiao Li" was a grappling form with strikes, blocks, and joint locks later added to it to form "Shuai Jiao" (摔跤), which is translated into Chinese Wrestling. "Jiao Li" was developed during the Zhou Dynasty (1045 BC-256 BC), and became an official part of the Zhou military training program. "Shuai Jiao" was used by the Qin army and became a sport under the Qin Dynasty (221 BC-206BC).

During the "Spring and Autumn Period" (770 BC-746 BC), swordsmanship became wide spread, many of Confucius's students were described to be skilled swordsman. During this time period, punching techniques, called Boxing in modern terms, also improved a great deal.

During the Qin Dynasty, as mentioned before, strikes, blocks, and joint locks were added to "Jiao Li" to form "Shuai Jiao". Immediately after the Qin Dynasty, during the Han Dynasty (206 BC- 220 AD) many "Kung Fu" manuals were written, describing hand-to-hand unarmed combat techniques of the time, showing a vast increment of techniques from before the Han Dynasty. Toward the Han Dynasty, passages from books describe methods for an unarmed combatant to disarm an armed opponent. These records show that the basis for Chinese "Boxing" and its philosophy: <Far use feet to kick, Close use hand to punch, Next to body use joint locks and throws>.

Han Dynasty also saw rise to weapons "Kung Fu", where sword, dao (saber), dagger-axe, and sword-shield combination techniques.

If you have further questions please message me because I probably babbled on enough :)

Sources:

"中國武術史簡述"

"Classic of Rites"

The rough translation is "skill so refined and perfected, it has become an artform." Take something as mundane as typing; if you can type 450 words per minute without a single mistake, and maintain that pace, then, you have turned typing into an art, you are Picaso with a keyboard. THAT, is "Kung Fu." The term "Kung Fu," even in China, has become widely used to refer to martial arts, although the traditional Chinese term is "Wushu." In the movies, when one character says to another "you have good Kung Fu," one character was saying to another "wow, you worked so hard, you are not merely just skillful; you sir are an ARTIST." However even Chinese audiences were ignorant of the concept of Kung Fu because, see, the idea of "perfection through effort" was restricted largely in philosophical and scholarly circles, and given China's history of oppression, tyranny and poverty, for generations the Chinese public was uneducated and ignorant until the cultural revolution.

There are no tricks in karate. It is hard work and practice under a knowledgeable instructor.

Ultimately, with any fighting style it ultimately boils down to the practitioner's own willpower, intellect, and work ethic, tragically REGARDLESS of character. In martial arts fiction, who do you think it was inspired the villains? Its possible even for a very bad man, to have an exceptionally strong will, always a dangerous situation. Whole reason why martial arts "super powers" are considered a myth, is because to achieve the kind of things you see in anime, video games, and high production values special effects driven movies, the power of your will has to be match well, the power you want. The more personal power you want, the stronger your will needs to be. As a general rule considered myth because of the idea that NOBODY, is that strong-willed.

In Japanese video games the reason you see the word "will" so much, is drawn from their culture and folklore. Namely legendary, well, ninja and samurai, whose will became so strong, they achieved superhuman powers. Basically with every fictional character you see in games, the developers assume they are that strong because of a strong will. Ultimately, in the real world, the strength of a martial arts style really depends on how it develops you, the individual. How well it helps you cultivate, and strengthen willpower.

In the end though without the ability to hold the difficult Ma Bu stance

For at least 2 hours, without pain mind, mastery of any kung fu style or any east asian style is impossible. REAL mastery; given modern life, schooling, work, how money and technology driven modern life is, very few people have the discipline to set aside 2 hours to hold that position. If you MUST know which FAMILY of styles is considered the most powerful in China, it would be the neijia, or "internal" styles, of which Tai Chi Chuan is a part. Tough to swallow I know, that all those slow motion movements, sometimes absolutely no movement at all can grant "ultimate martial arts power" but in China its conisdered true. Still though the direction of the energy they call "chi" is will-driven. Without a strong will, training in any kung fu style is useless, ANY fighting style really.

However if we are going to get into an "all things being equal" thing, one guy knows Kung Fu, the other guy does MMA, the strength of their will is the same, Kung Fu guy will win believe it or not. The vast majority of traditional practitioners the MMA world has encountered have been, overwhelmingly weak-willed individuals. MMA fighters haven't exactly been in there with Shaolin monks

also don't listen to the moron who posted this thing. At precisely 24 seconds you can see the monk's hands, are not moving with choreographed precision. He just kind of, waves his hands, but does not block the kicks with exacting precision. Not wanting to nitpick but both practitioners make several mistakes, they get sloppy in places, although I'm sure an expert would be better able to see it. If you show this video to a 10th dan they will confirm with their expert eyes, this video is NOT choroegraphed. Call it racist western nay saying; the a-hole who posted the video likes to think, western made MMA is indestructible. Let them ride the ego train; doesn't make it true.

Still though, not denying the point, that assuming an MMA guy was capable, that if THEY held Mabu for 4 hours THEY would probably be really tough themselves. Think man, Shaolin training combined with Mixed Martial Arts? Gives ME the goosebumps. Again though in most circles "ultimate power" is chalked up to superstition, and if you happen to believe that stuff best keep it to yourself. But what if you really DO learn how to fly, like superman? STILL, keep it to yourself. Seriously man you run around publicly talking abou chi energy and ultimate martial arts super powers its a quick trip to the looney bin. Although in this era of internet weirdos, people tolerate crazyness more. Anyway to more directly answer your question nobody really knows, but in China, it is generally considered to be the internal, meditative martial arts, such as Tai Chi Chuan.

I'm assuming you are referring to a person having a shaved forehead and a braided ponytail. This is known as a "queue" (ch: bianzi, 辫子), and it was a sign of subjugation that was forced on the Chinese by the Manchus when they conquered China in the 17th-century.

Shaolin Kempo is a combination of Kong- fu Karate, and jujitsu. The fighting styles include 5 animals: Crane, Dragon, Leopard, Snake, and Tiger. There is a unique belt system in the order of: white, Yellow, Orange, Purple, Blue, Blue w/green stripe, Green, Green w/ brown stripe, Brown, 1st degree Brown, 2nd degree Brown, 3rd degree Brown, and Black. Black also has degrees but I am not sure how much. in order to get each belt you must pass a test on a review of all of your techniques. this test will test your physical and mental ability. There is not many places in the united states that teach it but there is a few in Illinois and Kentucky. I go to a studio in Rockford Illinois and it is great.

Kung Fu Fighting Lyrics by Carl Douglas

Everybody was kung-fu fighting

Those cats were fast as lightning

In fact it was a little bit frightening

But they fought with expert timing

They were funky China men from funky Chinatown

They were chopping them up and they were chopping them down

It's an ancient Chinese art and everybody knew their part

From a feint into a slip, and kicking from the hip

Everybody was kung-fu fighting

Those cats were fast as lightning

In fact it was a little bit frightening

But they fought with expert timing

There was funky Billy Chin and little Sammy Chung

He said here comes the big boys, lets get it on

We took a bow and made a stand, started swinging with the hand

The sudden motion made me skip now we're into a brand new trip

Everybody was kung-fu fighting

Those cats were fast as lightning

In fact it was a little bit frightening

But they did it with expert timing

(repeat)..make sure you have expert timing

Kung-fu fighting, had to be fast as lightning