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Though English speakers use the term Kung Fu to refer generally to all martial arts of Chinese origin, the precise Chinese term for marital arts is wu shu. Kung fu in Chinese can be translated as work or skill. The origin of martial arts in China has been traced all the way back to around 500 A.D., when Buddhist monks began practicing qigong, or energy cultivation techniques, which they found also greatly improved their physical strength. When Manchuria took over China and began the Qing dynasty (1644-1911), martial arts were outlawed in order to prevent rebellion, though government forces continued to practice traditional hand-to-hand fighting techniques and civilians—including the monks of the legendary Shaolin Temple—kept up their practice in secret.

Revolution swept China in 1911 and the Qing dynasty fell. Over the next two decades, the history and secrets of Chinese martial arts were revealed to the public, opening up the traditional martial arts practices to greater scrutiny, as well as Western influence. Around this time, they began to be adapted to serve as a form of recreation and fitness. After the triumph of the Nationalists and the unification of China in 1928, the government moved to formalize the role of martial arts in Chinese society, requiring public schools to include martial arts in their physical education programs. The rise of the Communists after World War II continued the process of mainstreaming martial arts, as many of the religious elements were removed and individual or choreographed demonstrations were emphasized. Since 1979, when China began to open more to the outside world, private martial arts associations and training centers have sought to return to more traditional forms of practice.

Kung Fu encompasses hundreds of fighting styles indigenous to China, including Wing Chun and Tai Chi, but all the styles have common traits. Basic stances and motions serve as a platform from which students learn different styles and forms and progress into higher levels of difficulty. Techniques used in Kung Fu fighting are wide-ranging, including kicks, throws, strikes, turns, dodges, holds, and more acrobatic moves such as leaps and falls, somersaults, and handsprings.

Sometimes referred to as Chinese boxing, Kung Fu is the most widely known of all the martial arts, along with Karate. Taoist and Buddhist philosophies are fundamental aspects of Kung Fu, including the complementary forces of yin and yang and the concept of chi, or life force. A Kung Fu fighter uses motions of attacking (yang) and yielding (yin) to overpower an opponent. In non-combative practice, this equilibrium of hard and soft, aggressive and passive, allows the chi to flow correctly throughout the body and encourage strength, flexibility, stamina, relaxation, and the release of nervous energy.

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[occultninja4]

gota love shaolin kung fu.

[XxPro2SnipexX]

asians perfected it.

[rozzarr1]

@choyleefutkid1 chinese monks are asian, just sayin

[BuddangaLaw]

@devaheaven To correct you. Qi (chi) is not gained by meditation alone .

It is a energy that you gain by meditation and light body training.

The body isn't strong enough to take the hit. The Qi supresses the pain not the damage.

It gives you pretty much the same effect as a placebo effect.

Inner strenght does not strenghten external body.

[TheSingingBrothers56]

HOLY HELL PHILIPPINES!

[hartiserver]

where is woman where is equality ? :) ohh noo..

[BeatLjooZ]

@devaheaven dude i guess its the mixture of both, that makes u really strong, because you strike even harder through the power u gained from training and ur' mind does the rest to improve the strength of hits. it also strenghtens your resistance

[devaheaven]

why do you have to hit on bags of grains and wooden pillars to condition your limbs and make them tough when you have so colled misterious power of chi that you can just get it through meditating in order to make your limbs tough and painless without hitting hard on bags and wooden pillars? I would believe there is chi if a monk since a kid have only meditated all his life without hitting a bag of grain or wooden pillars and able to take a blow of a wooden stick in the head and remain awake.

[ShyningStar1]

This history is not even accurate dude smh

[17dumitru]

profisional kiler

[dangerousdynamite]

@Scorpionking209 FYI he said martial arts. never said Kung Fu.

[XxPro2SnipexX]

chinese to be specific