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<\/p>\nLike other martial arts in the world, China Wu Shu (kung fu) have their own history and specific character. The earliest Wu(\u6b66) comes from “dancing(\u821e)”, primitive men make dancing to celebrate their hunting success or other big things, when they dancing, they use some hunting movements by which they get the food. To survive in an extremely hostile environment, our primitive Chinese ancestors developed primary means of defense and attack that included leaping, tumbling, and kicking. Although they knew how to fight with rudimentary weapons made from stones and wood, fighting with bare hands and fists became essential skills.<\/p>\n
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Being fighting styles, Kung Fu advocates virtue and peace, not aggression or violence. This has been the common value upheld by martial artists from generation to generation. With a number of movement sets, boxing styles, weapon skills, and some fighting stunts, Kung Fu keeps its original function of self-defense. Now its value in body-building and fitness is also highly appreciated.<\/p>\n
You can get a further understand from the Chinese letters:<\/p>\n
From these letters, you can see that China kung fu not only means body movements to practice for times, it also has principles to practice your brain and mind. Chinese Kung Fu (Martial Arts or as popularly referred to as Gongfu or Wushu) is a series of fighting styles which has developed over a long historical period in China. Nowadays, it is regarded as a traditional sport gaining more and more popularity and even stands as a representative of Chinese culture.<\/p>\n
The main martial arts styles are classified by geographical locations, for example, the Southern Fist (Nanquan) prevailing in south China, and Shaolin School based at Shaolin Temple in Henan Province. Some are named after the creator and master, like the Chen Style Tai Chi and Yang Style Tai Chi. Some are identified by different training methods, such as the Internal Boxing Arts (Neijiaquan) that concentrate on the manipulation of the inner breath and circulation of the body, and the External Boxing Arts (Waijiaquan) concentrating on improving the muscles and the limbs.<\/p>\n
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After China’s Reform, the martial arts in China are classified in Taolu<\/strong>(forms) and Sanda<\/strong>(fighting and combat). For beginner training, when you decide which form or style kung fu you want to learn, you can buy some tools you need here: kung fu training tools<\/a>:<\/p>\n Most westerners know Shaolin kung fu by Jack Chen and Jet Li’s movies. Now learning Shaolin kung fu has been more and more popular among people of different ages from home and abroad. There are thousands of Kung fu schools in China, you can choose one style you like best to learn. Shaolin Kung Fu<\/strong>: a combination of zen Buddhism, Chinese metaphysics & kung fu.<\/p>\n Sanda<\/strong>: freestyle Chinese hand-to-hand self-defense & combat sports kung fu.<\/p>\n Wing Chun<\/strong>: the most popular, strong & direct from of kung fu invented by a woman Yim Wing Chun.<\/p>\n Tai Chi<\/strong>: stimulate the “Qi” circulation in patterns, related to the nervous system & heart.<\/p>\n Qi Gong<\/strong>: this discipline can preserve health & can help with illnesses.<\/p>\n Meditation<\/strong>: a range of techniques to promote relaxation, build internal energy(qi).<\/p>\n Qin Na<\/strong>: useful in real fighting, it uses fingers, hands, wrists, shoulders, and full body to control opponent.<\/p>\n Ba Gua Zhang<\/strong>: modular styles(move-in circle) combines Qi gong with other martial arts.<\/p>\n Xing Yi Quan<\/strong>: invented for the battlefield simple movements creating endless possibilities.<\/p>\n Praying Mantis<\/strong>: self-defense technique, hands & dropping forefingers strike an attachers vital points.<\/p>\n Movie & Stunts<\/strong>: martial arts straining for actors – screen combat, stunt work, and fight choreography.<\/p>\n Shaolin Kung Fu, there are different ways to classified Shaolin kung fu: internal kung fu, external kung fu, hard kung fu, qing gong(light kung fu), and qi gong. The internal kung fu mainly focuses on practicing the strength of one’s body; the light kung fu focuses on agility; qi gong includes the practice and maintenance of Qi. Shaolin Kungfu includes hand-to-hand defense as well as the use of weapons. There are forms: staff, spear, broadsword, straight sword, various other weapons, combat, equipment, performance sparring, sparring with weapons, etc.<\/p>\n Taolu (modern wushu), the sport of Wushu is both an exhibition and a full-contact sport derived from traditional Chinese martial arts. It was created in the People’s Republic of China after 1949, in an attempt to nationalize the practice of traditional Chinese martial arts. Most of the modern competition forms (\u5957\u8def Tao Lu) were formed from their parent arts by government-appointed committees.<\/p>\n Buy real traditional kung fu clothes for training>><\/a><\/p>\n Sanda, ‘Chinese kickboxing’ is also called Sanshou. Sanda is favored by its many supporters and through the years has spread and evolved into a Chinese national sport of unique character. Sanda began with the productive labor of labor and their struggles for survival to become transformed into a gem of cultural heritage. They developed simple skills of boxing, kicking, holding, and throwing through observing the abilities of animals to hunt for food like catching cats, avoiding dogs, leaping tigers, and looping eagles, etc. Now, Sanda s face-to-face fighting with bare hands between two people, consisting of offensive and defensive effect and requires kicking at distance, pouching at stride distance, and take-down throws when close. Here for traditional Chinese hand made shoes for Tai Chi training:<\/p>\n There are so many kung fu schools, offer different classes and lessons, in a short or long time course. You can see that most kung fu lessons for beginners, and some kung fu classes for adults and some special for kids. How to choose one fit you need? Just follow our tips below step by step:<\/p>\n 1. Check out all the styles most schools offered, find out the one you like, understand what it is, and how to practice. Research the animal style you like, they all have a story. This may help you learn your style.<\/p>\n 2. Take your physical qualifications into consideration, some styles ask for high strength like Tiger Quan, and some styles need body softness or quick body movement. Anyway, you should choose the right style that fits you best.<\/p>\n 3. Make a schedule. All of the kung fu styles take time to practice and master. So you’ll need many hours a week to practice. In this condition, you should think about choose a long term course to get systemic training, or a short-time holiday course to get basic training.<\/p>\n 4. Find out the right school has the kung fu classes or lessons you want, check their cost with your budget.<\/p>\n 5. The last thing is: Practice makes perfect.<\/p>\n If you want to get Private Kung Fu Classes<\/strong>, you can contact Shaolin Feng<\/em> for more details. Mobile: +86 155 1592 9991 Email: info@learnshaolinkungfuinchina.com<\/p>\n Save<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" China Kung Fu History and Main Styles Like other martial arts in the world, China Wu Shu (kung fu) have their own history and specific character. The earliest Wu(\u6b66) comes from “dancing(\u821e)”, primitive men make dancing to celebrate their hunting success or other big things, when they dancing, they use some hunting movements by which […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":""},"yoast_head":"\nShaolin kung fu classes and lessons in school<\/h2>\n
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