This
article is about the kung fu
martial arts
and you can find some useful information in it if you are a fan of the
kung fu martial arts. As a Chinese, I think I have a better
understanding of the kung fu martial arts than most western people.
A lot of people think that the Chinese kung fu martial arts
is
far more than the boxing. In their point of views, the kung fu martial
arts should include kicks, elbows and knees skills too.
This is
reasonable, but I have something else to say. I think there is no big
differences between different kinds of martial arts. Every country in
the world has its own martial arts theories, but all of them are very
similar. The Chinese kung fu martial arts have been exaggerated in my
point of view. Many Chinese "kung fu masters" look down the boxing. But
in the real street fights, the cross, jab, hook and upper-cut are the
most practical and useful ways to strike your opponents. Shortest
Distance between Two Points is a Straight Line. In most
situations, the simplest way is the best. Also, the punches have lots
of tricks and need lots of practice to improve its power.
In
China, a lot of people think that the Chinese kung fu martial arts have
too many mere forms. In the kung fu martial arts shows, the kung fu
fighters are just doing something superficial. These kinds of shows are
just like dancing shows, not the practical fighting shows.
Why
the Chinese kung fu martial arts have so many mere forms? I think it is
because of the Chinese culture. There are lots of mere forms and
superficial things in the ancient Chinese culture and the Chinese kung
fu martial arts gained these from the culture. If you like the Chinese
kung fu novels, you will be able to see a lot of superficial things in
them. The kung fu in these novels have been greatly exaggerated and
they are just like magic. The top kung fu masters are like god and are
able to do lots of incredible things in these kung fu novels.
Although
I have to
admit this shortcoming of kung fu martial arts, it still has some
really good stuff. Qi Gong ( it is called Nei Gong too ) is the unique
thing in kung fu, comparing with other martial arts in the world. In
many kung fu videos, you can see lots of Qi Gong stuff from the Shaolin
monks. They are able to break the bricks, sometime even iron sticks
using this Qi Gong kung fu. But this unique kung fu is not easy to
learn. Most Qi Gong kung fu masters are not willing to teach other
people. This makes the Qi Gong more and more mysterious in the world. I
have some good friends learning Qi Gong kung fu in China. They all have
this kind of feeling that the Qi Gong kung fu's theory sounds very
reasonable sometimes. But you will find it ridiculous sometimes too. In
the period of learning this Qi Gong kung fu, they can understand some
Qi Gong kung fu theories sometime. But they will find themselves in a
misled situation sometime.
In
my view, you
should not waste your time learning this kind of mysterious Qi Gong
kung fu if your aim is to learn how to defend yourself. Some people
learned 10 or 20 years of Qi Gong kung fu but still lost in the real
street fights. If you want to learn something more practical, I think
the Chinese wrestling is a good choice. You do not need to find a "kung
fu master" to teach you this. The coaches in the sports academy or
schools can teach you the most practical wrestling skills. All these
coaches must get the professional licence to teach students. They have
long time of experience in teaching wrestling. Generally, if you can
learn the wrestling for one or two hours every day, you will be able to
win most street fights after one year's of wrestling trainings. If you
can insist the trainings for 3 years. You will find that it is very
difficult to find a good opponent in your surroundings. The boxing is
also a very good option. You can greatly improve your fighting skills
if you have one year's of trainings in boxing. For the self defence, I
think the wrestling and boxing is enough. These are really practical in
the real street fights.
Sanshou kung fu is the
most practical kung fu in my point of view. It is like a combination of
the Chinese wrestling and Chinese kickboxing. Learning Sanshou kung fu
can be much more useful in the real street fights than learning the
mysterious Qi Gong kung fu. Although a lot of Qi Gong masters talk
about their incredible Qi Gong all the time. One can stand out
to
fight Hailong Liu ( the famous Sanshou kung fu champion in China ).
Sanshou kung fu is not very difficult to learn. You only need 3 months
to learn its technics and skills. After one or two years of practice,
you will gain the capability to defend yourself and to protect others.
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