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Kung Fu: History And Basic Principles

The Term: Jackie Chan and Jet Li.
Historically, the term "Kung Fu" is not Basic Principles:
really featured in any ancient texts. It The concept of Kung Fu revolves around
was first coined by a Frenchman named three basic principles - Motivation,
Jean Joseph Marie Amiot, a missionary who Self-discipline and Time.
lived in the 18th Century, in reference According to experts, the real motivation
to Chinese martial arts. Kung Fu is also behind learning Kung Fu is inspiration
called Gongfu, Wushu, or Kuoshu, and and not force, which should come from an
originally denotes expertise in any inner craving to learn and develop the
skill, and not exclusive to martial arts. mind and body. Motivation here is the
Brief History: fundamental driving force. There is no
The practice, philosophy, and concept of external or worldly gain for the learner,
Kung Fu can be traced back to ancient and the only reward is that of knowledge,
Chinese texts such as Zhuang Zi, Dao De skill, strength and wisdom.
Jing, and Sun Zi Bing Fa (Art of War In Kung Fu, discipline is complementary
written by Sun Zi), all written between to motivation. Discipline puts motivation
1111-255 BC. These texts contain passages into deed and action. A learner has to
related to the practice, propagation, and make an effort into what he has been
principles of Chinese martial arts, or motivated for, and self-discipline helps
Kung Fu as it is known today. him get started and guides him to achieve
One theory regarding the first written that goal. Therefore, without discipline,
history of Kung Fu suggests that the motivation is just a dormant state of
Yellow Emperor, who reigned from 2698 BC, mind.
wrote the first treatise on Chinese Time is the path to perfection in martial
martial arts. Others give credit to arts. Once motivation and self-discipline
Taoist monks for introducing an art form have set in, a learner has to spend a
that resemble modern Tai Chi around 500 considerable amount of time putting mind
BC. Then in 39-92 AD, Pan Ku included and body into practice. A truly inspired
"Six Chapters of Hand Fighting" in his learner does not have the privilege to
discourse on the history of the Han waste time, stay idle or indulge in
dynasty (Han Shu). As the popularity of fruitless activities. Everything done by
martial arts progressed, a physician him/her should reflect real motivation
named Hua T'uo also wrote his own and self-discipline.
treatise entitled, "Five Animals Play" in Variants and Styles:
220 AD. With the passage of time, numerous
Kung Fu had become a common word in the variants and styles have come up in
West beginning in the late 1960s, martial arts, or Kung Fu. Some of the
popularized by martial arts movies and TV more popular ones include Karate,
series. The Western world today has also Escrima, Wing Chun, Jujitsu, Judo, Tae
seen an immense upsurge in the creation Kwon Do, Shaolin, White Crane, T'ai Chi
and production of martial arts movies Ch'uan, and Bagua Zhang.
starring great actors/masters such as




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