Wushu and Kung Fu?

Question

What's the difference between Kung Fu and Wushu? I mean the martial arts Kung Fu, not the meaning of it.

On Wikipedia they are listed under the same article, so are they pretty much or almost the same thing?

Answer 1

wushu is a type of kung fu, they have the same origins. wushu is very reliant of its speed and the use of momentum to maintain swift movements and use them towards very strong strikes with full body weight behind them. kung fu uses a much more traditional strike and counterstrike style, many of the techniques that are used in one, are used in both, but wushu is more of a specialized style. the downside to wushu is that if the techniques are effectively blocked, or redirected, the attacker is almost entirely thrown off his axis and typically loses control of his movements and is greatly opened up to attack.

the further back you trace the histories of most individual styles, you'll find that they all have their origins in the same 5 or 6 families.

Answer 2

Wushu is under Kung Fu. Kung Fu mean Chinese martial arts. WuShu is a chinese martial arts.

Wushu is good if you like to get your *** kick and fvcked.

Kung Fu is good if you like to get your *** kick.

Neither is very effective due to their very backward way of thinking and looking at things. They really believe that by dancing around enough, they actually can learn how to fight even if they have never felt a real punch before.

Answer 3

Wushu is kung-fu. the kung fu sword fighting you see on T.V. is wushu where as the fist fighting style falls under a few categoried, mainly wing chun. Thats what Bruce Lee Chow Yun Fat and all the big martial arists use mainly because its flashy and looks great. Not statignthat its less effective just looks good to. Wushu has a few fist fighitng levels in it but, are based on holding two handed weapons although confusing constructive and devistating. Where as wing chun is the style were you see them practicing it on the wooden dummy jsut because the pegs are places on there principle pressure points of where you would want to strike on there person to stop them faster and more effiecient assuming they are as tall as the dummy, but most skilled Kung-Fu weilders can cahnge the height on sheer eye contact.
they re considered the same art in fact there are many more traditional forms of kung fu, but these are the main ones that come to mind. and only teachign Wing Chun style i have some one closed my mind as it is my task on hand maybe one day i will start some other branch. Hope that helped you understand the difference good luck on finding your answer!

Answer 4

Wushu is the correct term for Chinese martial arts, It's just referred to as Kung-Fu as that is the term Westerners happen to be familiar with.

Answer 5

well, i think that the practice of wushu nowadays is more of an entertainment and exhibitions while kung fu is still practiced as a self defense... although both may be of the same origin.

Answer 6

Wushu is not a very familiar term to most people in foreign countries. It has been translated in different ways, such as "martial arts", "combat arts", "fighting skills", "offence and defence arts", "free fighting", and so on. What is more familiar to foreigners is the term "kung fu," so that people practising the Chinese style of boxing are usually described as practising kung fu, and Chinese wushu films are called kung fu films. To say that a person is good at kung fu means that he is well versed in wushu (martial arts). From this we see that kung fu has become a synonym or a term used as a substitute for wushu in some countries, though the connotations may slightly differ in some cases.

The term kung fu, of course, originated in China. In the old days, itinerant entertainers who wandered from place to place to make a living often performed feats of strength by the roadside or in a square to attract passers-by and win their applause before asking for meagre donations. They would, for instance, smash a stone slab to pieces with their palms, or let someone among the watching crowd hit hard at their bodies so as to show their invulnerability. Such feats of prowess were described as kung fu, and these performers were said to excel in kung fu. It was probably because of this that in later years, with more and more Chinese going abroad and taking up residence there, the term kung fu gradually came to be used in foreign countries.

Actually, the term kung fu has a much wider meaning and does not refer only to proficiency in wushu. One of its basic meanings is capability or accomplishment in a certain field of endeavour. For instance, a person is said to be possess of kung fu in calligraphy, meaning that he has attained a high standard in calligraphy. When we praise an actor for his superb performance, we often say he has real kung fu. In commenting on an article, we may say that its writer has put kung fu into it, meaning that the article is well written and that the writer has extensive knowledge of the subject he is dealing with.

The term kung fu also refers to the amount of time and energy involved in doing a piece of work. For instance, when we say that a person has spent three hours' kung fu in repairing a car, we mean both the time and the amount of energy expended in doing the job.

Wushu is a branch of knowledge dealing with offence and defence techniques. Of course it doesn't include the use of firearms. The basic movements of wushu include kicks and blows, grapples and thrusts, parries and chops, and so forth. These movements, which vary in speed and power, are arranged in set patterns according to the objective laws of offence and defence to meet the requirements of combat; or they may be employed flexibly according to actual circumstances in order to gain the upper hand in a combat requiring resourcefulness, strength and techniques.

Answer 7

im not sure but i think kung fu is more for fighting. while wushu isnt. wushu is more of an art

Answer 8

wushu is da kind of modern kung fu...while kung fu is de original

Answer 9

kung fuu is a hand form of fighting and washoo is all about throwing people