I'm not sure if kung fu is material arts or not. if not, what does it belong to?
2006-09-11 16:17:29 · 7 answers · asked by Anonymous in Sports ➔ Martial Arts
haha, i go to kung fu x_x so yeah i was wondering.
2006-09-11 16:31:20 · update #1
Yes Kung Fu is a Martial Art, it's a general name for the many different disciplines that comprise Kung Fu or "Chinese boxing"
examples are Shaolin, Wing Chun, the five animal systems : Crane, Dragon, Tiger, Leopard, and Snake, or Bruce Lee's own discipline of Jeet Kune Do.
The Kung Fu fighting arts are what almost every other Martial Art is based from, with the founders of the other Martial Arts learning from their teacher and adapting it or evolving it further by finding their own techniques from it, as well as some other Martial Arts are a combination of two or more Martial Arts.
2006-09-12 13:05:40 · answer #1 · answered by quiksilver8676 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Yes, Kung Fu is a form of Martial Arts (originating from China).
2006-09-11 16:26:42 · answer #2 · answered by TK COOL 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes kung fu is material arts.
2006-09-11 16:38:49 · answer #3 · answered by Teddy Bear 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The term "kung fu" actually means expertise or skill. Usually made in reference to martial artists in China, the term has come to identify the collective whole of Chinese martial arts, or Chinese boxing, in present times.
Chinese boxing isn't dancing unless it is practiced without its original intent. Anybody who says otherwise is obviously ignorant.
2006-09-12 02:10:36 · answer #4 · answered by Steel 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
martial arts is any system teaching fighting/self defense techniques armed or open handed. Boxing is a martial art so is kick boxing, sambo, BJJ and fencing
Martial Arts are the arts of combat
2006-09-11 16:55:25 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
It's not material arts, it's a martial art...and yes it is.
2006-09-11 16:25:51 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Unless it's San Shou or Sanda, it isn't martial arts. It's a dancing/excrise.
2006-09-11 17:37:17 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋