In the 50s of the 19th century, the world didn’t know anything about Tai Chi Kung Fu before the grand master Yeung taught Tai Chi in Beijing. The Tai Chi system he taught was called the Chan’s Tai Chi. In the 30s of the 20th century, the famous master Chan was invited to teach Tai Chi in Beijing. His kung fu was so good and personality so kind that people called him the Tai Chi Man.
Kung Fu or Martial Art is a system of techniques that was designed to hurt or kill another human being efficiently. A large amount of the forms of martial arts were originated from the East. And these eastern martial arts all have deep spiritual or religious roots. The main religions they are related to are Buddhism, Taoism and Confucianism. Many people decided to ignore this fact and continue practicing martial arts.
The following words have extreme importance for a True Martial Artist. “There are five trees in paradise and they do not change, summer nor winter, and their leaves don’t fall. Whoever knows these trees will not taste death.”
Wing Chun is well known for its unique fighting principles and system which have shown very effective in real combat. One of its signature technique is the fundamental punching technique called ‘sun thrusting fist’. It is punched with the fist vertical at all time so the surface of the fist looks like a Chinese character ‘sun’. This is how it got its name. This is very different from other martial arts like boxing which do straight punches holding the fist horizontal.
A large portion of Japanese martial art today was derived from Chinese Kung Fu. In the late Ming Dynasty, a Chinese Kung Fu master Chan went Japan to teach this ancient technique. It was a form of more subtle technique which can be used in hand-to-hand combat.
No matter which art you study, Kung Fu, Taekwondo, Ninjitsu, or whatever, you must be able to perceive the idea behind any attack. I have written about this subject since I began writing in the martial arts magazines over thirty years ago. I find it bizarre that nobody else writes about it.
The martial art experience of Bruce Lee went through 5 different stages throughout his short life. These five stages are related to 5 places, Hong Kong, Seattle, Auckland, Los Angeles and Hong Kong.
Most people don’t have a clue where the chi Energy comes from comes from in Taekwondo, Kenpo, Kung Fu, or any other martial art. That there is chi is plain to see, one just need take note of a real martial artist move to know that he is doing something beyond simple muscles. The problem is that most teachers don’t take the time to explain the exact growth of chi in the martial artist.
I’ve been waiting for the definite proof that Matrix Martial Arts doesn’t work. Glad to say, there is no proof. All the proof seems to indicate that it does work, and better than people expect.
It is true that there are only eight Martial Arts techniques in all the Arts. I wrote an article on this a while ago, but a few people have asked me to clarify, so let me write again. Hopefully I won’t be saying the same things twice.
