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Kung Fu History and Styles
Kung Fu History and Styles
Chinese martial arts are often known in the West as "Kung
Fu." Historically, Kung Fu was called Ch'uan Fa (fist way). It
is the generic name for as many as 1,500 different styles of
individual fighting arts, both internal and external, northern and
southern styles, hard and soft, and ancient and of relatively recent
southern styles invention. Martial arts historians stress that Kung
Fu did not start at the Shaolin Temple, but simply began to flourish
under Shaolin's influence.
A brief history of Kung Fu can trace its origins back some 4,000
years to 2,674 BC, when Emperor Huang Ti used a rudimentary form of
martial arts called Chiou Ti as a form of individual combat and
military tactic. In 2,600 BC a new style of combat named Go-Ti came
into being which had wrestling as its main focus. In about 6
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