Kung Fu Styles
Posted: Thursday, July 03, 2008
by Gordon Powles
Since kung fu began over a 1,000 years a go Kung has developed into hundreds of different Kung fu Styles. Old Kung Fu styles have mixed together to form new styles.
There are now many families of Kung Fu styles. Kung fu styles also change depending on region, as kung fu reflects a way of certain way of living.
The kung fu styles can be divided into soft and hard Kung Fu styles. Soft Kung Fu styles mean diverting momentum to unbalance the opponent and these are used to bring opponents into striking range. These styles are less physical and are focussed more on internal energy and skills.
The form of different movements can also divide kung fu styles. This subtle distinction classifies kung fu styles as circular and linear. Circular styles use around and aside movements in relation to the opponents. Linear styles use direct, straight-line movements. Kung fu masters will become master of these these two Kung Fu styles.
Then there are distinctions of Kung Fu styles, like internal and external styles. Internal styles emphasize the non-tangible elements like meditation, body control, and perception including mind control techniques.
These Kung Fu styles are known as the mystical styles. Internal styles are part of the soft styles. External styles use body mechanics and force. Weight, strength and positioning are used to gain the advantage and external styles are hard styles.
As a kung fu master will learn from his surroundings, there are many Kung Fu styles, which are taken and adopted from the behaviour of the animals. The famous example of this is the monkey style, which is adopted from the behaviour of monkeys.
A kung fu master learns from the environment and himself, and then transforms this into his own Kung Fu style.
For more information about Kung Fu Styles go to www.kung-fu-world.com
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