The term kung fu is the name under which they are known in the West more the traditional Chinese martial arts. It is not easy to translate faithfully ideogrammatica language, such as Chinese, in a syllabic, such as those Westerners. Not only that, this linguistic difference provides an indication of a more substantial cultural difference. Post this necessary premise, we can dare to translate the word kung fu "exercise carried out with skill, or as a" man who becomes proficient with the exercise "; talking about kung fu is therefore in the extended capacity run
A task or a job thanks to
Gained with hard training.
It is not clear the historical process through
Which has come to primarily use this term to define the Chinese martial arts, but probably the origin lies in southern China, while decisive influence has been given by the film producers in Hong Kong, with their catalogue of films as martial arts
"Kung fu movie." In fact, for centuries in China
Have used different terms generics
To define the arts of combat,
Among which the most important are:
1) Chung kuo ch'üan (Chinese boxing)
2) Ch'üan ago (method of boxing)
3) Ch'üan shu (art of boxing)
4) Wu shu (martial arts)
5) the Wu (also martial arts)
In 1912, moreover, the Chinese Republic, recently formed, made the official term kuo shu
(National Art), still used mainly to Taiwan. On the other hand, China People, as the advent of communism, when talking about wu shu means the modern wu shu, a sport that places emphasis on the movement and the provision ginnica rather than on ' martial aspect.
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