Kung Fu Exposing Frauds!
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Over the years kung fu has been mystified then it has been made a joke in many circles. Movies have played up this chi connection for years. I think “they” the movie producers are partly to blame for how our culture in America views kung fu. For years I have been approached by people who thinks that kung fu is useless.
Sadly it’s the same people who asking the silly questions that don’t understand the real nature of kung fu. Another issue is that popular culture see’s MMA as the one true way to learn how to fight. I wonder if anyone stopped to wonder where the actual MMA arts came from?
My personal viewpoint is that MMA styles are just as effective or ineffective as any kung fu style. In martial arts it is not the style that makes the man, it’s the other way around. It’s the man that makes the styles.
Kung fu – Self Realization
Kung fu has always been tied to some sorta mysticism and superstition and prejuduce. People look at things negatively when they really don’t understand what they are seeing. For example: the Salem witch trials. I highly doubt any of the people murdered in the name of god were actually witches. That doesn’t mean that I don’t believe in god. It just means that people usually react to their emotions. This causes them to jump to conclusions that are false. We see a similar thing in kung fu. People don’t understand what chi. They see incredible demonstrations and either say its evil or it’s fake. [Read more…]
