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What's the difference between Karate and Kung-Fu? |
What's the difference between Karate and Kung-Fu? Karate= japanese for empty hand, mostly uses linear punches and kicks, with open handed chops, elbow and knee strikes as well. Kung Fu= chinese term meaning hard earned or well practiced skill, popularized, redefined and coined by martial artist in the U.S. during the 70s to mean the chinese martial arts. The actual chinese term for martial arts is "Wushu". Usually employs circular strikes and parries, is divided into external and internal styles. There are many styles of Wushu. Different fighting styles. karate is more about straight and simple kicks&punches, kung-fu has a deeper meaning like yoga, and the beauty and flowing of movements, also a style matters Karate ( kara=empty te=hand), comes from Okinawa, and spread to the Japanese home islands. "Kung Fu" or gung -fu is Chinese and comes according to legand from the Shao Lin monastery. Kung Fu is good especially for very short range and fast hand to hand combat, but also has some less practical, ballet type movements which are still good for fitness. karate is less acrobatic, and focuses on punches blocks strikes and kicks. the blocks are very useful. Kung Fu is a Chinese martial form Karate is Japanese Spelling... Pronunciation... Year of origin... Moves... Founders... Uniform... karate comes from japan and it means empty hands or free handed, useing your hands as the wepons and kung-fu is chinese and it means expert... on the styles... their are many styles of each and cant realy be explaned cause theirs so many styles from kung fu and some from karate that are very similer... but most schools in the USA just say thier school is karate cause they know that word and some poeple dont even know what is kung fu.... i hope this would help... |
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