The Way Kung Fu Was Trained in Prior Centuries

[bawang]

i thiunk in kung fu unsually strong is the same as "creme de le creme"

[sanjuro_ronin]

in kung fu unsually strong is the same as creme de le creme

I think you are missing my point, you need to "judge" a system and its training methods based on the AVERAGE practioner, not the exceptional ones.

[bawang]

i know and i want to say standards need to impprove. if sifus dont depend on teaching kung fu for money too much then they can choose students more carefuly

the problem also is those top super duper awesome elite people taught very few people and chose students carefully, there is no exceptional guy every single student was just as good, now days standard is low
a style with many people noremal, a single family linage with thousands and thousands of students is rediculous
and even with thousands of students, after 100 years the style has not progressed changed at all it has fossilized

[Shaolinlueb]

Wu Bu Chuan was invented in like 1956.

yeah and that was part of the joke

[Hardwork108]

Hardwork108,

The book that I am reading was published in 2007. Both are written in Chinese. And they are much the same with regards to the tale of Master Wong Fei Wong, because the information comes largely from the same sources. The later one though has more coverage of the lineage's martial art detail. It would be good to have an English translation of the books published. So that more people can enjoy them.



Regards,

KC
Hong Kong

Steve Lau,

Thank you. I will just have to wait and keep my eyes open for them. I am sure that they are both fascinating books to read.

[Hardwork108]

i think there is also a misconseption in kung fu that with skill can beat stronger openent. thats not true. the stronger man always wins. "10 pound more strength beats ten techniques" kung fu is brute strength

I have also heard that. The example given to me was that no matter how technically skillful a child may be, an adult will always beat him in a fight.

[Lucas]

some of the best never taught or taught very little. then its like that in almost any culture. not all warriors choose to share, many take their skills to the grave.