Why in Karate the movement is usually straight|||kung fu is about relaxing into the punch, whereas in karate you put all of your might into it. this is a design fault because if you miss in karate, then you topple out of balance, giving your opponent time to hit you.
kung fu was made by studying animals in combat, then mapping this onto the human body. this made it a fighting force to be reckoned with. karate was dreamt up by a person in japan who started from scratch.|||The main difference is that Kung Fu (hundreds of different styles of it) was developed by monks in China for self defense, it flows very well and isn%26#039;t really a fighting martial art. It%26#039;s almost a dance, but the people who take it seriously and study it are very fit, some of the best physically fit people out there.
Karate was developed in Japan for combat without weapons. It also flows well, but not so much that it%26#039;s like a dance. It%26#039;s meant for straight-to-it fighting. Not just for self defense. They guys that take this seriously are also crazy.
I would say that the real Kung Fu guys and the real Karate guys (like Mas Oyama) are some of the best martial artists in the world.
In Kung Fu you would defend yourself from attack and be done with it, in karate you would defend yourself to kill the opponent (but as a student of it of course i would stop long before that, that is simply the mentality of the people that study it).
They are both excellent arts, if you get the real stuff (traditional).|||Not sure why you mentioned straight movement. Karate has many different movements, both straight and circular. There are many differences between karate and Kung-Fu.
First there are at least 300 to 400 different kung-fu systems. They vary greatly. Kung-fu comes from China.
Karate originally came from Okinawa. Later it became known and practiced in Japan. There are many different styles of karate in both countries.
The differences are to many to even think about listing. There are also many things that are similar. Each style of karate and Kung-fu really needs to be examined closely to understand the minute differences. all styles are only as good as the instructor and his knowledge.
EDIT: Breaking the Demon
You seem to be under the mistaken belief that karate is mainly linear movement. That seems to say that you have not had much experience with it. I%26#039;m not putting you down. I just think you need to do more research before making that kind of general statement. There are enough things to confusing other without us posting things that may make it worse. I%26#039;d have contacted you directly, but you don%26#039;t allow email???
EDIT: I agree with Bushido.... where did some of these answers come from??? It is obvious that some people have not done their homework before answering. And for the record.....Karate came from Okinawa. The Okinawans introduced it to Japan just after the 1900%26#039;s began. Karate was not in Japan before that. The Japanese had other martial arts before that time.|||the short very version.
kung fu is chinese and consists of hundreds of styles. one the major influences in its development were the shaolin monks. monks are peaceful by nature, and only intended it for self defense, to harm anyone was against there karma.
karate- originally to-de (chinese hand), is was developed on okinawa from chinese kempo and a few other system, there are round movements but it was intended to be much more lethal after bushi matsumura made change it. karate was developed for the shuri-te castle guards to defend the king. which may entail killing the person.
karate was developed by the peichin class (equivalent to the samurai of japan). if you research the titles of all the founders of systems. the majority held the title peichin or higher. an a number of them worker in the castle close to the king, matsumura, motobu, itosu, azato, these are just a few.
you have to different philosophies in there development, the monks were concerned about karma and the guards had to defend the king.
edit:%26gt;karate has both straight and circular movements|||Kung fu movements are both linear and circular, but it is more reliant on looseness and snap. It is the way it is because these styles are based on animals, movements of inanimate things (like flowers or trees) and because they come from a a background by being created by zen monks (shaolin temple is believed to be the birthplace of kung fu, and the great majority of martial arts of the world).
Karate is very rigid and steady, full of mostly linear (straight) movements because of its Okinawan heritage with he deep-rootedness of Naha-te and Shuri-te.
kung fu styles outnumber Karate styles, but that doesn%26#039;t mean that karate is not diverse. some karate styles rely a lot on looseness: like Shorin-ryu or Uechi-ryu (I think). And some kung fu styles are stiffer than others.
Karate is only but two or three hundred years old. Kung fu, however, is widely considered to be around 2,000 years old.|||Karate has many different styles as well as Kung Fu. Karate has been changing and mixing many different martial arts they%26#039;ve challenged and nowadays, some Karate classes in Japan teaches you how to defend and fight against MMA and etc. Like sprawling and etc. Styles like Kyokushin Karate is one of recently created style which mixes some Muay Thai in there and lately, if you watch Karate tournaments especially Kyokushin Karate, you%26#039;ll see that it%26#039;s not straight.|||Kung fu or rather Wushu is from China, it has hundreds of different styles, and it uses weapons.
Karate is from Okinawa and adopted in Japan, it has dozens of styles, and most do not use weapons.
Karate has roots in kung fu.|||where do some of the ppl on here get there information from?they must pull it out thier assses?its disapointing when it comes from ppl who seem to have a clue sometimes.
karate isnt straight movements and it does have weapons it also contains grappling,take downs and ground work.|||kung fu is for chinese take away cooks to defend themselves and karate was designed for samuri to beat up thier gieshas.|||Some good answers have already been given.
I would just like to point out that Kung Fu stems from 2 different roots.
Buddhist (such as Shaolin) and Taoist (such as Tai Chi Chuan.)|||karate was designed for not so bright farmers when weapons were outlawed. kung fu goes back thousands of years before karate and the techniques were developed, learned, improved and passed down father to son or student. these techniques, moves or styles of kung fu were kept secret and not taught to outsiders like you and me until bruce lee came along and went against the traditional rule of secrecy. he believed the art pure, beautiful and yes deadly when mastered. he taught respect for it, dedication on perfecting it, and shared what he knew of it with us. before he came along guys would just rough house brawl stand toe to toe and beat each other until one got knocked out. he showed us a 150 lb guy could kick a much bigger and stronger guy with incredible speed, timing and lightening fast, powerful pin point strikes. he hit you with his entire 150 lbs focused into a fist or a kick that would send a 250 lb man flying across the room. luckily he never went on a killing spree or thousands would have died. he would have been unstoppable in america with millions of couch potatoes. at a leisurely pace he could have walked the city streets at night randomly killing people left and right without even breaking a sweat.
Monday, November 16, 2009
Is it right for kids to not be allowed to use the bathroom during karate class?
A couple of days ago, my daughter was in the middle of karate class, and my daughter raised her hand to ask a question. She asked to go to the bathroom and the teacher said no. Granted, there were only 15 minutes of class left, but it was obvious that she really needed to go.|||No, kids should be allowed to go to the bathroom no matter where they are. I don%26#039;t know hoe young is your daughter, but kids usually don%26#039;t have a full control over their bladder. With holding urine, they can also get infections. You should talk to the teacher and tell him that or just get a different one.|||When you%26#039;re dealing with young kids then yes, of course it%26#039;s wrong for the teacher not to allow your daughter to go to the bathroom. If she were a teenager or adult, I%26#039;d expect her to have the maturity to go to the toilet before class or be able to wait until the class finished but younger children just don%26#039;t have the ability to wait and fifteen minutes can be an enternity to them.
I%26#039;d have a calm talk with the teacher, asking him how would he feel cleaning up if your child had had an accident. Also, tell your daughter that if she has to go then she has to go. If she%26#039;s asked and he%26#039;s said no but she feels she just can%26#039;t hang on any longer then just to go and you%26#039;ll deal with him after class if she gets into trouble.|||You need to talk to the instructor and find out their reason for not letting her go. Some children say they have to go potty as a reason to get out of something they don%26#039;t want to do (like at school), but others really do have to GO. The teacher should not be denying anyone the right to use the restroom, however, as this can cause medical problems for your daughter from holding it. Usually, if you just talk to the instructor, it can be sorted out in a civil manner. Just say that since you are paying this person to teach your child, you%26#039;d appreciate it if they let your child go to the bathroom when they need to. Or you can say that you spoke to her pediatrician who said that she needs to be allowed to go as needed. Also, try to prepare by having her go right before her class starts.|||I think it is wrong. A child should be able to use the bathroom whenever there%26#039;s a need. It is not healthy to wait until the last minute to go. I would speak to the instructor.|||Some karate instructors run their class like a drill sargent. My husband treats kids with respect in his class. He requires the kids to bow out when they go, but allows them the autonomy over their bladders. Making kids hold it won%26#039;t make them kick higher, dh says.|||Karate discipline has a lot of unnecessary rules to reach what you really want to learn...Self Defense. The rules are in place as the sensi (instructor) see fit. If your daughter was able to complete the class without having an accident then it was okay.
I%26#039;d encourage her that before she walk on to the floor for her lessons that she go to the bathroom. If you have other issues speak with the sensi. Maybe you need to understand why she was refused permission to go to the bathroom. It may be time for a new sensi, but don%26#039;t stop the karate lessons. What she learns may someday get her out of a very dangerous situation or even save her life.|||It depends on how old your daughter is.
At my son%26#039;s karate class you go before class. If you absolultely have to go during class you may. But it better not become a habit.
If she is old enough she should know better. Either go before class or hold it for 15 minutes.|||That is something you need to talk about with the teacher. If she made it then i guess she didn%26#039;t need to go that bad.|||i think that is not right,.|||if the students are given an opportunity before class,then no !
Don%26#039;t let your child drink before class.But if your child has a bladder control problem,let the instuctor know.|||In my son%26#039;s class, the teacher asks that they all go before class. But he does let them go during as well. You need to keep her from liquids before her class and talk to the teacher. I understand that he doesn%26#039;t want disruptions, but an accident is very embarassing to a child.|||If the children are really young, they shouldn%26#039;t be made to hold it. I can understand trying to teach respect by having them go before class.|||Talk to the teacher and express the way u feel about it...Good Luck!|||No it isn%26#039;t And 15 minutes is a long time if you%26#039;re desperate. I%26#039;m not sure, but I think you can do yourself harm by not using the bathroom as soon as you need to.....on a long-term basis that is. Once isn%26#039;t going to hurt, but this teacher sounds like a moron.|||The purpose of Karate is to teach self control and self discipline, that is WHY she was told no. Why are you paying for the class if you%26#039;re not interested in her learning what the classes are actually about?|||yes,if day need 2 go ,i think day should let dem go!:)|||not unless u want them to urinate in their gii|||A major part of martial arts is discipline. And, having had my daughter take it in Korea for two years and can tell you that for the most part, Americans just do not do discipline.
I would suggest that you ask your daughter to use the toilet before the class. Unless she has a medical problem, that should help with the issue.
After all, she knows her body.|||Nobody has the right to refuse to let a child go to the bathroom.
A full bladder in a karate class is dangerous. If she happened to get kicked or punched on a full bladder, it could burst.
Find another karate instructor; her present one is incompetent.|||No, you should be able to %26quot;potty%26quot; when needed. I know when I was little, I used to %26quot;have to%26quot; potty suring dance class about 20 times, but it was because I didnt like it and would rather be in the big bathroom with the huge mirrors, lol. But is she didnt have to go repetedly, there is NO reason why he should have said no.
I%26#039;d have a calm talk with the teacher, asking him how would he feel cleaning up if your child had had an accident. Also, tell your daughter that if she has to go then she has to go. If she%26#039;s asked and he%26#039;s said no but she feels she just can%26#039;t hang on any longer then just to go and you%26#039;ll deal with him after class if she gets into trouble.|||You need to talk to the instructor and find out their reason for not letting her go. Some children say they have to go potty as a reason to get out of something they don%26#039;t want to do (like at school), but others really do have to GO. The teacher should not be denying anyone the right to use the restroom, however, as this can cause medical problems for your daughter from holding it. Usually, if you just talk to the instructor, it can be sorted out in a civil manner. Just say that since you are paying this person to teach your child, you%26#039;d appreciate it if they let your child go to the bathroom when they need to. Or you can say that you spoke to her pediatrician who said that she needs to be allowed to go as needed. Also, try to prepare by having her go right before her class starts.|||I think it is wrong. A child should be able to use the bathroom whenever there%26#039;s a need. It is not healthy to wait until the last minute to go. I would speak to the instructor.|||Some karate instructors run their class like a drill sargent. My husband treats kids with respect in his class. He requires the kids to bow out when they go, but allows them the autonomy over their bladders. Making kids hold it won%26#039;t make them kick higher, dh says.|||Karate discipline has a lot of unnecessary rules to reach what you really want to learn...Self Defense. The rules are in place as the sensi (instructor) see fit. If your daughter was able to complete the class without having an accident then it was okay.
I%26#039;d encourage her that before she walk on to the floor for her lessons that she go to the bathroom. If you have other issues speak with the sensi. Maybe you need to understand why she was refused permission to go to the bathroom. It may be time for a new sensi, but don%26#039;t stop the karate lessons. What she learns may someday get her out of a very dangerous situation or even save her life.|||It depends on how old your daughter is.
At my son%26#039;s karate class you go before class. If you absolultely have to go during class you may. But it better not become a habit.
If she is old enough she should know better. Either go before class or hold it for 15 minutes.|||That is something you need to talk about with the teacher. If she made it then i guess she didn%26#039;t need to go that bad.|||i think that is not right,.|||if the students are given an opportunity before class,then no !
Don%26#039;t let your child drink before class.But if your child has a bladder control problem,let the instuctor know.|||In my son%26#039;s class, the teacher asks that they all go before class. But he does let them go during as well. You need to keep her from liquids before her class and talk to the teacher. I understand that he doesn%26#039;t want disruptions, but an accident is very embarassing to a child.|||If the children are really young, they shouldn%26#039;t be made to hold it. I can understand trying to teach respect by having them go before class.|||Talk to the teacher and express the way u feel about it...Good Luck!|||No it isn%26#039;t And 15 minutes is a long time if you%26#039;re desperate. I%26#039;m not sure, but I think you can do yourself harm by not using the bathroom as soon as you need to.....on a long-term basis that is. Once isn%26#039;t going to hurt, but this teacher sounds like a moron.|||The purpose of Karate is to teach self control and self discipline, that is WHY she was told no. Why are you paying for the class if you%26#039;re not interested in her learning what the classes are actually about?|||yes,if day need 2 go ,i think day should let dem go!:)|||not unless u want them to urinate in their gii|||A major part of martial arts is discipline. And, having had my daughter take it in Korea for two years and can tell you that for the most part, Americans just do not do discipline.
I would suggest that you ask your daughter to use the toilet before the class. Unless she has a medical problem, that should help with the issue.
After all, she knows her body.|||Nobody has the right to refuse to let a child go to the bathroom.
A full bladder in a karate class is dangerous. If she happened to get kicked or punched on a full bladder, it could burst.
Find another karate instructor; her present one is incompetent.|||No, you should be able to %26quot;potty%26quot; when needed. I know when I was little, I used to %26quot;have to%26quot; potty suring dance class about 20 times, but it was because I didnt like it and would rather be in the big bathroom with the huge mirrors, lol. But is she didnt have to go repetedly, there is NO reason why he should have said no.
Do you get a free karate suit when you join YMCA karate?
If they don%26#039;t where could I get one? Also how much does the karate classes and membership fees cost together?|||I taught at a YMCA for a while and parents had to buy the uniforms.
They were the cheapest ones available - and I mean in quality, and they charged $25.
Thing is, I have an account and bought them for about $14 for the parents.
I guess it depends if the YMCA branch is hungry or not.
Edit:
The reason I left is because they expected me to modify my teaching method to be more %26quot;recreational%26quot;, as NOhioGuy suggested. I refused to do it and gave them my resignation.|||First off if you really want to learn karate you should not be asking for something for free. You have to earn everything at a good school and if it costs money then you should pay it.
Secondly I would not recommend too many YMCA programs. There are a few out there that are decent but most of them are a recreational based karate style of class. I would recommend you find a real dojo to train at.
Third, if you are looking to get something for nothing then you do not belong in a real karate school anyway. Everyone has to pay their fair share and buy their own equipment. If you really wanted to train and learn karate you would find a way to do it.
I paid for my karate from the age of 8 until I began teaching on my own. This included dues, uniforms, exams, gear and events. Unlike most other people out there I never owned a video game, wasted money on the most fad clothes or shoes and was dedicated. When people really want something they cut out things that are not needed in their life to pay for it....karate should be no different.
Parents today complain about authentic karate costing anywhere from $60 to $99 a month but yet they run out and buy, or worse give their kid the money to buy, video games and other things do nothing to help them.
Pay your way, earn your skills and join a real school. This is the true way to learn properly.
They were the cheapest ones available - and I mean in quality, and they charged $25.
Thing is, I have an account and bought them for about $14 for the parents.
I guess it depends if the YMCA branch is hungry or not.
Edit:
The reason I left is because they expected me to modify my teaching method to be more %26quot;recreational%26quot;, as NOhioGuy suggested. I refused to do it and gave them my resignation.|||First off if you really want to learn karate you should not be asking for something for free. You have to earn everything at a good school and if it costs money then you should pay it.
Secondly I would not recommend too many YMCA programs. There are a few out there that are decent but most of them are a recreational based karate style of class. I would recommend you find a real dojo to train at.
Third, if you are looking to get something for nothing then you do not belong in a real karate school anyway. Everyone has to pay their fair share and buy their own equipment. If you really wanted to train and learn karate you would find a way to do it.
I paid for my karate from the age of 8 until I began teaching on my own. This included dues, uniforms, exams, gear and events. Unlike most other people out there I never owned a video game, wasted money on the most fad clothes or shoes and was dedicated. When people really want something they cut out things that are not needed in their life to pay for it....karate should be no different.
Parents today complain about authentic karate costing anywhere from $60 to $99 a month but yet they run out and buy, or worse give their kid the money to buy, video games and other things do nothing to help them.
Pay your way, earn your skills and join a real school. This is the true way to learn properly.
How to be really good at Karate?
I%26#039;m just a white belt right now and I hate having to clean the dojo and making tea for the Senpai%26#039;s. How do I become really good at it so I will earn some respect?
Thanks|||First, learn humility. In my dojo it%26#039;s actually the brown and black belts who do most of the cleaning. My Sensei (9th dan) is the first one to grab a broom or the vacuum cleaner. It%26#039;s quite a trick to beat him to them first thing on Monday. As for making tea, we don%26#039;t do that but I always ask my seniors if they would like anything if I make a run to the convenience store or smoothie shop.
One tip:
%26quot;The more you do and the less you say, means less problems come your way.%26quot;
- Grandmaster George W. Owens|||You should not do anything what is not related to Karate in DOJO . Sempai means below black belt . Who is your instructor? Kid from neighborhood ? I will follow people above me , PRACTICE and STOP making TEA . You pay for training . I recommend do some researching internet , look maybe some youtube . At least you will know what is going on . If you have questions about Karate you really should ask your %26quot;sempai %26quot; . Black belt is calling sensei just for information .Never give up , try always win , combat , fight or test . Be good . Good luck .|||Practice, hard work, and dedication are required if you are going to be good. Along with this an attention to detail which coupled with the other things will more easily allow you to reach your full potential. While anyone of the above will help you to be good I think all of them in combination is what is required if you want to be even better.|||No matter how good you get you should always be humble enough to clean the dojo and serve tea to your seniors.
Train hard and one day you will be the senpai or even a sensei but it takes years of dedication, hard work and drilling your kihon and kata.|||Get good training, practice, concentrate, eat healthy, and practice,practice,practice. Oh and believe in yourself:)|||Patients and Practice. To become expert at anything it takes Practice.|||patience,practice,dedication,respect....... these virtues in front of your master(s).|||A good instructor (sifu) and practice..|||Patience. Just keep doing this without complaining...|||u got eat a duck
Thanks|||First, learn humility. In my dojo it%26#039;s actually the brown and black belts who do most of the cleaning. My Sensei (9th dan) is the first one to grab a broom or the vacuum cleaner. It%26#039;s quite a trick to beat him to them first thing on Monday. As for making tea, we don%26#039;t do that but I always ask my seniors if they would like anything if I make a run to the convenience store or smoothie shop.
One tip:
%26quot;The more you do and the less you say, means less problems come your way.%26quot;
- Grandmaster George W. Owens|||You should not do anything what is not related to Karate in DOJO . Sempai means below black belt . Who is your instructor? Kid from neighborhood ? I will follow people above me , PRACTICE and STOP making TEA . You pay for training . I recommend do some researching internet , look maybe some youtube . At least you will know what is going on . If you have questions about Karate you really should ask your %26quot;sempai %26quot; . Black belt is calling sensei just for information .Never give up , try always win , combat , fight or test . Be good . Good luck .|||Practice, hard work, and dedication are required if you are going to be good. Along with this an attention to detail which coupled with the other things will more easily allow you to reach your full potential. While anyone of the above will help you to be good I think all of them in combination is what is required if you want to be even better.|||No matter how good you get you should always be humble enough to clean the dojo and serve tea to your seniors.
Train hard and one day you will be the senpai or even a sensei but it takes years of dedication, hard work and drilling your kihon and kata.|||Get good training, practice, concentrate, eat healthy, and practice,practice,practice. Oh and believe in yourself:)|||Patients and Practice. To become expert at anything it takes Practice.|||patience,practice,dedication,respect....... these virtues in front of your master(s).|||A good instructor (sifu) and practice..|||Patience. Just keep doing this without complaining...|||u got eat a duck
What type of weapons do Shotokan karate practitioners use ?
I am actually very curious cause i believe weapons can actually help to perfect ones own ability to fight. And or to strive to be at peace.|||A weapon will NOT help your ability to fight! ANY weapon in its truest form is an extension of the body rather than part of it. A weapon will however, during practice will give you more of an awareness of your body and its mechanics. If you want to learn weapons, ask your Sensei or a reputable teacher what may suit YOUR body style and abilities.|||KOBUDO way of weapon arts is a seperate and distinct martial art which many advanced martial artists get into and the grading and testing process is much the same.It will depend on the instructors knowledge whether you learn a weapon no matter what method you study and this should be seperate and apart from any grading reqirements of your style.
Learning weapons is an excellent way to project fighting spirit and overlaps into empty hand sparring in that sense.|||Traditional Shotokan doesn%26#039;t use weapons, only the body. It can be combined with other martial arts that utilize weapons though.|||For the most part shotokan uses the body and mind as the weapon. Some schools do teach a few of the weapon styles of Okinawa, such as bo, tonfa, and sai.|||The traditional weapons of Okinawan karate (and therefore Shotokan karate) were originally farm tools. All weapons were made illegal.
bo
nunchaku
tonfa
boat oar
kama (with wooden blades)|||i was in shotokan for a long while have a black belt in it. i used sais, bo staff thigns of that nature for weapons.|||They only use there fingertips.. the key to these weapons is the concentrated force at which they use at a stratigically placed point that can kill you.|||Bo (long staff)
Sai
Nunchaku
These are the traditional weaponry of Shotokan Karate.|||Traditional Shotokan used the Bo and Sai, as these were the weapons Funakoshi Taught! Here is a picture of master Funakoshi giving kobudo instruction. http://www.flickr.com/photos/71394790@N0...
He only taught his highest level students weapons, so few learned them. Those who did, either left Shotokan for Motobu, to develop their own style, or for mainland Japanese martial styles, (Kendo, etc) or (most likely) just dropped them from the Shotokan curriculum so it could focus on %26quot;empty hand%26quot; techniques.
Master Funakoshi though, who didn%26#039;t consider the ideas of styles of karate, but considered Karate (Okinawan and Japanese) to be one style, taught what karate he knew, like all the masters at the time. This may not have had weapons kata, but it certainly had bo and sai techniques and kumite.
Learning weapons is an excellent way to project fighting spirit and overlaps into empty hand sparring in that sense.|||Traditional Shotokan doesn%26#039;t use weapons, only the body. It can be combined with other martial arts that utilize weapons though.|||For the most part shotokan uses the body and mind as the weapon. Some schools do teach a few of the weapon styles of Okinawa, such as bo, tonfa, and sai.|||The traditional weapons of Okinawan karate (and therefore Shotokan karate) were originally farm tools. All weapons were made illegal.
bo
nunchaku
tonfa
boat oar
kama (with wooden blades)|||i was in shotokan for a long while have a black belt in it. i used sais, bo staff thigns of that nature for weapons.|||They only use there fingertips.. the key to these weapons is the concentrated force at which they use at a stratigically placed point that can kill you.|||Bo (long staff)
Sai
Nunchaku
These are the traditional weaponry of Shotokan Karate.|||Traditional Shotokan used the Bo and Sai, as these were the weapons Funakoshi Taught! Here is a picture of master Funakoshi giving kobudo instruction. http://www.flickr.com/photos/71394790@N0...
He only taught his highest level students weapons, so few learned them. Those who did, either left Shotokan for Motobu, to develop their own style, or for mainland Japanese martial styles, (Kendo, etc) or (most likely) just dropped them from the Shotokan curriculum so it could focus on %26quot;empty hand%26quot; techniques.
Master Funakoshi though, who didn%26#039;t consider the ideas of styles of karate, but considered Karate (Okinawan and Japanese) to be one style, taught what karate he knew, like all the masters at the time. This may not have had weapons kata, but it certainly had bo and sai techniques and kumite.
What is the difference between Karate and Taekwondo?
I%26#039;m trying to find out what the differences are so I can make my decision on which is best for me and my 3 year old daughter. I%26#039;ve been looking at schools but I don%26#039;t know what the differences in the types of martial arts are. Thank you all for you time.|||I do not know where people get their answers, but most of them are dead wrong. Capital, the answer man, and Lord to an extent are the only ones who gave half way decent answers.
The first difference is that TKD originated in Korea, although it was influanced by the Japanese ocupation. Karate has two main branches, the original Okinawin styles, and the styles that were adopted and changed by the japanese. Yes I know Okinawa is part of Japan, but the karate that originated there is distinctly different than the japanese versions.
TKD does focus primarily on kicks, but if you find a good traditional school with a good instructor they do use a lot of hand techniques, as well as throws and chokes, etc.
Trying to say karate is so much hands versus so much feet is like saying all apples are the same. In the okinawin styles there are huge variances. Some use more hands, some use more feet. Some use the majority of open hands, others closed. Some use thrusting kicks, others use snapping kicks. there are styles that do mainly circular blocks and others that use more linear blocks. There are hard styles and soft styles of karate. The style I train is Isshin-Ryu, which is a blending of a harder and a softer style of karate. It is very raelistic and self defene oriented, but no better than any of the others.
Both karate (any style) and TKD take a long time to learn, but that is because they were meant to be tarined for a lifetime.
The bottom line is I would not worry so much about the style as I would the school and instructor, as well as your main goal for you and your daughter in training. Capital provided a pretty good list of things to look for and what to avoid, and I would only add to watch the senior students with the darker colored belts. If they have attitudes, are cocky, or treat the lower belts bad, or have sloppy movements, well that kind of thing comes down from the top.
Any good traditional TKD or Karate school that has a good instructor should provide you with good self defense, and help you and your daughter to gain self respect, respect for others, confidance, and discipline. I would caution that i too feel that 3 is probably to young to start serious training, as it takes being able to focus well, and I have never known a 3 year old that can focus on something for very long. I hope thsi answer helps, and I hope you do not give up on the idea of starting, because it could be the best gift you ever give your daughter. if you have any more questions feel free to E-mail me. i may be able to recomend some schools in your area.
Good Luck.|||Karate: Japanese, mainly arm%26#039;s sport (blocks and so on).
Tae Kwon Do: Korean, mainly AMAZING kicks.
My daughter has been practising TKD for 5 years. I recommend this martial art to everybody.|||It can be generalized that in karate, one would use their arms or hands for 60% of the time for strikes or blocks while the use of legs for kicking will be about 40%. This breakdown is seen in the many forms or katas of karate which are set routines which simulate fighting against imaginary opponents using martial arts techniques. The forms from tae kwon do would have the opposite percentage breakdown with 40% hands and 60% legs. In tae kwon do, there is also more emphasis on higher kicks to the head level than in karate. Tae kwon do practitioners also utilize more jumping or flying kicks where one is airborne while executing kicking techniques. The tae kwon do forms or patterns are generally a bit shorter and less complex than the karate forms.
I would suggest looking for a Cuong Nhu class somewhere near your home. Cuong Nhu is a mix of hard(cuong) and soft(nhu) styles of martial arts which include 7 martial arts i think, everywhere from judo to tai chi showing a wide variation of the %26quot;hard soft%26quot; method. There are weapon training methods also, and a great trainign syetem for younger students. Ive been in Cuong Nhu for a long time and am on my way to black belt, and would highly suggest that if possible you get your daughter into a dojo. It uses a lot of mental teaching along with the physical training, And would help your daughter a great deal through school and such.|||In most modern schools in America, there isn%26#039;t a lot of difference anymore. Stylistically, there are traditional differences.
Taekwon Do is traditionally concerned with utilizing the legs to deliver strikes while the hands are merely around to set up a good kick.
Karate on the other hand does not gravitate towards any particular striking method and is not, in most styles of karate, a very dynamic art. Keep in mind that karate is a broad catch-all that encompasses a large number of hand-to-hand fighting styles that originated with the peasantry of Okinawa and, to a lesser extent, Japan.
Really, you shouldn%26#039;t base your decision on where to go based on the style. You should base your decision on whether or not the schools that you look at appeal to you, your daughter (even though I personally believe she is too young to start martial arts training), and your checkbook.
You should go to the school with the best quality of instruction, the most qualified instructors, and to the place where you feel most comfortable.
If the style still concerns you, I suggest you use Wikipedia to research the origins and style particulars of the two arts.|||...... lol just watch this video
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jvj
vugJ2rFM
(TKD K.O%26#039;s)
anyways ive used to go to TKD about 2 years ago, TKD is a lot more freestyle then Karate as Karate is more of an art. But if you are learning for self defense or live in a bad hood or something imagine dropping a guy in one kick like the way the people in the video did on the streets......
anyways if you do it for defense and for protection i suggest TKD because karate also uses kicks but more punches and I dont think you want to get technical and have like a 9 round boxing match with someone off the streets.
If you are fending from a boxer or karate and you have some distance between you, the guy your fighting is KO%26#039;d hands down.
PS DONT WORRY IF YOUR NOT A KICKER AND CANT KICK HIGH AFTER FEW WEEKS IN TKD TRAINING YOU GROW HUGE MUSCLE ON YOUR LEGS AND WORK OUT YOUR HAMSTRINGS SO YOUR ABLE YO KICK MUCH HIGHER.|||Since there is way to much to offer in such a short space, I%26#039;m not going to talk about TKD vs. Karate. I want to caution you on the 3 year old aspect of it....
As a teacher of pre-schoolers, make sure what your child is learning is martial arts. If they are not learning traditional martial arts (regardless of art) but rather they are learning stuff like how to skip, how to get out of the house during a fire, look both ways before you cross the street, etc. (all good things, but...), you are part of a very expensive daycare service. Those things can and should be taught at home, not in a martial arts school. That being said, those can be aspects of the training, but should not be the focus.
On the flip side, make sure that what they are learning is age appropriate. There%26#039;s no point training a 3 year old the same way you%26#039;d train a 30 year old.
I have seen both extremes, so be cautious.|||Karate I think a little easier at first some of the TKD kicks are complicated, and take longer to learn Both are good exercise and that is great. TKD is an Olympic sport, Karate is not, at this time|||If you are looking for actual self-defense then go with either Tang Soo Do or one of the many Karate styles.TKD has excellent kicks, but most TKD schools focus on tournament play. Karate has quite a few tournament competitions but the schools seem to be more oriented towards self defense. Your daughter may actually be better served waiting a year or two before you sign her up for classes. Assess what you are looking for in the instruction and proceed from there.|||karate is 80% punching 20% kicking
Tae Kwan Do is 80% kicking 20% punching
they both should do some take downs. but yeah good luck|||Karate is more of a focus, in touch conection. Taekwondo is more kicking for balance, focus, and indiviual reflection,|||Karate originated in Okinawa, adopted by the Japanese. Taekwondo is Korean. Karate came to the U.S. first. When Koreans started coming to the states, they marketed taekwondo as Korean Karate. They are both comprised of mostly of striking. Taekwondo focuses more on kicking. Karate incorporates take downs in competition while Taekwondo doesn%26#039;t. Other than that, they%26#039;re pretty similar, as far as I know.|||Karate-Do is Okinowan %26amp; Japanese martial arts that are 50% kicks %26amp; 50% punches. TKD is a Korean combat sport that is 70% kicks %26amp; 30% punches. Both have belts but the routines in Karate-Do are called katas %26amp; in TKD their called hyungs. If you%26#039;re looking for exercise you could do either. If you%26#039;re looking to defend yourself I wouldn%26#039;t choose TKD. If you are looking for self defense purposes I would recommend Isshin-Ryu Karate-Do http://www.isshindo.com/background.htm but if not any Karate style is okay.
The first difference is that TKD originated in Korea, although it was influanced by the Japanese ocupation. Karate has two main branches, the original Okinawin styles, and the styles that were adopted and changed by the japanese. Yes I know Okinawa is part of Japan, but the karate that originated there is distinctly different than the japanese versions.
TKD does focus primarily on kicks, but if you find a good traditional school with a good instructor they do use a lot of hand techniques, as well as throws and chokes, etc.
Trying to say karate is so much hands versus so much feet is like saying all apples are the same. In the okinawin styles there are huge variances. Some use more hands, some use more feet. Some use the majority of open hands, others closed. Some use thrusting kicks, others use snapping kicks. there are styles that do mainly circular blocks and others that use more linear blocks. There are hard styles and soft styles of karate. The style I train is Isshin-Ryu, which is a blending of a harder and a softer style of karate. It is very raelistic and self defene oriented, but no better than any of the others.
Both karate (any style) and TKD take a long time to learn, but that is because they were meant to be tarined for a lifetime.
The bottom line is I would not worry so much about the style as I would the school and instructor, as well as your main goal for you and your daughter in training. Capital provided a pretty good list of things to look for and what to avoid, and I would only add to watch the senior students with the darker colored belts. If they have attitudes, are cocky, or treat the lower belts bad, or have sloppy movements, well that kind of thing comes down from the top.
Any good traditional TKD or Karate school that has a good instructor should provide you with good self defense, and help you and your daughter to gain self respect, respect for others, confidance, and discipline. I would caution that i too feel that 3 is probably to young to start serious training, as it takes being able to focus well, and I have never known a 3 year old that can focus on something for very long. I hope thsi answer helps, and I hope you do not give up on the idea of starting, because it could be the best gift you ever give your daughter. if you have any more questions feel free to E-mail me. i may be able to recomend some schools in your area.
Good Luck.|||Karate: Japanese, mainly arm%26#039;s sport (blocks and so on).
Tae Kwon Do: Korean, mainly AMAZING kicks.
My daughter has been practising TKD for 5 years. I recommend this martial art to everybody.|||It can be generalized that in karate, one would use their arms or hands for 60% of the time for strikes or blocks while the use of legs for kicking will be about 40%. This breakdown is seen in the many forms or katas of karate which are set routines which simulate fighting against imaginary opponents using martial arts techniques. The forms from tae kwon do would have the opposite percentage breakdown with 40% hands and 60% legs. In tae kwon do, there is also more emphasis on higher kicks to the head level than in karate. Tae kwon do practitioners also utilize more jumping or flying kicks where one is airborne while executing kicking techniques. The tae kwon do forms or patterns are generally a bit shorter and less complex than the karate forms.
I would suggest looking for a Cuong Nhu class somewhere near your home. Cuong Nhu is a mix of hard(cuong) and soft(nhu) styles of martial arts which include 7 martial arts i think, everywhere from judo to tai chi showing a wide variation of the %26quot;hard soft%26quot; method. There are weapon training methods also, and a great trainign syetem for younger students. Ive been in Cuong Nhu for a long time and am on my way to black belt, and would highly suggest that if possible you get your daughter into a dojo. It uses a lot of mental teaching along with the physical training, And would help your daughter a great deal through school and such.|||In most modern schools in America, there isn%26#039;t a lot of difference anymore. Stylistically, there are traditional differences.
Taekwon Do is traditionally concerned with utilizing the legs to deliver strikes while the hands are merely around to set up a good kick.
Karate on the other hand does not gravitate towards any particular striking method and is not, in most styles of karate, a very dynamic art. Keep in mind that karate is a broad catch-all that encompasses a large number of hand-to-hand fighting styles that originated with the peasantry of Okinawa and, to a lesser extent, Japan.
Really, you shouldn%26#039;t base your decision on where to go based on the style. You should base your decision on whether or not the schools that you look at appeal to you, your daughter (even though I personally believe she is too young to start martial arts training), and your checkbook.
You should go to the school with the best quality of instruction, the most qualified instructors, and to the place where you feel most comfortable.
If the style still concerns you, I suggest you use Wikipedia to research the origins and style particulars of the two arts.|||...... lol just watch this video
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jvj
vugJ2rFM
(TKD K.O%26#039;s)
anyways ive used to go to TKD about 2 years ago, TKD is a lot more freestyle then Karate as Karate is more of an art. But if you are learning for self defense or live in a bad hood or something imagine dropping a guy in one kick like the way the people in the video did on the streets......
anyways if you do it for defense and for protection i suggest TKD because karate also uses kicks but more punches and I dont think you want to get technical and have like a 9 round boxing match with someone off the streets.
If you are fending from a boxer or karate and you have some distance between you, the guy your fighting is KO%26#039;d hands down.
PS DONT WORRY IF YOUR NOT A KICKER AND CANT KICK HIGH AFTER FEW WEEKS IN TKD TRAINING YOU GROW HUGE MUSCLE ON YOUR LEGS AND WORK OUT YOUR HAMSTRINGS SO YOUR ABLE YO KICK MUCH HIGHER.|||Since there is way to much to offer in such a short space, I%26#039;m not going to talk about TKD vs. Karate. I want to caution you on the 3 year old aspect of it....
As a teacher of pre-schoolers, make sure what your child is learning is martial arts. If they are not learning traditional martial arts (regardless of art) but rather they are learning stuff like how to skip, how to get out of the house during a fire, look both ways before you cross the street, etc. (all good things, but...), you are part of a very expensive daycare service. Those things can and should be taught at home, not in a martial arts school. That being said, those can be aspects of the training, but should not be the focus.
On the flip side, make sure that what they are learning is age appropriate. There%26#039;s no point training a 3 year old the same way you%26#039;d train a 30 year old.
I have seen both extremes, so be cautious.|||Karate I think a little easier at first some of the TKD kicks are complicated, and take longer to learn Both are good exercise and that is great. TKD is an Olympic sport, Karate is not, at this time|||If you are looking for actual self-defense then go with either Tang Soo Do or one of the many Karate styles.TKD has excellent kicks, but most TKD schools focus on tournament play. Karate has quite a few tournament competitions but the schools seem to be more oriented towards self defense. Your daughter may actually be better served waiting a year or two before you sign her up for classes. Assess what you are looking for in the instruction and proceed from there.|||karate is 80% punching 20% kicking
Tae Kwan Do is 80% kicking 20% punching
they both should do some take downs. but yeah good luck|||Karate is more of a focus, in touch conection. Taekwondo is more kicking for balance, focus, and indiviual reflection,|||Karate originated in Okinawa, adopted by the Japanese. Taekwondo is Korean. Karate came to the U.S. first. When Koreans started coming to the states, they marketed taekwondo as Korean Karate. They are both comprised of mostly of striking. Taekwondo focuses more on kicking. Karate incorporates take downs in competition while Taekwondo doesn%26#039;t. Other than that, they%26#039;re pretty similar, as far as I know.|||Karate-Do is Okinowan %26amp; Japanese martial arts that are 50% kicks %26amp; 50% punches. TKD is a Korean combat sport that is 70% kicks %26amp; 30% punches. Both have belts but the routines in Karate-Do are called katas %26amp; in TKD their called hyungs. If you%26#039;re looking for exercise you could do either. If you%26#039;re looking to defend yourself I wouldn%26#039;t choose TKD. If you are looking for self defense purposes I would recommend Isshin-Ryu Karate-Do http://www.isshindo.com/background.htm but if not any Karate style is okay.
What is the difference between karate and kung fu?
I really want to know what the real difference between these 2 and which is the best one to learn?|||Let%26#039;s start with the most obvious difference: karate is Japanese, and kung fu (gong fu, or actually, wu shu) is Chinese.
Kung fu is an older martial art, and focuses on balance and harmony, the yin and yang forces. It isn%26#039;t just %26quot;circular,%26quot; but focuses on moving the body and using your opponents force against them, like tai chi in a way.
Karate is more, well, linear. It has direct moves that come together in %26quot;kata%26quot;s and can be executed.
I personally favor kung fu, because of the many different styles, and the different weapons and techniques. I find Karate to be slightly limiting, as I have taken karate before during a required course for school, but I find it not in any way as free as kung fu.
Kung fu is more %26quot;real%26quot; partially because it doesn%26#039;t have the whole %26quot;belt%26quot; system, and whatnot. It is a measure of your own skill and perseverance, and you don%26#039;t get rewards, nore should you necessarily need to. Karate gives you belts as status markers, but I personally prefer being able to gauge my own status by my own and my master%26#039;s standards.
Hope this helps! :)|||Wow, this is a very complex question.
You should first think about origin. Kung Fu is chinese and Karate is Japanese.
Kung Fu is actually a name that is given to anything that is done with extreme care and dedication. The word has has got stuck to kung fu because of the necessity of training hard to learn it. There are many different styles of Kung Fu, each one (in general) based in the name of an animal. Kung fu uses many movements that require the fighter to go very low on his feet, bowing his head sometimes or bending his body. Kung fu explores circular and soft movements, trying to immitate the animals that have inspired them.
As for karate, there are also many schools, but the differences are not so big as they are in Kung fu. karate tries to save movements avoiding bending to low. Instead, movements are done as easy as possible in order to allow quick and effective attacks and counter attacks.
Karate also has circular movements, but uses many direct strikes and effective block techniques. Finally, karate is more concerned with effectiveness than with beauty.
Renato F.
3 Dan Karate Goju Ryu |||the answer is simple, one is from Okinawa the other is from china.
Karate is from Okinawa, a combination of many different arts with okinawan wrestling called Te (where te of kara-te comes from). karate has many different influences which include arts from India, china, siam as well as others. if you look at any two different families of Karate you can see some similarities. the primary principle of karate is that there is no first attack, that means that karate is a defensive art.
Kung fu is a variety of chinese martial arts which someone in these arts can tell you more about.|||When the Satsuma samurai invaded the Ryryukyu archapelago in 1600 establishing martial law a group of Okinawans eventually made their way to China to study kung fu.
Bringing back their lessons to Okinawa and practicing in the strictest of secrecy, the Okinawans modified the techniques of kung fu and developed %26#039;Okinawa Te%26#039; (Okinawa Hand).
They had to defeat the highly armed and proficient samurai in life %26amp; death fights bare handed or empty handed, and usually without a second chance. So the first strike had to be fatal to the samurai.
The Okinawans adopted a linear method and powerful method of delivering punches, strikes, kicks, and blocks to defeat the armed samurai. Kung fu tends to be a %26#039;soft%26#039; style of striking defense which the Okinawans found unsuitable.
Eventually Okinawan Te was renamed by the Japanese as %26#039;Kara-Te%26#039; (empty hand).
Karate emphasizes straight or linear punches, open hand chops (shuto), powerful kicks, powerful punches, and lots of hand %26amp; foot conditioning to be able to defeat the enemy with a single blow.
By comparison, the Okinawans and Japanese felt that Kung Fu was too dramatic and showy with a lot of unnecessary techniques and excessive blocks and strikes.|||Most of the posters are right and frankly I don%26#039;t know what punk is giving them thumbs down; at the most basic level, Kung Fu uses circular motions, where Karate uses linear %26quot;broken%26quot; rhythm instead of flowing. The purpose of broken rhythm in Karate is to generate power with the weight of the whole entire body, blocking or attacking. The purpose of circular motion in Kung Fu is to generate power through momentum.
Of the two, Kung Fu is superior; if effectiveness is measured in energy efficiency assuming a well focused mind and impecably trained and conditioned body, two equally fit, equally sized, equally intelligent oponents, one uses Karate, the other Kung Fu, the Kung Fu fighter wins because he doesn%26#039;t sweat as much see, his moves won%26#039;t leave him huffing and puffing. You see a Kung Fu match, and they can be scary affairs, fast and furios much more intense than anything in the movies. You see Karate, and someone throws a punch, maybe once every 5 minutes, Karate in many ways is a stiff defensive competition much like bare knuckle boxing used to be. At least the more traditional styles; Kyokshin is not quite that way because its basically brawling but with a gi on.
Of those two go for Kung Fu; in terms of energy efficiency, movement efficiency, and power of movement, Kung Fu is far superior. The only way a Karateka stands a chance against a Kung Fu expert, is if the Karateka in question is a Karate master whose ability to focus is perfect, and when they aim, they NEVER miss. Karate can only defeat Kung Fu if the Karateka has become a master, and can spot openings in the heat of a fight like nothing.
Advanced martial artists often have ultra intense concentration; they won%26#039;t leave areas of their body open. Don%26#039;t be fooled by the way they stand; when two advanced Karateka fight, if they just stand around seemingly doing nothing, what it is in fact is an intense battle of concentration, each fighter looking for lapses in focus in the other, that window of opportunity to strike. See with Kung Fu, while mistakes in fighting are not encouraged, because the circular movements allow for rapid fire barrages, whereas Karate does not, you don%26#039;t need to have a %26quot;transcendent mind%26quot; to be able to defend yourself with it.
When a person reaches an absolute point of focus where no distraction can set in, concentration remains unperturbed and relaxation is constant even if accosted by several assailants, what martial art they practice becomes a moot point. From a purely technical/physics point of view, yes, some styles are better than others, some styles are more effective than others.
Example; you waste less strength doing a Judo sacrifice throw, than you do from executing a double leg takedown. Provided you time the technique right, the sacrifice throw is superior to the double leg takedown, assuming both parties are wearing a gi. Since you are asking because you appear to have a choice, go for Kung Fu, although, make sure they were trained in some large Chinese or Taiwanese organization or something; it is a sad thing but, you know how in Kung Fu movies the hero looks for a school, but in his quest he constantly runs into frauds, charlatans, abusive people, etc, etc, etc?
The sad thing is, that aspect of Kung Fu movies is actually correct; a prospective student may spend years searching for the %26quot;right teacher.%26quot; Good Kung Fu schools were hard to find in China, and only the efforts of the PRC government has organized the various styles. Left to their own devices, Chinese martial arts as Bruce Lee described them would still be a classical mess, a chaotic quagmire of various syntheses of several styles from experts exchanging techniques.
You have a dude who studies Baijiquan, encounter a Tai Chi Chuan expert, Tai Chi expert wins, so, the Baijiquan guy incorporates some Tai Chi into his Baiji forms. Next he encounters a Bagua Zhang expert, and so he incorporates some of those techniques. Because throughout history Chinese Kung Fu experts have traded techniques as if though they were baseball cards, the world of Chinese martial arts, like Bruce Lee famously said, became a chaotic, messy quagmire, a %26quot;classical mess.%26quot;
It is a bit ironic, that even though originally the communists in China wanted to away with Kung Fu, although not the nicest people, the PRC government is possibly Kung Fu%26#039;s best friend.|||In brief, %26quot;karate%26quot; is the hand-to-hand, unarmed fighting method that originated on the island of Okinawa, and spread to mainland Japan.
%26quot;Kung Fu%26quot; is a generic term used for Chinese martial arts. Other terms, like %26quot;Chuan Fa%26quot; or %26quot;Wu Shu%26quot;, may be more appropriate. The expression %26quot;Kung Fu%26quot; literally translates as %26quot;work time%26quot;. It means any skill that you have to work at to get good at. Leonardo Da Vinci%26#039;s kung fu was painting, Henry Kissinger%26#039;s kung fu was diplomacy, etc.
I%26#039;ve tried a few different systems of each. There%26#039;s no right answer for which one is the %26quot;best one to learn%26quot;. Whatever you like doing, is the one you should stick with. I prefer the %26quot;flavor%26quot; of karate, but have learned some useful stuff from traditional Chinese martial arts, as well. See what%26#039;s in your area, try a few classes, and pick the one you enjoy the most.|||I can%26#039;t believe the level of misinformation here in this forum.
The sad part of this already sad phenomena is that most of the wrong answers are chosen as %26quot;best answer%26quot;. Those that are answered by kids who have no real foundation in martial arts - no consistent, extensive training - are usually chosen.
Sometimes I wonder if Y! Answers is more damaging to the martial arts than beneficial.
Edit:
Tae Kwon Do Addict - YOU ARE THE PRIME EXAMPLE OF MY COMMENT!!!
Kung Fu - is a CHINESE term, not a Japanese term, which means, if your teacher taught you everything you know, NEITHER OF YOU KNOW SH!T!!!|||Kung Fu for one is from Japan, unlike Tae Kwon do which originated in Korea. Kung Fu like other japanese martial arts is very fluid. The movements are fluid and circular, But not like in movies. People don%26#039;t jump ten feet in the air in real Kung fu so don%26#039;t let that mislead you. Also there seems to be a more spiritual side to Kung fu. Not like a religion you have to follow, but like Traditions and things. But all martial arts have Traditions tied into them.
Tae kwon do on the other hand, is from Korea as I mentioned earlier. The techniqes are a bit more rigid but have some flow to them. There are a signifigant ammount of air techniqes involved. Tae kwon do teaches many things including the five tennents: self control, persevernce, integrity, courtesy, and idomitable spirit. There is a wide expanse of moves, from you head to your heel. you can use almost anything.
As for which is better to train in. I would say tae kwon do becaue it%26#039;s like killing two birds wiht one stone. I do tae kwon do, and it%26#039;s made me stronger spiritually and of course physicly. It teaches you many life lessons that I can%26#039;t even begin to explain the impotance of. Also I would say that it is more usefull on a steet situation, meaning if you get attacked it may work better. Because of the style of kung fu, with it%26#039;s set ups being a dead giveaway of the move your about to throw, it is hard to defeat an opponet.
if you are looking for a martial arts to train your mind and body tae kwon do is for you. or if you are looking for a way to defend yourself. Tae kwon do also seems to have a wider range ad variety as well. tae kwon do is famous for competition (sparring...etc.), board breaking, and just the love of the classes it self
But kung fu is great if you want to use flexibility and long movements to the stengths. It all comes down to what exactly your looking to do|||One is not better than the other.... %26quot;Karate%26quot; systems tend to be more hard and linear in motion.... %26quot;Kung Fu%26quot; systems tend to be more fluid in motion, with deeper stances and more elaborate forms....
Both focus on striking and offer little grappling knowledge.... Every Martial Art has its benefits....you just have to find what is right for you and your training goals.... |||About like different between Tea and Coffee . Both you may drink , both people like , some people like tea , some coffee . Some people enjoy tea some coffee . Is very hard answer your question . I hope you do not looking for shallow answer like Kung Fu is from China a Karate from Japan . Hard to answer . |||Kung Fu uses more circular movements, as to where Karate is more linier in its movements.
Kung fu is an older martial art, and focuses on balance and harmony, the yin and yang forces. It isn%26#039;t just %26quot;circular,%26quot; but focuses on moving the body and using your opponents force against them, like tai chi in a way.
Karate is more, well, linear. It has direct moves that come together in %26quot;kata%26quot;s and can be executed.
I personally favor kung fu, because of the many different styles, and the different weapons and techniques. I find Karate to be slightly limiting, as I have taken karate before during a required course for school, but I find it not in any way as free as kung fu.
Kung fu is more %26quot;real%26quot; partially because it doesn%26#039;t have the whole %26quot;belt%26quot; system, and whatnot. It is a measure of your own skill and perseverance, and you don%26#039;t get rewards, nore should you necessarily need to. Karate gives you belts as status markers, but I personally prefer being able to gauge my own status by my own and my master%26#039;s standards.
Hope this helps! :)|||Wow, this is a very complex question.
You should first think about origin. Kung Fu is chinese and Karate is Japanese.
Kung Fu is actually a name that is given to anything that is done with extreme care and dedication. The word has has got stuck to kung fu because of the necessity of training hard to learn it. There are many different styles of Kung Fu, each one (in general) based in the name of an animal. Kung fu uses many movements that require the fighter to go very low on his feet, bowing his head sometimes or bending his body. Kung fu explores circular and soft movements, trying to immitate the animals that have inspired them.
As for karate, there are also many schools, but the differences are not so big as they are in Kung fu. karate tries to save movements avoiding bending to low. Instead, movements are done as easy as possible in order to allow quick and effective attacks and counter attacks.
Karate also has circular movements, but uses many direct strikes and effective block techniques. Finally, karate is more concerned with effectiveness than with beauty.
Renato F.
3 Dan Karate Goju Ryu |||the answer is simple, one is from Okinawa the other is from china.
Karate is from Okinawa, a combination of many different arts with okinawan wrestling called Te (where te of kara-te comes from). karate has many different influences which include arts from India, china, siam as well as others. if you look at any two different families of Karate you can see some similarities. the primary principle of karate is that there is no first attack, that means that karate is a defensive art.
Kung fu is a variety of chinese martial arts which someone in these arts can tell you more about.|||When the Satsuma samurai invaded the Ryryukyu archapelago in 1600 establishing martial law a group of Okinawans eventually made their way to China to study kung fu.
Bringing back their lessons to Okinawa and practicing in the strictest of secrecy, the Okinawans modified the techniques of kung fu and developed %26#039;Okinawa Te%26#039; (Okinawa Hand).
They had to defeat the highly armed and proficient samurai in life %26amp; death fights bare handed or empty handed, and usually without a second chance. So the first strike had to be fatal to the samurai.
The Okinawans adopted a linear method and powerful method of delivering punches, strikes, kicks, and blocks to defeat the armed samurai. Kung fu tends to be a %26#039;soft%26#039; style of striking defense which the Okinawans found unsuitable.
Eventually Okinawan Te was renamed by the Japanese as %26#039;Kara-Te%26#039; (empty hand).
Karate emphasizes straight or linear punches, open hand chops (shuto), powerful kicks, powerful punches, and lots of hand %26amp; foot conditioning to be able to defeat the enemy with a single blow.
By comparison, the Okinawans and Japanese felt that Kung Fu was too dramatic and showy with a lot of unnecessary techniques and excessive blocks and strikes.|||Most of the posters are right and frankly I don%26#039;t know what punk is giving them thumbs down; at the most basic level, Kung Fu uses circular motions, where Karate uses linear %26quot;broken%26quot; rhythm instead of flowing. The purpose of broken rhythm in Karate is to generate power with the weight of the whole entire body, blocking or attacking. The purpose of circular motion in Kung Fu is to generate power through momentum.
Of the two, Kung Fu is superior; if effectiveness is measured in energy efficiency assuming a well focused mind and impecably trained and conditioned body, two equally fit, equally sized, equally intelligent oponents, one uses Karate, the other Kung Fu, the Kung Fu fighter wins because he doesn%26#039;t sweat as much see, his moves won%26#039;t leave him huffing and puffing. You see a Kung Fu match, and they can be scary affairs, fast and furios much more intense than anything in the movies. You see Karate, and someone throws a punch, maybe once every 5 minutes, Karate in many ways is a stiff defensive competition much like bare knuckle boxing used to be. At least the more traditional styles; Kyokshin is not quite that way because its basically brawling but with a gi on.
Of those two go for Kung Fu; in terms of energy efficiency, movement efficiency, and power of movement, Kung Fu is far superior. The only way a Karateka stands a chance against a Kung Fu expert, is if the Karateka in question is a Karate master whose ability to focus is perfect, and when they aim, they NEVER miss. Karate can only defeat Kung Fu if the Karateka has become a master, and can spot openings in the heat of a fight like nothing.
Advanced martial artists often have ultra intense concentration; they won%26#039;t leave areas of their body open. Don%26#039;t be fooled by the way they stand; when two advanced Karateka fight, if they just stand around seemingly doing nothing, what it is in fact is an intense battle of concentration, each fighter looking for lapses in focus in the other, that window of opportunity to strike. See with Kung Fu, while mistakes in fighting are not encouraged, because the circular movements allow for rapid fire barrages, whereas Karate does not, you don%26#039;t need to have a %26quot;transcendent mind%26quot; to be able to defend yourself with it.
When a person reaches an absolute point of focus where no distraction can set in, concentration remains unperturbed and relaxation is constant even if accosted by several assailants, what martial art they practice becomes a moot point. From a purely technical/physics point of view, yes, some styles are better than others, some styles are more effective than others.
Example; you waste less strength doing a Judo sacrifice throw, than you do from executing a double leg takedown. Provided you time the technique right, the sacrifice throw is superior to the double leg takedown, assuming both parties are wearing a gi. Since you are asking because you appear to have a choice, go for Kung Fu, although, make sure they were trained in some large Chinese or Taiwanese organization or something; it is a sad thing but, you know how in Kung Fu movies the hero looks for a school, but in his quest he constantly runs into frauds, charlatans, abusive people, etc, etc, etc?
The sad thing is, that aspect of Kung Fu movies is actually correct; a prospective student may spend years searching for the %26quot;right teacher.%26quot; Good Kung Fu schools were hard to find in China, and only the efforts of the PRC government has organized the various styles. Left to their own devices, Chinese martial arts as Bruce Lee described them would still be a classical mess, a chaotic quagmire of various syntheses of several styles from experts exchanging techniques.
You have a dude who studies Baijiquan, encounter a Tai Chi Chuan expert, Tai Chi expert wins, so, the Baijiquan guy incorporates some Tai Chi into his Baiji forms. Next he encounters a Bagua Zhang expert, and so he incorporates some of those techniques. Because throughout history Chinese Kung Fu experts have traded techniques as if though they were baseball cards, the world of Chinese martial arts, like Bruce Lee famously said, became a chaotic, messy quagmire, a %26quot;classical mess.%26quot;
It is a bit ironic, that even though originally the communists in China wanted to away with Kung Fu, although not the nicest people, the PRC government is possibly Kung Fu%26#039;s best friend.|||In brief, %26quot;karate%26quot; is the hand-to-hand, unarmed fighting method that originated on the island of Okinawa, and spread to mainland Japan.
%26quot;Kung Fu%26quot; is a generic term used for Chinese martial arts. Other terms, like %26quot;Chuan Fa%26quot; or %26quot;Wu Shu%26quot;, may be more appropriate. The expression %26quot;Kung Fu%26quot; literally translates as %26quot;work time%26quot;. It means any skill that you have to work at to get good at. Leonardo Da Vinci%26#039;s kung fu was painting, Henry Kissinger%26#039;s kung fu was diplomacy, etc.
I%26#039;ve tried a few different systems of each. There%26#039;s no right answer for which one is the %26quot;best one to learn%26quot;. Whatever you like doing, is the one you should stick with. I prefer the %26quot;flavor%26quot; of karate, but have learned some useful stuff from traditional Chinese martial arts, as well. See what%26#039;s in your area, try a few classes, and pick the one you enjoy the most.|||I can%26#039;t believe the level of misinformation here in this forum.
The sad part of this already sad phenomena is that most of the wrong answers are chosen as %26quot;best answer%26quot;. Those that are answered by kids who have no real foundation in martial arts - no consistent, extensive training - are usually chosen.
Sometimes I wonder if Y! Answers is more damaging to the martial arts than beneficial.
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Tae Kwon Do Addict - YOU ARE THE PRIME EXAMPLE OF MY COMMENT!!!
Kung Fu - is a CHINESE term, not a Japanese term, which means, if your teacher taught you everything you know, NEITHER OF YOU KNOW SH!T!!!|||Kung Fu for one is from Japan, unlike Tae Kwon do which originated in Korea. Kung Fu like other japanese martial arts is very fluid. The movements are fluid and circular, But not like in movies. People don%26#039;t jump ten feet in the air in real Kung fu so don%26#039;t let that mislead you. Also there seems to be a more spiritual side to Kung fu. Not like a religion you have to follow, but like Traditions and things. But all martial arts have Traditions tied into them.
Tae kwon do on the other hand, is from Korea as I mentioned earlier. The techniqes are a bit more rigid but have some flow to them. There are a signifigant ammount of air techniqes involved. Tae kwon do teaches many things including the five tennents: self control, persevernce, integrity, courtesy, and idomitable spirit. There is a wide expanse of moves, from you head to your heel. you can use almost anything.
As for which is better to train in. I would say tae kwon do becaue it%26#039;s like killing two birds wiht one stone. I do tae kwon do, and it%26#039;s made me stronger spiritually and of course physicly. It teaches you many life lessons that I can%26#039;t even begin to explain the impotance of. Also I would say that it is more usefull on a steet situation, meaning if you get attacked it may work better. Because of the style of kung fu, with it%26#039;s set ups being a dead giveaway of the move your about to throw, it is hard to defeat an opponet.
if you are looking for a martial arts to train your mind and body tae kwon do is for you. or if you are looking for a way to defend yourself. Tae kwon do also seems to have a wider range ad variety as well. tae kwon do is famous for competition (sparring...etc.), board breaking, and just the love of the classes it self
But kung fu is great if you want to use flexibility and long movements to the stengths. It all comes down to what exactly your looking to do|||One is not better than the other.... %26quot;Karate%26quot; systems tend to be more hard and linear in motion.... %26quot;Kung Fu%26quot; systems tend to be more fluid in motion, with deeper stances and more elaborate forms....
Both focus on striking and offer little grappling knowledge.... Every Martial Art has its benefits....you just have to find what is right for you and your training goals.... |||About like different between Tea and Coffee . Both you may drink , both people like , some people like tea , some coffee . Some people enjoy tea some coffee . Is very hard answer your question . I hope you do not looking for shallow answer like Kung Fu is from China a Karate from Japan . Hard to answer . |||Kung Fu uses more circular movements, as to where Karate is more linier in its movements.
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