Kung Fu vs. Karate

“	Originally Posted By: mok Goju is perhaps the on exception in that it has kept the small-frame, shorthand structure that other karate has dropped in favor of a more standard bow-stance base.	”

All karate styles use those shorter stances, but it is not seen as much in lower ranks of other styles as it is in goju ryu.

agree with rockyn

when i've seen karateka (is that right?) free sparring

i've never seen them actually use that characteristic low stance

i was told they only do that for leg contioning purposes

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Long time no see everybody...surprised my topic i started wasn't closed....Anyone here can help me find the difference of Northern and Southern Shoalin Kung-Fu? What Set them apart?

I did Shotokan for years, recently did a bit of bujinkai and it seems to me like a whole new martial art it is so far away from shotokan. You cant really narrow it down to "Karate is like this" and "kung fu is like this"

Go and try some different classes, Trying to decribe all the styles of karate/kung fu here would be crazy and youd be at least 90years old before we had got half way.

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Well, there are also the increadible styles of Bullshizu, Sinanju and who could eer forget the most increadible, Tae Kwon Do... Damn it, how did that get in there!

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Oooh, look the Korean stylist used Chinese
http://www.dragonslist.com/discussio...read-ever.html

“	Originally Posted By: Kenichi-Sensei Long time no see everybody...surprised my topic i started wasn't closed....Anyone here can help me find the difference of Northern and Southern Shoalin Kung-Fu? What Set them apart?	”

Northern is pretty high falutin, all full of themselves and usually trained in wealthier cities. they train in suits and gowns.

Southern is more radical and easy going. This style is usally trained in either trailer parks of small towns where everyone goes by the name of Jed. Their attire is usually a sleavless flannel a ball cap of some sort and a Bud! This goes the same for men or women. Thought there are some off shoots who train in the lost art of prescision Skoll spitting. It is an art that is usually better mastered by the female.

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Oooh, look the Korean stylist used Chinese
http://www.dragonslist.com/discussio...read-ever.html

As you can see I really have no idea on this subject. I just wanted to talk to!

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Oooh, look the Korean stylist used Chinese
http://www.dragonslist.com/discussio...read-ever.html

“	Originally Posted By: H@pkid0ist As you can see I really have no idea on this subject. I just wanted to talk to!	”

oh cuz i was wondering too lol but really i need to know can anyone else help me???

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What are you looking for specifically??

There's as many differences as simularities between them.

I's kinda wide open... narrow it a bit.

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“	Originally Posted By: clfsean What are you looking for specifically?? There's as many differences as simularities between them. I's kinda wide open... narrow it a bit.	”

Well i just wanted to know if Northern shaolin was as kicking or leg oriented as people say cause i was figuring on starting Hung Gar if it was the opposite, i want to know which would suit me best, i don't really like all the acrobatic stuff like jumping in the air so i was wondering which of the two is more punching or striking oriented than leg/kicking,

basic comparison i guess would be helpful i'll ask more questions as we go along i guess

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Too my knowledge in general nothern is more leg oriented, but as has been said. Chinese Martial Arts are as widely varied as you could imagine. Hun Gar is a very hard southern style. Kenichi, What is near you? What are your interests in the Martial Arts? If your just looking for a upper Body Striking Style why then choose Eastern Martial Arts as opposed to western? Do you have any experience with MAs? I ask bc if you do have experience in say an upper body only MA I would suggest a ground or lower body style, excpecially if you think you may ever want to get into any of the MMA sports.

The explanations so far have been pretty vague but when explaining kung fu styles to beginners, in general, yeah -- the northern styles tend to have an emphasis on kicking and long-range techniques, and the southern styles tend to emphasize short-range, powerful techniques.

That's not 100% of course. In the south you have hung gar & wing chun as great examples of short-range but then, you also have choy lay fut which has high kicking and long-range strikes.

One thing is definitely not true -- sometimes you'll read that northern practitioners had a lot more open space so that's why they emphasize kicks, and that southern practitioners had limited space or worked out in fishing boats so they didn't emphasize kicks. This is an overgeneralization at best.

A lot of northern styles are heavily influenced by the Chinese Muslim style of tan tui which works the legs quite a bit. That's why you'll see a lot of kicks and a lot of variety in them.

Anyway -- don't knock a northern or southern style just from a general description. A style is only as good as its practitioners. So pick a school for its quality, not its style.

“	Originally Posted By: H@pkid0ist Southern is more radical and easy going. This style is usally trained in either trailer parks of small towns where everyone goes by the name of Jed. Their attire is usually a sleavless flannel a ball cap of some sort and a Bud!	”

Hence the formation of the Jed-i...

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