How To Make Classical Karate Into Gung Fu!
I'm going to tell you something that is easy, but which will open your mind
, in this article. I am going to tell you how to make your martial art of Karate into Kung fu. And, of course, you should be able to make your martial art of Kung Fu into Karate.
The fact of the matter is that Karate, and this is commonly known, developed from Kung fu. For hundreds of years Okinawa was the gateway into the far east, and every art, soldier, ambassador, or whatever, came through those gates, and the arts gathered, were dissected, and reorganized to the extreme. Still, there are only so many things you can do with the body, and the main differences that you are going to find in the martial arts are going to be more of a stylistic nature.
A kick is a kick, a block is a block, a punch is a punch, and a technique is a technique. Shotokan used to be an art called Te, Uechi Ryu used to be an art called Pan Gai Noon, and so on. That said, let's look at a couple of the stylistic differences and some of the things we can do about them.
First the stances one will find in Kung Fu are lower, have more flourishing, and are badly altered by the students desire for art. What I am saying is that somebody will sink into his back stance, put the ball of the foot forward, and tweak the hell out of the back stance just so they can feel, and put on the image of having more power. Nothing wrong with more power, but this is a show of power, and not the real thing, not the real chi power that is available to a student of the true art.
The stances common to karate are usually a bit higher, and they put more emphasis on snapping the hips and exploding the power from the tan tien. Nothing wrong with this, but in the case of the back stance, for instance, the back leg is usually turned out too far, this puts the muscles in different, almost opposing, direction, and immobilizes the stance. For proof that this is so simply look at images of classical stances in kung fu and karate and see if I haven't described what they are doing.
Moving up to the arms, the kung fu people have smoother, more liquid motions, and they swing the arms in a more circular fashion. Karate people, on the other hand, turn the hips sharper and explode the power outward in a more linear fashion. So the motion, and the energy involved in the two arts, vary from explosive lines to swinging arcs.
So, if you want to change your karate into kung fu, simply align the turn of your stance with the turn of your hips and let the arms circle larger. If you want to change from kung fu into karate, snap the hips as you push off the floor, and make the circle of the arms more efficient. Yes, I know this sounds too easy, but, try it for for a few weeks and your eyes are going to open, you are going to tap into the power of a different art, and that power, karate if you are kung fu, kung fu if you are karate, is amazing.
Now, before the purists get ahold of me and raise a rant, let me make a point. There is ballet and there is jazz and there is ballroom and there is...and in the martial arts, scratch the surface of the styles, and you will find the fundamental principles that are heart and soul to the immense power and art the human being is capable of. So, whether you practice a style of karate like shotokan, or a kung fu like mantis, give yourself a chance, try what I've said here, and let your art flower.
by: Al Case
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