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I feel the same my friend, I like Kenpo karate but don't like wushu.
I don't like chicken period, if you invited me to dinner at your home and the oly thing to eat is chicken I will eat it for don't spect I would have a second plate, however if you invited me to dinner in a Restaurant I won't esat chicken period.
There are people who likes and loves wushu and that's fine, simply I don't like it.
Manny
Manny- I am with ya! I love Kenpo but hate Wushu and if someone wants to tell me that EPAK and Wushu are even remotely similar, I am going to break out my "flask". LOL
Daniel- At least say "In my opinion one cannot have a fundamental..." I say this because I totally disagree. I really do not like most Chinese styles where the moves are huge and flamboyant whatever those are called (insert Jet Li movie here> ) but I have a sincere appreciation for Kenpo.
I also enjoy 9-ball in billiards but have a deep seated dislike for the more common 8 ball game.
I really appreciate Van Gogh's "Cafe at night" but do not like his paintings of flowers. How is this possible? How can I appreciate one without the other? Dunno, but I do...I could go on and on with these awkward analogies but I think you get the point.
Our system has quite a bit of (apparent) TCMA influence (tighter circles and less wasted motion) but that does not require me to "appreciate the merits" of the other Chinese styles that do not utilize the tighter circles and a reasonable economy of motion.
Manny- I am with ya! I love Kenpo but hate whatever those styles are called and if someone wants to tell me that EPAK and whatever those styles are called are even remotely similar, I am going to break out my "flask". LOL
dianhsuhe and Manny
OK then tell me what Wushu is?
Daniel- Please check my above post for any still existing errors and let me know, in the most condescending way possible, how I can improve the post.
You know exactly what I was writing about, why the arrogant post?
WoW
When I'm medically cleared to go back.Almost forgot....When will I see you in class next?
Yep!Jajajajaja good one!!! good one. Then I habe been a Kung Fu guy for several years.
Manny
dianhsuhe and Manny
OK then tell me what Wushu is or point me in the direction of an example?
But does not liking chicken mean yo don't like any protien?
I submit you don't know what wushu is.
Ever seen Sanda or Police military sanda or San Soo?
Xue, I feel for you. I teach English as a foreign language all day, every day. But they`re missing the point, so you guys are arguing about two completly different topics.
Wushu and Gungfu are NOT styles of martial arts. "Wushu" is just the Chinese term that means "martial arts". Okinawan Karate, Brazillian Capoeira, Filipino Kali, Muay Thai, TKD, boxing, wrestling, and cowboy-style gunfighting would ALL be termed "wushu" in Chinese.
What Dianhsuhe and Manny are saying isn`t really too different than saying, just an example, "I love being christian (or muslim, or buddhist), but I hate religion." It`s self contradicting.
But getting back to the original question, yeah Parker `s Kenpo was heavily influenced by Chinese styles. He learned Kenpo in Hawaii from William Chow, he was friends with Choy Lay Fut master Lau Bun (NOT a student of, Lau Bun didn`t teach non-chinese period), and I`ve heard lots of old school Kenpo people talk about the Hung Gar connection.
I had no idea what you were writing about as it was unclear in the terms used. The best I could do was guess and hope I was interpreting you correctly.
If the correction of misuse and abuse of language is arrogant, then forgive me for attempting to teach you about Mandarin and the proper use of it's terminology.
I assert that I was not being condescending, however if you took offense to my correction then I am curious as to why. Perhaps you inferred tonality that was not intended?
Perhaps it is that I even presumed to make the correction in the first place?
I'm genuinely curious.
When I'm medically cleared to go back.
I have already conceded that I misused the term "Wushu". But it should have been abundantly clear that I was referring to the chinese styles that utilize big circles.
Not sure why I have to keep explaining this. I do not like the larger moving chinese systems (Choy Li Fut or similar) but I do like Kempo (Kara-Ho would be an example).
I appear to be just another part of the unwashed masses so I may be a lost cause.
Yes, I have trained with some San Soo folks, not sure what "Sanda" or "Police Military Sanda" is though.
Manny- I am with ya! I love Kenpo but hate Wushu and if someone wants to tell me that EPAK and Wushu are even remotely similar, I am going to break out my "flask". LOL
And I submit that you need to utilize the spell-check function..