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Kung fu an wushu are popular terms that have become synonymous with Chinese martial arts. However the Chinese terms kung fu (Chinese: 功夫 pinyin: gōngfū) and wushu (traditional Chinese: 武術; simplified Chinese: 武术; pinyin: wǔshù) have very different meanings. Wushu can describe greatly varying martial arts traditions. Kung fu can be used in a context without any martial arts whatsoever. Colloquially, kung fu (or gung fu) alludes to any individual accomplishment or cultivated skill obtained by long and hard work. In contrast, wushu is a more precise term that refers to general martial activities. The term wushu has also become the name for a modern sport similar to gymnastics involving the performance of adapted Chinese bare-handed and weapons forms (tàolù 套路) judged to a set of contemporary aesthetic criteria for points.

Trivia about kung fu

  • On this series as Kwai Chang Caine David Carradine showed off his martial arts skills
  • Master Po and Master Khan were Caine's teachers in flashbacks in this 1970s series
  • A Chinese form of self-defense, its name means "work man"
  • 1974:"Blood of the Dragon"
  • Wushu is the Chinese word for martial arts; this term more familiar to TV watchers means any acquired skill
  • From a Chinese word meaning "skill", it's an ancient style of weaponless combat
  • On this kick-butt series, Keye Luke played the blind Shaolin priest known as Master Po
  • "Grasshopper, look beyond the game, as you look beneath the surface of the pool to see its depths"
  • In the '70s Joe took up martial arts & learned this "grip"
  • You grab pressure points in a fierce grip in Eagle Claw, a Shaolin type of this martial art
  • "The Brothers Caine"

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