Kung fu

Kung fu

 

 

Kung fu

 

Meaning of Kung fu

Kung fu westerners have given this name to a conglomeration of chinese fighting styles (mart.Art.) Kung-fu sport discipline similar to karate. Its origins lie in east-indian hand and foot-fights and in chinese breathing exercises. There are two styles of kung-fu, hard kung-fu (wai chia) which consists predominantly of foot strength techniques and the hardening of the hands, and soft kung-fu (nei chia) which is characterized mainly by speed and hand techniques aiming for the sensitive parts of the body. More than 400 variants of kung-fu are known, the contents of training in kung-fu are particularly: inner rest, attention, strength, coordination, concentration, and internalizing all actions towards one focus. The techniques of kicks, and foot, fist and hand hits are used. As a competitive sport kung-fu is practiced in three forms:1. Non-contact kung-fu where no hits against the head are permitted. 2. Half- contact kung-fu (the best-known form) which is performed on a combat zone of 8 x 8 m. The competitors wear hand and foot cushioning and a groin protector. Attack can only be aimed towards the face and frontal parts of the body (except for eyes, larynx, and abdomen). The duration of a fight is two minutes in the preliminary rounds and three minutes in the final rounds. Two side and one main referee determine the winner by awarding points. The following moves are scored with points: jump kick to the head (3 points), foot hit from a standing position (2 points), hit or kick on the body (1 point). Hits with head, elbow, or knee are not permitted. 3. Full-contact kung-fu where the aim is to force the opponent out of action. (H.Haag &g. Haag, dictionary, 2003, 276p.)

 

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1.   Chambers  Sports  Factfinder.  Chambers  Harrap  Publishers  Ltd  2005.  [ISBN  0550  101616] (Chambers. Sports Factf.,2005)
2.   Dictionary  of  Leisure,  Travel  and  Tourism.  Third  edition.  A&C  Black  Publishers  Ltd,  2008. [ISBN 9780713685459] (Dict. of Leis., Trav. and Tour., 2008)
3.   Dictionary. Sport, Physical Education, Sport Science. Editors Herbert Haag&Gerald Haag. Kiel, Institut für Sport und Sportwissenschaften, 2003.  [ISBN 3-7780-3419-7]  ((H.Haag &G. Haag, Dictionary, 2003)
4.   Dictionary   of   Sport   and   Exercise   Science   A&Black   Publishers   Ltd   2006.   [ISBN   -10: 0713677856;   ISBN-13: 9780713677850]  (Dict. of Sp.and Ex.Sc,2006)
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