Kung Fu vs Your Style of martial arts

Drunken Monkey · Black Belt

well, wushu translates to "martial art"

but yes it is a sport.
it's whole point is display.

and the whole thing about what to call chinese martial arts.
i think it is always best to refere to them by their proper name (wing chun, hung gar, choy-li-fut etc etc).

the reason is that kung fu itself means hard work. a chef has his kung fu. as does a taxi driver. anything that requires a level of skill is kung fu. taking this to the extreme one could even say they have very high "in bed" kung fu...
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TheDevilAside · Red Belt

Wow, then I must be atleast a 6th degree black belt in Kung Fu now!

My arts:
American Kenpo - White Belt
Kung Fu - 6th degre BB

Haha, I wish.
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Drunken Monkey · Black Belt

well, we could ask the ladies about your level of kung fu...

BUT you did also bring up another point.

in traditional kung fu, there are no belts. this is because the old system was based around the family (sifu=martial father) and your "rank" in the family depends on when you joined.

this does not however, have any bearing on how good you are. you could be the youngest member of this family but have the highest kung fu because you work a lot harder.

belts don't really mean much to us. we always know who is better because they will be the one we cannot beat.
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