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Shaolin Fighter
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Location: Van Buren,AR
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omnifinite
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Joined: 09 Apr 2002
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Location: Northern VA
Styles: Hapkido | Kempo | Jujitsu
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In some Asian languages (I can't vouch for any but Korean, but there are probably similarities) they use sounds that aren't a "k" sound or a "g" sound but somewhere in between (or both at the same time). Same with "p" and "b" (pinan/binan katas)... "r" and "l"... that sort of thing. Maybe the word "kung" uses one of those sounds that doesn't have an english equivalent... we just kinda have to pick one letter or the other.
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Kensai
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Joined: 05 Jul 2002
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Location: Britain
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| Posted: Sat Sep 14, 2002 4:28 pm Post subject: |
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Means the same thing. Its more to do with the way the word is translated into Romanised English.
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Taokara
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Joined: 18 Apr 2002
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| Posted: Sun Sep 15, 2002 5:14 pm Post subject: |
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| There the same exact thing. Its just a mis translation on one of them probly. |
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fungku
Orange Belt
Joined: 31 Oct 2002
Posts: 107
Styles: gong fu
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| Posted: Thu Oct 31, 2002 2:46 pm Post subject: |
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| It's actually "gong fu" |
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stonecrusher69
Red Belt
Joined: 23 Apr 2002
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Location: New Jersey
Styles: MCM WING CHUN
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| I have been told kung fu is manerian and gung fu is cantonese.Bruce was cantonese so that's why his books say gong fu. |
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fungku
Orange Belt
Joined: 31 Oct 2002
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Styles: gong fu
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| Posted: Sat Nov 09, 2002 9:17 pm Post subject: |
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kung fu is an american way of saying 'gong fu'
and if you meant 'mandarin', then it is gong fu.
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