Kung Fu vs Karate

jeffin · Yellow Belt

[quote="jiu-jitsu fighter"]THE MAIN DIFFERENCE IS THAT KUNG FU FORMS TEND TO BE MORE FASTE FLOWING WITH KARATEKA KATA TEND TO BE LESS FLOWING. KARATE IS MORE LIKE ONE PUNCH KILL AND KUNG FU IS MORE FLOWING, LIKE HIT THE GUY 5 TIMES. LOOK AT A KUNG FU VIDEO AND A KARATE VIDEO,

I HAVE STUDIED KARATE AND PRAYING MANTIS ""QUOTE""

Seriously is there a nomination for daft post of the week or what?
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Tobias_Reece · Brown Belt

I have to agree with you on that one Jeffin
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jiu-jitsu fighter · Brown Belt

i wrote that last sentence to back up my answer
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jiu-jitsu fighter · Brown Belt

personnaly i think they are both very innfective arts in their own special way
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jeffin · Yellow Belt

Its the enormous over simplification that got me and the total innaccuracy not the last sentence. Your posts are hard to understand as well what is innfective?
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karatekid1975 · KF VIP

Hiya, guys. Keep it calm here, please. This is a art vs art section of the form, but we don't need flame wars or putting each other (or arts) down

Thanks.
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Kyle-san · Brown Belt

Kensai · Black Belt

@ Jeffin,

Tobais it looks like you will have to don your troll books and smash this newbee!

Yours in Aiki.

jiu-jitsu fighter · Brown Belt

sorry bout that ill try to break it down for u guys
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magikchiongson · Yellow Belt

That's a strange question to answer. Obviously we see a difference between Aikido and Karate, there's just so many styles of Kung Fu.

Basically, Karate is slower than Kung Fu and less powerful.

I know yall differentiate between Judo and Karate so why not do the same for the Chinese Styles? Kung Fu is just a blanket term for all the Martial Arts Practiced in China and Chinese Satellite States.

As for which is more affective, I really think Kung Fu is. Don't get mad, its just my observation.

In the style I'm learning now, we have a very diverse background of people training. Some from Karate some from Kung Fu, some from Jiu Jitsu ect. What I noticed was, that during flow drills, I could always accurately count how many strikes were thrown by people who earned blackbelts in Karate styles just by vision alone. While the Kung Fu fighters I would have no clue how many shots were thrown other than the rapid beat when the strikes hit.

They notice that they are a tad bit slower than the other students who weren't used to striking the Karate way, but that's ok.

As for one shot kills, Choy Li Fut is famous for that. In fact several Kung Styles have the capability of delivering 7-8 Death Strikes in a second, with strikes to the temple, throat, nose, ect. That's the trick of it, most Karate Styles require a rechambering of your primary weapons Most Chinese Styles simply continue the flow.
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