Who is your kung fu heroe? Seriously, if you had to vote for one person who could be Kung Fu person of the century, who would it be? Why? When you are tired of training, or just beat, and cant find the energy, who is it that inspires you and why?
My Kung Fu “hero” is…
My sifu…
He’s a fine human being with high morals and integrity, as well as a terrific fighter. He’s been my source of inspiration all these years
hey felipe i just looked at that pic, did he ever do external style
i know its prolly just from the gymnastics, but that posture has a destinct hungga vibe to it,?? cooll!!.
Looks too “external”, huh?
Yeah, he told us he was joking at the exhibition that day, looking “hard”
Of course, the muscles came from his gymnastics; and he also practiced Chi Kung since he was a child.
My sifu, Master Bong Chan. The most amazing martial artists I have ever been around.
no-doubt no-doubt
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or 2 that effect:)
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Wan Lai Sheng
Kung Fu hero; Wan Lai Sheng of Tzu Ren Mun. Way ahead of his time and free thinker.
As to tired & needing motivation, in my younger days I used to train in the early mornings; a caffeinated beverage & quick look at the Rocky 3 training montage always got me going.
The late Grandmaster Chee Kim Thong, my old sifu. May he rest in peace.
cool thread
Im going to follow lead and give full props to my Hung Ga sifu Joseph Awad who ive followed for a long time now and im still yet to personaly meet his match.
Some of the more famous ones who i feel deserve mention
Wong Fai Hung - of Hung Ga for his medical work and bringing the art so far forward in terms of skill level.
Chung Lai Chun - of Bak Mei for traveling all over southern china proving to all who had the pleasure that Hakka can really kick some ass when there in the mood.
Yang Lui Chan - Of Yang style Tai Chi for not only inventing the most popular form of Tai Chi in history but also for being a bad tempered angry challenge maker, which i just think is too cool for a Tai Chi guy. Some where nice calm and relaxed but not good ol Yang Lui Chan, he was out there picking fights with the best of them.
Yip Man - Of Wing Chun for spreading the art all over the world, could be considered good or bad depending on who you talk to.
Ive missed a few but these guys are last couple of centurys and all have been absolutely untouchable in there respected arts.
My Kung Fu hero would have to be my big bro! (You know who you are). I would have to say that he’s the ONLY person I know that takes knowledge all in, and does everything in his life from the heart…even if he does talk a lot of crap. 
He may not be the best martial artist in the world, and he may not know EVERYTHING there is to know about martial arts, but what he doesn’t know, he makes up in STYLE!!!
My big bro is a very funny person, and even in his times of anger, he still knows how to crack a joke! He’s one of the most patient people too!!!
And besides all that…for all the girls on here, he’s good looking, has a great body, and stunning eyes!!! But that’s just icing on the cake!!!
But, that’s just a FEW reason’s he’s my Kung Fu hero!!
- Mimi Chan
- Kathy Long
- Jet Li
- Michelle Yeow
- Carol Wong
- Wong Long
- Aiping Cheng
- Russel Wong
- Helen Liang (-------He’s a hottie
- Phillip Ng aka Straitblast (----he’s a hottie too.
My JingWu Sifu. The man just lived Kung Fu. It was all he ever did, and he made it fascinating to anybody who turned up to train. The guy was like someone out of an old Kung Fu flick (even though he was not Chinese)- and he could kick ass more than anyone I’ve ever met.
To me he epitomises the true Martial Artist. Wish he was still around…It was his inspiration that has led to me where I am now in relation to full time training.
While Yang Lui Chan was a good nomination might I suggest the following Person:
Jiang Fa.
As he seems to be the person that internalised the art.
Peace.
Bruce Lee.
Bruce Lee honestly has inspired me a great deal.
He was the first martial artist I ever really knew of and one time when I was visiting relatives I was watching TV for a little bit and happened to catch Enter the Dragon.
I knew I liked martial arts after that.
But later on, as I watched Jackie Chan movies he inspired me more because I liked to see how he’d always stick himself in the worst possible situations and still scrape by. His fight seens are rarely big 1 on 1 show downs. Its always him trying to not die, and as far out as those sequences are, its more real than most other depictions of MA.
I also would have to say Morihei Ueshiba. Aikido was the first style that I specifically ever wanted to train in (but that never actually happened). I really liked all the tails about his quest to become a great martial artist, and I really like many of the things that he stood for.
These are the people i think are worth mentioning, not all from China but hey.
Sun Lu Tang- Tai Chi
Dwarf Xu- Zi Ran Men
Fong Sai Yuk- Choy Li Fut (?)
Ding ZiCheng- 6h Praying Mantis
Yin Fu- Pakuachang
Uechi Kanbun- Pangainoon
Sokon Matsumura- (?)
…Thats all I can think of now
Hey can I join in? I mean I do TKD, but still I have a hero…right?
Well, when I began martial arts was initially inspired by the one man known to be the geatest martial artist of all time and that was Bruce Lee…and I still think he is an absolute legend…BUT…there IS someone else, he doesnt do kung fu exactly, he studies an art named wushu…im just trying to think of his name…it was on the tip of my tounge…ummmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm…thinking…ummmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm…still thinking…ummmmmmmmmmmmmmm…oh, wait! I think I got it…no, dont have it…ummmmmmmmmmmmmmmm, whats his name again…I remember he has a beautiful face, but I just cant put my finger on his name…ohhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh, thats right!!! its,
JET LIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIII!
yEP, thats his name, dont wear it out! Li Lian Jie’s my hero.
hehehe, sorry about before but I couldnt help being a smart arse:D
Tae Li;)
hey, how come my page scewed up long ways like that??? its really annoying…
Chen Fa-Ke