What is it?
Please, go on.
Kung = W hore
Fu = banging
We are off to a MIGHTY start.
Next?!
p.s you forgot to add that when the characters kung and fu combine they add the ending words âlike a bossâ
thats weird, my teacher must have been dyslexic because i was taught:
kung = banging
fu = w hores
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Kung Fu are the first two words in our title
Hereâs some real kung fu: Give up evil and do good deeds
Gong Fu is any skill honed to marvelous precision.
Through the process and effort required in honing a skill we gain knowledge over ourselves.
The acquisition of self knowledge and realisation is the goal beyond Gong fu.
âFrom the perpetual pursuit of the highest springs a series of realisations, each of which gives us the joy and pride of conquest. We use these acquired forces, these advantages gained over ourselves , in the realisation of another ideal of a form more nearly perfectâ - Yoritomo Minamoto, first Shogun of Japan
oh waitâŠthats what i meant. can i change my answer, sanjuro tricked me.
RenDaHai took all the fun out of it before it even got fun⊠:mad:
:p:D
I was really hoping for someone to post a chop sockey understanding with a chuck norris accentâŠman, that would have been cool.
but noâŠ
lol
Oh, there it is!
Youâre like a Christ figure or something, all ask and ye shall receive and suchâŠ
And that was the sequel
Was this a trilogy?
Your right Dave,
âKung Fuâ is the Chinese word for the noises Bruce Lee makes when he fights.
[URL=âhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kung_fu_(term)â]Kung fu (term)
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Kung fu or gongfu or gung fu (, Pinyin: gngfu) is a Chinese term often used in the West to refer to Chinese martial arts.[1] Its original meaning is somewhat different, referring to oneâs expertise in any skill achieved through hard work and practice, not necessarily martial. The Chinese literal equivalent of âChinese martial artâ would be zhngguĂł wshĂč.[2]
In its original meaning, kung fu can refer to any skill. Gngfu () is a compound of two words, combining (gng) meaning âachievementâ or âmeritâ, and (f) which translates into âmanâ, so that a literal rendering would be âhuman achievementâ. Its connotation is that of an accomplishment arrived at by great effort.
In Mandarin, when two âfirst toneâ words such as gng and f are combined, the second word often takes a neutral tone, in this case forming gngfu.
Thatâs a really nice explanation. I like it. Although the Fu -> Man eludes meâŠ
when you take a poo poo and the smell stays on you that is called the kung fu
Also known as: KungfuManchu. Manchurians brought the art to China as a peace offering to usher in the Qing Dynasty.
Fu man
@Xiao3 Meng4
[QUOTE=Xiao3 Meng4;1086541]Although the Fu -> Man eludes meâŠ[/QUOTE]
Iâve heard that explained as the character ren () with a doubled pair of arms stretched up towards heaven, implying divine inspiration. Not sure if I buy that, but Iâve heard it repeatedly.
http://www.yellowbridge.com/chinese/character-etymology.php?searchChinese=1&zi=%E5%A4%AB
Etymology Explorer
[f, fĂș] man, male adult, husband; those
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() Associative Compound. A person with hair held together by a hairpin .
[[dĂ , dĂ i, tĂ i]] big, great, vast, large, high
[[y]] one; a, an; alone
The character Gong is a combination of the character for âtoolâ and âstrength/work/powerâ which means a skill.
On The Character Fu ()
= Da = Big, A pictogram of a person () with arms outstretched like saying âThis Big!â
= Tien = Heaven, The line above the pictogram of the person implies âThat which is above man, beyond humansâ
= Fu = Man, Accomplished Man, The character for heaven, but the line breaks through the sky implying the infinite potential of a powerful man.
Fu is usually used only for an accomplished man;
Example; ZhangFu, Husband, a man whos authority is above heaven (at least to his wife) DaiFu, Doctor, literally Great man, Gong Fu, Skill + Accomplished man so he has gongfu⊠etc
Because the line breaks through the sky it implies not just any man but a successful man.
Alternative explanations are that is a combination of the character â2â and âpersonâ meaning a couple, man and wifeâso you get husband, successful man.
Another is that it is a pictogram of a man with a pin through his hair, as an adult man in some ancient chinese cultures would have the right to wear this pin through his hair. SO it again means âaccomplished manâ.
Anyway it tends to mean an accomplished successful strong man as opposed just to the concept âmanâ.
This is all Conjecture however, no one can ever really know for sure as this character is as old as written language gets.
Thatâs right! The hairpin!
I forgot about that. Thereâs a funny cartoon of that in Fun with Chinese Characters.
Thatâs what kung fu is about. Hairpins. 
Consider outside of itâs pugilistic context. Interestingly the etymology of evokes nobility (the hairpin).
In a feudal system the landed aristocracy would be the only ones with the necessary resources to develop (in itâs cultural cultivation, artistic context). Namely, free time.
Contrary to this, as it relates to could of course be developed outside of the aristocracy through military conscription. Moreover, tradesmen developed and passed on . Noble pursuits in themselves.
was arguably a means of social mobility, just as anyone who qualified regardless of status or lineage could take the Imperial Examinations. Again favoring those with the free time to devote to the required disciplines.
evokes both the aristocratic pursuit of self-cultivation and the ability to improve oneâs station in life through rigorous effort.