Martial Arts Yoga Exercise
Tuesday, July 19th, 2011
The tradition of Chinese martial arts
Many are familiar with Chinese martial arts, or by their exposure to the arts through movies or kung fu through theatrical presentations of wushu. Although the two presentations are rooted in the classical tradition of Chinese martial arts, the original form of art are very different from what we see today.
The origins of Chinese martial arts are somewhat incomplete because many written documents have been lost or destroyed over the years. In some cases, the original documents have never been recorded in the first sense, we are left to speculate on how some martial arts came to be.
Most of the files originally developed five styles of animals, tiger, leopard, snake, dragon, and crane as the original systems of kung fu. These systems were a hybrid of training combined with yoga traditional Chinese approaches taken to military and striking. The concept of art is that they were to hire people based on physical attributes and psychological dispositions. For example, the tiger style designed to aggressive type high while the system was for the snake the weakest and sneakier. Of course, there was no rule against mixing and matching components of the five styles of animals and we see this in arts such as Wing Chun merging snake and crane and Hung Gar Tiger and Crane that merges.
Another common misconception associated with Chinese martial arts is they are only for the fight. In reaching such a conclusion would ignore the philosophical foundations of many Chinese martial arts. There is a Taoist and influence on the Zen arts. One component of such influence would be the meditative aspect of the movement found in the forms the arts. Frequently, the performance of forms is for self-reflection and meditation. The hope here is to attain enlightenment in a different way of sitting, dull traditional form of meditation. Health & Fitness was a big part of the study Chinese martial arts. Greater flexibility and increased strength isometric were systematically targets the execution of kung fu exercises. These exercises have not been easy, but their levels of difficulty could be modified to meet the needs of the practitioner. Finally, improved fitness would result in a solid body. While a solid body can be more effective than low self-defense when becomes a problem.
The concept of the difficulty of the training is not limited to the physical benefits. The idea that a person is able to "conquer" the physical limitations present in the training opens the door to the development of strength of character necessary to succeed in trying other initiatives in life. Many consider that this component should be the most important aspect of training in Chinese martial arts.
This has attracted many people to study the arts over the years. Although the perception of art have changed over the years due to the infusion of sports training and theatrical presentations, the traditional approach to the arts still persists. This is a positive thing that the traditional components still have great value in modern times.
About the Author
Mel Crosby shares his fondness and love of classic Kung Fu movies and martial arts stars at Kungfu-Movie-Madness.com. Learn more about Chinese martial arts at his Web site.
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