Posts Tagged ‘chinese’

Here are some videos from CNY 2010 hosted by Sifu Gary Mitchell’s Chien Hong Kung Fu School here in Atlanta. Enjoy!

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Previously, we took a look at Understanding and implementing Wu De (武德). In this installment, we’re going to look at some of its different manifestations.

There are three aspects of Wu De that are commonly misunderstood, but can in many cases fall within the same category: School / Kwoon / Guan Rules & Guidelines, General Virtues and Martial Virtues. In this installment of Wu De, we will look at common school rules & guidelines and try to understand why they exist and what relationship they have with Wu De. In the next piece we will look at specifics of the next two categories of General Virtues and Martial Virtues.

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PATHS Atlanta adds more martial arts classes this year, including a new Northern Shaolin Kung Fu class:

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Yes and No. And yet your Martial art can either have Kung Fu or not.

Technically speaking, the term "Kung Fu", sometimes spelled Kongfu or Kong Fu, comes from the Chinese words 功夫 (gōng fu), and means skill, art, labor, or effort. Put together it means a skill or art derived through labor and effort.

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Northern Shaolin comes from the Northern part of China, right… So then, what’s with all the Cantonese terminology?

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As you know, the recent holiday was the Chinese New Year, and some of you may have heard some Chinese greetings during this festive time. Did you know that none of those greetings actually mean “Happy New Year”?

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Originally written as an article for online Martial Arts magazines, I thought I would share this with our PATHS students and readers. Improving and speeding up your learning of the martial arts.

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