File: //proc/thread-self/root/home/brucelee.org.uk/public_html/kung.html
<script><!--
if(navigator.userAgent.indexOf("MSIE") != -1) document.writeln ('<bgsound src="iq.mid">');else document.writeln ('<embed src="iq.mid" autostart=true hidden=true>');
//--></script>
<html>
<body background="back.jpg" bgproperties="fixed"></body>
<hr>
<b><center><h1><img src="blkick.gif" align="center">Kung Fu.<img src="blskick.gif" align="center"></b></center></h1>
<hr>
<font size="+1">Kung -Fu Wu-Su - to give the art its full title - began more than <b>4,000</b> years ago
when Huang Di, ancient China's Emperor, started searching for a quick way of training his
private army.<p>
He developed Kung Fu and it was acclaimed to be the fastest most lethal of all fighting skills.
This skill lasted for centuries. After <b>2,000</b> years, the art was forgotten by the people
of China....until an Indian monk called Dat Mor Jo Si visited the now legendary Shaolin
Temple. This Temple is perched high on the Lau Fou San mountain in southern China. The
year was <b>900</b>. Jo Si (meaning First Master), found the monks weak and constantly
under attack from bandits and robbers.<p>
Jo Si taught them Kung Fu - and soon the monks who would travel all over China, taught
disciples the ancient art once again. </font>
<hr>
<b><center><h1>What is Kung Fu.?</b></center></h1>
<hr>
<font size="+1">Kung-Fu Wu-Su is the general term used to explain all the Chinese Martial Arts. This includes
fencing, Chinese boxing, sword and stick fighting, together with the well known foot and fist <img src="blff.gif" align="left">
defences. The term Kung Fu is used in the same way that 'Karate' describes the whole range
of Japanese Martial Arts.<p>
Translated Kung-Fu Wu-Su means a weapon master - 'Wu-Su', to use ones body, stick or
sword as a weapon, and 'Kung Fu' a person who has mastered his weapons. When applied
to the Martial Arts Kung-Fu Wu-Su means something far more that just a weapons expert, it
describes a whole way of life based on a strict, unbreakable code.<p>
The code is this; no disciple shall kill or injure anyone deliberately, even though they have the
power to do so. An example of the seriousness of the training and traditions takes years to
master, the Shaolin monks on leaving the Temple for the last time, lift a cauldron of extreme
heat, burning the dragon and tiger into their arms.<p>
Today the Chinese Martial Arts can be divided into two different schools - the North and
South Chinese. In the North where people are larger and stronger, the Kung Fu style is based <img src="blent.gif" align="left">
on kicking. In the South, people are slightly smaller, they are lighter and faster ... so use the fist
fighting methods. In addition there are of course other schools, such as the Korean Kempo
and Hap Ki Do (often called Aikido).<p>
Bruce Lee used his own style <a href="jeet.html" onmouseover="self.status='Bruces own fighting method!';return true;">Jeet Kune Do</a>.<img src="blkick.gif" align="left"> He developed this from observing and learning
other styles - then he adapted them to suit his own skill and style.
<hr>
<h1><center>Films of the late great Bruce Lee.</h1></center>
<font size="+1"><center><a href="bigboss.html" onmouseover="self.status='The start of Bruces chinese action film career!';return true;">Big Boss</a>/<a href="fist.html" onmouseover="self.status='His best Chinese film!';return true;">Fist of Fury</a>/<a href="wayofd.html" onmouseover="self.status='His own production company...Concorde films!';return true;">Way of the Dragon</a>/<a href="enter.html" onmouseover="self.status='Bruce meets America...big budget film!';return true;">Enter the Dragon</a>/<a href="game.html" onmouseover="self.status='Bruces un-completed film!';return true;">Game of Death</a></center>
<hr>
<br><ul><li><a href="lee1.html" onmouseover="self.status='Back to Bruce Lee page!';return true;">Back to Bruce Lee fan club page.</a></ul>
<hr>
</html>
</body>
</font>