Kung Fu Course

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Kung Fu also spelled as Gung Fu is a generic term for martial arts originating in China. A direct translation of the term would be “hard work, effort or a man of great skill” but in fact it is a misnomer, as kung fu can refer to the mastery by an individual of any kind of skill, for instance, if someone’s calligraphy is superb, we may conclude that this person is very kung fu in penmanship, Kung Fu therefore can be referred right from flower arranging to martial arts.

Hence kung fu as a specific term can be used as synonymous to Wu Shu (martial arts). However the term was not used regularly until the early Ming dynasty i.e. 14th century A.D. Shaolin is a subset of kung fu that was studied in temples around 500 A.D. until the destructions of the temples in the early 1920’s.

On the other hand the actual Chinese term for martial arts is wu shu, which denotes military art “wu” means militaristic and “shu” means techniques. Wu shu is a unique fighting form which is quite different from karate, tae kwun do and judo.

Life Institute of Tai-Chi Martial Arts and Healing Research Center

Welcome to ‘The Life Institute of Tai-Chi Martial Arts and Healing Research Center.’ Our art ‘The Hua Chuan, Kung Fu, Wu Shu’ has made its presence known in Mumbai for the last 28 years, over 10,000 students have been trained by the Institute in highly advanced martial arts based on the syllabus of Hua Chuan , Kung Fu , Wu Shu and the principals of Tai- Chi .

With great pride and elation we pronounce that our students have participated in competitions at school level, district level, state and national level and have bagged many laurels in various age and weight categories.

The focus of the institute is ‘The all round training in physical, mental and spiritual development’ of the students based on the syllabus of Hua Chuan , Kung fu , Wushu and Tai-chi .