Little chat about heritages and tradition

It is so sad many Kung-fu practitioners are more archeologists than fighters and they believe more into the novels and movies than real word situations. They are so possessed by the history and bloodline that they ignore plain facts and clear logic. They only seek the most "authentic" and "original" styles while they ignore the fact that there is no such thing as original and authentic in a ever changing and adopting system that means to keep people alive during brutal conflicts. Yes, I am saying there is no original forms that is the most authentic and true to the root because there is no such thing unless you want to find the first ever fight happened and the fighting styles the two people/parties used against each other. I think you will be very disappointed if you can find it.


I am not saying though there is no difference among kung fu styles, I am telling you a simple fact that all the styles are changing and evolving with time and those ones can't will be washed out by time eventually. You can learn the most authentic and original system and be proud of it but only if you can use it fight against other modern systems and make sure you can really use it to survive ugly conflicts or the only thing you can say about the style you are learning is a dying art which needs you to preserve it for archeology reasons. Or, you just like its beauty. But don't say it's a fighting skill.


The lost of traditional kung fu is inevitable since 90% of the kung fu practitioners are thinking the way I mentioned above and they are so happy to lie to themselves about the effectiveness and all kinds of tall tales that they just live in another world where real world situations are not considered. The teachers practice with students using unthinkable stupid and fake moves to pretend they know to deal with dangerous situations. And every time they face a well trained MMA fighter or boxer, they got their asses kicked. How sad and stupid. There is no surprise kung fu is more and more like a joke than something serious.


I am particularly upset about people talking kung fu as some kind of spiritual thing. It is total BS and if you are so much into spiritual stuff, go meditation or find yourself a waterfall and walk into it. Kung Fu means to save your own ass and kick the opponents ass hard. You can find great deal of spiritual thing here in kung fu, AFTER you can save your own ass.


Use common sense and solid logic. Learning Kung Fu is no different compare your driving lessons or swimming classes. Don't froze your brain just because it sounds "oriental" and "majestic", it will only make you look like a fool in front of other styles and get your ass kicked.