David Lau - 12/28/00 22:18:59
My Email:dragonlibruce@yahoo.com
styles learned: Nanchuan and weapons major, and Changchuan and gunshu
school: New Zealand International Wushu Council
answer: Nan styles emphasises leg strength, stamina, trunk flexibility, and explosive execution. Chang style require jumping ability, stamina, flexibility most, and also explosiveness, so therefore both styles are hard to do!!!

Comments:
When I chose to do nan styles is because it is easier to perform because it requires few jumping skills. This is important because in the world championships tournament, it is hard to win with changchuan because you must jump extremely high and the chinese usually waste all the others because they can jump up amazingly high. So Nanquan, I used to think, all you need is to perform it with spirit and there might be more of a chance to win. But after doing it for three years with the comtemporary wushu forms (competition forms) I still can't master the forms as well as I thought. So therefore there is no such thing as which is harder to do, I think both have its own difficulties.

- 09/12/00 22:35:11

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Arthur Graham - 09/06/00 08:12:19
My Email:bahapoika@hotmail.com
styles learned: choy lei fut
school: north wind gung fu academy
answer: No style is better. Only stylists

Comments:
My sifu talks about which style is better. He thinks wushu is just a little more practical than karate. I think that the stylist is also the 'style' embodied. I dont look like I'm doing choy lei fut when I fight. I only do what I feel will work the be t.

Justin Boudriau - 08/10/00 04:39:52
My Email:yhdrbou@sprint.ca
styles learned: northern shaolin cha chuan
school: Shaolin White crane kung fu academy
answer: The difference between wushu and traditional kung fu is that wushu is a more flashy style that does not emphasizes on elf defence but looks better than traditional kung fu

Comments:
Wushu looks great in movies, but i think that there is nothing better than traditional kung fu for self defence...

Roberto Purvis - 03/03/00 15:40:27
My Email:robertopurvis@hotmail.com
styles learned: shaolin kung fu/wushu O Shin Chuen
school: Södermalms Shaolin Kung fu/Stockholms Wushu Accademy
answer: No belts and no difference in kung fu/wushu

Comments:
Belts take away what shaolin kung fu/wushu tries to accomplish...remove the pretentious elements in the training. We all start at some point and it is an evolution, not a step ladder to perfecting the art. It's comunal and not individualistic in the sense that we must compete for a belt but for personal achievment.

Roberto Purvis - 03/03/00 15:35:38
My Email:robertopurvis@hotmail.com
styles learned: shaolin kung fu/wushu O shin Chuen

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goodfeather - 02/24/00 08:02:19
My URL:http://netstrand.com
My Email:waazoo88@aol.com
styles learned: Chines sword play
school: backyard, Sifu

Comments:
Puch with the winds speed, withdraw from your violent deed, shoot a power palm while exhaling, for effictiveness a shout entailing, move like the dragon here and there to win or lose is a moments affair.... You know where to find the best battle ready martial artists... In prison.... Lima lama aikido TKD Bak Qua Bak May, etc... I have seen for real what trained martial artist do.... to all of you who train, nurture your passion so you will not be bored of training... and be on the look out for my site "netstrand" as I will publish several complete forms on the chinese swordplay... Mo fat mo bien

joshua durham - 02/21/00 21:04:29

Comments:
i believe the only true difference between traditional kung fu and modern wushu would have to be the choreography, having trained in both the only difference is that they techniques are done in a different order. if research was done people would find th t all the 32 step forms from changchuan (one of the modern versions) have been taken from the cha' chuan style. in fact several traditional styles such as choy lee fut and jow ga share forms with cha' chuan and modern wu shu, for example the 32 step form from today's chang chuan is actually tiger tail broadsword practiced by choy lee fut, jow ga and cha' chuan. lack of application and intent is an individual problem that occurs in all sorts of practioners as does lack of conditioning. people just seem t point out wushu because it has some flash to it, but if they looked a little closer they would see another form with definite martial applications.

- 02/12/00 17:57:56

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Al Roesner - 02/10/00 10:04:20
My Email:Ajroenser@aol.com
styles learned: Tai Chi Chuan, Tai Chi Yang
school: Teacher Jose Johnson

Comments:
I have all was liked wushu forms.

Sherwin B. Celestial - 01/29/00 13:09:55
My Email:sherwinc@rocketmail.com
styles learned: Chi Dian Bun, Te Tai Chi, Go Cho Kun and Kiam Kok Sut(Hik Family Style)
school: Tri-Art Development
answer: There is only one perfect Style already exist....

Comments:
AS FAR, MANY YEARS ALREADY COME, BUT THE ONLY PERFECT STYLE FOR US IS TO FIGHT IN A CLOSE DISTANCE, A SORT OF KUNG-FU SYSTEM EXECUTED IN A SHORT DISTANCE LIKE OUR ART CHI DIAN BUN (NATURAL ART OR LITERATURE AS TO MAKE IT SHORTEN) BUT IT CONTAINS DIRECT LO G KICKS PARTICULARLY INSTEAP SIDE KICKS WITH NO EXISTENCE OF ROUNDHOUSE. OUR STYLE LOOKS LIKE THOSE IN WINGCHUN WHEN OUR OPPONENT IS EXTREMELY CLOSE, AND IT LOOK LIKE THOSE OF BRUCE LEE DISTANCE FIGHTS..... TODAY IS ALREADY IN THE YEAR 2000.... NOTE: KUNG-FU STARTS IN THE ANIMAL FORM MANNER, THEN HUMAN FORM WHERE SOFT DEFEATS HARD STYLES, AND IN THE END - THERE COMES THE SCIENTIFIC FORM OF MARTIAL KUNG FU AND NOTHING MORE THAT COMES, SO, THE PERFECT KUNGFU STYLE THAT SUITS FOR THIS CENTURY IS THE SCIE TIFIC FORM OF KUNGFU LIKE THOSE OF WINGCHUN IF YOU ARE FAMILIAR WITH IT, BUT OUR STYLE IS NOT THOSE OF SHAOLIN BASED WINGCHUN BUT OUR STYLE IS IN TAOIST CHI DIAN BUN FROM HONGKONG MIGRATED TO MANILA IN PHILIPPINE EINI(I DONT KNOW THE CORRECT SPELLING OF M INSTRUCTORS SCHOOL) BUT MY INSTRUCTOR TEACH US HERE ON ILOILO AND THE MOVEMENT OF CHI DIAN BUN REALLY LOOKS LIKE THOSE OF WING CHUN,

nick Tallmon - 01/11/00 13:26:20
My URL:http://members.xoom.com/tokenshi
My Email:yakumo@eagle.cc.ukans.edu
styles learned: wu taichi, bajichuan, long fist, wingchun, six elbows
school: chun man sit academy
answer: wushu is a culmination of several kungfu styles, making it more complete than the individual styles it is taken from, but generally more flashy with less emphasis on self defence.

Comments:
This web rings is awesome, everyone check out my site and let me know what you think i can do to improve it, it will constantly be updated so i appreciate any suggestions!

Su Ying - 12/09/99 19:02:47
My Email:Suyinglau@hotmail.com
styles learned: Chang Chuan, shaolin
school: Taili Wushu School Hoyer

Comments:
I just want to say I love to practice wushu although I haven't practiced it for a long time. I'm from the Netherlands and I'm 15. So if you feel like saying something to me than mail me.

- 11/29/99 18:06:04

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RCoulter - 11/09/99 23:02:52
My Email:RCoulter@bandag.com
styles learned: Hsing-I Chuan 12 animals, 5 elements, Chen, Hao, Yang styles Tai Chi Chuan, Pa Kua Chuan, Wushu, Sholin

Comments:
Nice Wushu Site!

hey - 10/18/99 04:24:43
My Email:youwantrouble@tupac.com
styles learned: chankuan
school: Pacific Wushu
answer: what answer

Comments:
was i right???????

Nick LaPlante - 10/04/99 19:00:37
My Email:gungfusheep@collegeclub.com
styles learned: Wing Chun Chuen/Shaolin
school: Sifu Edwards

Comments:
Hi,this is a great web site! I have studied Wing Chun for some time now,but have always wanted to learn a northern style (e.g. Longfist). If any knows of any teachers in NC please e-mail me and let me know.Shi Shi Zaijian

Michael McLeod - 09/30/99 23:57:17
My URL:http://www.oocities.org/Tokyo/Teahouse/2559/wushuway.html
My Email:mcleod12@hotmail.com
styles learned: chang chuan, nan chuan, taiji
school: Li Jinheng's: World Martial Arts Academy

Comments:
Hey Tekka, Well I wanted to join the ring but I can't get my e-mail threw to you. Nice Ring! Michael

Sean Velenosi - 08/07/99 23:22:09
My Email:velenosi@interlynx.net
school: Wu Shu Institute
answer: just comments

Comments:
Great Idea for a site!!!! The difference between the uses and meanings of the words Kung Fu and Wu Shu within the context of the question posed is defineable only by one's self for one's self. Their meanings differ in interpretation. One can take the l teral translation of the words or the meaning of the words can be clouded by their personal experiences or beliefs. This is a great question but one that is truly hard to answer..........in the meantime stretch, train, practice and enjoy the experience hat is Wu Shu.

Jenny Tang - 08/04/99 03:31:12
My URL:http://www.oocities.org/Tokyo/Spa/6316
My Email:jjt88@yahoo.com
styles learned: wushu and taiji!

Comments:
I started to learn wushu when I was 7 years old, and I have learned a lot, northern and traditional style, I like traditional style better. check out my website!

Michael - 07/26/99 21:07:59
My URL:http://home.att.net/~CMAI/
My Email:CMAI@Worldnet.att.net
school: Chinese Martial Arts Institute

Comments:
Good site, great job!

large - 07/24/99 04:57:50
My URL:http://www.oocities.org/pipeline/rapids/3747
My Email:large1425@yahoo.com
styles learned: moderns
school: jing-wu asociation

Comments:
hey, nice page, i think that you are doing an exelent job making all wushu lovers be in touch, keep like this....

victor rodas - 07/03/99 23:22:44
My Email:videocursos@1stnetusa.com
styles learned: chang chuan and shaolin
school: wu lin institute and choi`s martial arts school
answer: I do not know what you mean

Comments:
what I know and want to share is that there are not martial art more beautiful that those acrobatics and full of elegance northern style forms especially when are performed by those chosen ones guys, some of them can be found in places that you never have imagined out of this country, the most uncredible is that they do not ever been in china, and never been supported by their goverments, belonged to poor families they finally have given up and abandoned this beautiful art, mother and root of all others, i si very sad to witness how many talents were lost in front of my very own eyes, Shi sie .....

Pete - 06/01/99 17:56:44

Comments:
Ni hao-ni hao, I 'm just visiting your site!

Richard Payne - 04/12/99 02:48:49
My URL:http://www.angelfire.com/ri/payne
My Email:rpayne@angelfire.com
styles learned: wushu & ngor chor wu chu chuan
school: Academy of tai chi & wu shu

Comments:
I really enjoy your pages and aspire to create one just as good. We also share a common classmate. I studied with Dennis Wong under the coaching of John Chuck who was trained by Wang Jinbao who also coached Mae Hsu. Keep up the good work and I wish you further success.

DANILO - 04/08/99 17:53:25
My Email:Lord_tanax@yahoo.com
styles learned: Changquan

Comments:
Very interesting site! In my city (Turin Italy) wushu's schools and also other arts' school are very rare. I'm happy to see that in the net the situation is different.

Alexander Smithies - 03/20/99 05:28:06
My Email:aesmithies@clear.net.nz
styles learned: Changquan, TangLang, LiuHeQuan
school: Shi Mei Lin

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DiCarrie Williamson - 03/18/99 00:48:57
My Email:Hayti-Luv1@worldnet.att.com
styles learned: tae kwon do, shorin ryu, shotokahn, kuntao, kick boxing, wushu, and kenpo!
school: The Bams UMAC
answer: The art of wushu is softer than kung fu, and wushu is more acrobatic!

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Brian - 02/01/99 04:43:46
My URL:http://gladstone.uoregon.edu/~bpj31078/ironshirt.html
My Email:sil_lum@hotmail.com
styles learned: TaeKwonDo, Southern Tiger & Hawk Kung Fu, and learnin contemp. Wushu
school: Shaolin Academy, OR
answer: 42

Comments:
I think the primary difference between contemporary wushu and traditional kung fu is simple: application. Traditional kung fu is about fighting. Most schools of kung fu still at least pretend to be all about self defense. Wushu, on the other hand, is abou athletecism, sport, and competition. Which is better? Neither, I get a kick (ahem, 'scuse the bad humor) out of both. I practice kung fu for defense and wushu for fun.

David Ko - 12/28/98 17:15:37
My Email:kodavid@ica.net

Comments:
Hi Tekka! What a coincidence when I was browsing around and found this page!

young Fithrawan - 12/19/98 11:20:34
My Email:lord_young_f@hotmail.com
styles learned: nan chuen,chang chuen,jian shu
school: wign

Comments:
wushu is a internationally that consist of seven style.kung fu is traditionally,that consist alot of style. the harder is to learn northern legs

Edward Jewell Jr - 10/30/98 16:17:43
My Email:xxxveganxx@aol.com
styles learned: some kenpo,akido,tang soo do, arnis, and now contempory wu-shu
school: American Wu-shu Society

Comments:
I have been taking martial arts on and off, since I was 8 years old, and wu-shu is the style, that i have always wanted to learn. I just didnt now, that it was called wu-shu until recently. I live in Ohio now, so I am going to have train at a new school like the Midwest Martial Arts Center. If anybody has any better streching techniques please email me thanks.

- 10/23/98 01:02:24

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gal18 - 08/29/98 11:39:50
My Email:teossss@hotmail.com
styles learned: changquan, nanquan, broadsword, cudgel, shaolin nanquan, qing long da dao
school: WF

Comments:
I just wanna say that i simply LOVE wushu!!!!! YES!!!!!! and i'm glad that i've found this website. By the way, to solve the stiffness problem, one has to feel extremely composed, relaxing all tensions within the body, and yet transferring all energy outwards instead of tensing up the whole body. This error is most often committed by new wushu learners One cannot be too impatient when mastering the essence of wushu. It takes time and perserverance. Remember to put your heart (and some brains) into training to obtain optimum results. No pain, no gain.

Erik / Da FoX - 08/23/98 10:47:11
My Email:ceer#dds.nl
styles learned: Jiu-Jitsu, Judo
school: Kreitz

Comments:
Hi, i like your page. I like to learn another sport near Jiu-Jitsu and Judo, so I came out to Kung Fu. The name Wushu....we don't know it here. (Netherlands)But Kung Fu is very populair. So, I think I gonna join it...anyone comments??? just send me an e-mail. I like it. By the way, good page keep it good.

Liem T. Hua - 08/10/98 23:19:58
My Email:SuiBian@juno.com
styles learned: Comtemporary Wu Shu
school: Chinese Martial Arts Academy

Comments:
The difference between wushu and kungfu is simple. The word kungfu means a learned skill or ability through hard work. So anyone can have good kungfu. However many people like to use kungfu for the term of traditional wushu. Wushu is just a generic term for all martial arts of China. It's like an umbr lla and under this umbrella falls all Chinese martial arts. Contemporary wushu began after the cultural revolution of China and yes it was geared more toward sport but yet in my opinion loses none of the fighting applications of traditional wushu ( ok ma be a little :) i guess ill stop now before i bore everyone... please anyone correct me if you think im wrong in anyway.. i would appreciate it...

Liem T. Hua - 08/10/98 23:19:06
My Email:SuiBian@juno.com
styles learned: Comtemporary Wu Shu
school: Chinese Martial Arts Academy

Comments:
The difference between wushu and kungfu is simple. The word kungfu means a learned skill or ability through hard work. So anyone can have good kungfu. However many people like to use kungfu for the term of traditional wushu. Wushu is just a generic term for all martial arts of China. It's like an umbr lla and under this umbrella falls all Chinese martial arts. Contemporary wushu began after the cultural revolution of China and yes it was geared more toward sport but yet in my opinion loses none of the fighting applications of traditional wushu ( ok ma be a little :) i guess ill stop now before i bore everyone... please anyone correct me if you think im wrong in anyway.. i would appreciate it...

Emilio Alpanseque - 07/22/98 11:20:15
My URL:http://www.teleline.es/personal/ealpan/
My Email:ealpan@teleline.es

Comments:
Hello everybody, let me invite all of you to my new Wushu page, it's been added to the Wushu Ring but it wont be part of its site listing until Tekka returns. Check it out, I'm sure you'll like it!

Andrew Lower - 07/20/98 21:48:21
My Email:alower@midohio.net
styles learned: long fist
school: Mid-west Martial Arts

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Brian Valeria - 07/10/98 01:54:13
My Email:brianvaleria@hotmail.com
styles learned: nanquan, staff, southern broadsword, various kung-fu
school: Young-deung-po Ung-bi Moo-sool-kwon (Seoul, Korea)

Comments:
4. I always liked to think that WuShu is more a sport than Kung-fu (which seems more designed for actual combat). Geared towards competition, WuShu is the blending of many types of Kung-fu into common styles to be shared universally between all students and teachers.

WESTY - 04/20/98 14:09:03
My URL:http://hem2.passagen.se/mbhepp/

Comments:
.....Hi........... My name is Magnus, and I am from Sweden. A friend of mine in J-room (chat) told me about your home page so I visited it. It is a nice page. I am training shotokan karate in an org. called W.K.S.A. I don`t know if you heard of it....well..you have a good page. Keep up the good work.....*S*

Matt Barth - 03/29/98 02:06:27
My Email:Torch911@bigfoot
styles learned: Nanchuan, Changchuan
school: NMAA
answer: Staff

Comments:
Thanks for giving "us" a place to see all the Wushu sites!

Emilio Alpanseque - 03/05/98 12:22:43
My URL:I'll have one soon...
My Email:emilioa@cat.es
styles learned: wushu forms and sanda

Comments:
1.- Stretch, stretch and stretch... Ask two or three pals to pull your legs...... 2.- Both are hard to achieve. 3 - a) Nangun is a nice compilation of all southern stick techniques. Nandao is a nice invention including some southern weapons characteristics under a nanquan frame. Taijijian, I can't tell about that one. 3 - b) The 'A' level compulsary are some higher level combinations required to be included inside the optional routines for chinese national tournaments. There are for each category and sex, a set of different movement combinations. They were necesary in rder to help the judges since all competitors were not doing any major mistakes before, making it to hard to judge!

TAN - 12/28/97 13:00:18
My URL:http://cyberway.com.sg
My Email:airwalk23@hotmail.com
styles learned: chang quan,nan quan,eagle claw,praying mantis,fanziquan,staff,spear
school: wushu assoc
answer: 1.Anyone with a real stiff should consider swapping over to nan quan or he must really work hard to loosen this muscles.2.in actual fact southern body need to have a very good waist strenght as the distance is normally short just depending r waist.whereas northern legs just require on flexibility and technique.

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XJ - 11/23/97 13:52:49
My Email:keehc@pc.jaring.my
styles learned: Changquan
answer: The harder compulsory is a new challenge for those who are already able to score a 10 for the current one, it's good. About stiffness...What do you think we can do to get rid of it?

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Björn Johansen - 10/27/97 16:41:34
styles learned: Chang Chuan
school: Södertälje Chang Chuan Ass.

Comments:
Thank you for a god website. From SI FU Björn Johansen and SI SHON Max Andreasson, Instruktors in the Swedish Shaolin Long Fist ass.

- 10/16/97 11:04:52

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Noel Min - 10/08/97 14:13:10
styles learned: Longfist, Nanquan, Qiangshu, Cudgel Staff, Wushu Mantis, Yang Style Tai-Chi
school: Flying Tiger Wushu Academy and Iron Fist Kung Fu
answer: Well depending on the age of the student, he or she should practice a little bit of tai-chi or some of the breathing exercises at least. When I began learning the fundamentals of wushu mantis I was really really stiff. However my sifu rec mmended me to begin the tai-chi breathing exercises and eventually the Yang system. I began to loosen up. Everything began to flow more easily.

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Chris Nguyen - 09/21/97 22:47:48
My URL:http://icom.ca/~cnguyen
My Email:cnguyen@icom.ca
styles learned: you should know Tekka
school: Wushu, Chinese Marital Arts Institute
answer: Call yourself "Southern Fists and Northern Legs"

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John Wang - 09/17/97 17:55:51
My Email:wangj@syncor.com
styles learned: long fist
school: chinese wushu federation
answer: asie from the other helpful comments, i think its important to learn the forms in a very relaxed, tensionless way. i have a friend that's stiff, and it helps his flavor tonnes when he does it as effortlessly as possible

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Raffi - 09/04/97 15:36:33
My URL:http://www.ocf.berkeley.edu/~kamalian
My Email:raffi@uclink.berkeley.edu
styles learned: Chang Quan
school: Ro Fei instituta de Wushu
answer: two words: stretch and extend

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Eric Yeh - 08/26/97 21:32:15
My URL:http://www.oocities.org/tokyo/ginza/5969
My Email:eyeh@uclink.berkeley.edu
styles learned: nanquan
school: Pacific Wushu
answer: San-shou

Comments:
I would say that they should stretch like mad until they can achieve basic flexibility for changquan. You can't exactly condemn someone to doing something they don't want to do, at least not outside of China (or some other competition heavy environment). If they don't put their heart into it, it's going to be horrible. Of course they should try nanquan out, but if they absolutely hate it, don't push them. That's my $0.02.

tekka chang's test - 08/22/97 20:37:33
My URL:http://www.oocities.org/Tokyo/Towers/9935
My Email:ad962@hwcn.org
styles learned: nan chuan, chan chuan, dang gong kun, shaolin,
school: wushu institute

Comments:
Well, I'd have to say tonnes of practise helps. Also, stay relaxed and try not to put any effort. It is always good to get as much extension to make northern movements.