Many Different Styles of Kung Fu

There are many different styles of Kung Fu practiced today, but one of the most popular taught in martial arts schools today is ‘Choy-Li-Fut’.

This style combines hard techniques with speed, balance and power. The Choy-Li-Fut style includes numerous hand and weapons techniques, more than one hundred actually exist in this style.

Many schools teach this martial art as a full contact style, and some of the most advanced martial artists practice this style due to its realism, so beware.

To succeed in Choy-Li-Fut you need to be strong and flexible, it is almost worth saying that you should not be a total novice to martial arts to attempt Kung Fu either, it helps to have some form of grounding. The Choy-Li-Fut martial artist’s arm is supposed to act like a rope i.e loose and flexible, whilst the hand is meant to act like a rock, solid and strong.

Four basic punching techniques are taught; the straight punch, the back fist, the uppercut and the roundhouse. There are also many elbow strikes, knee strikes and grappling techniques which are used. There are even advanced techniques to teach you to strike pressure points on your opponent to immobilise them, this is often only reserved though for intermediate students.

Weapons are used such as the staff, spear, broadsword, double-edged sword, knives and many more. So if you are the kind of martial artist who likes your weapons then Choy-Li-Fut may well be for you.