Martial Arts

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Martial Arts Overview about Martial Arts Shaolin Temples Preying Mantis Bruce Lee

Martial Arts • Style and techniques came about animal movements • How animals fights and protect themselves • Their reactions during battle with other animals

Kung Fu . . . • Which means “WORK” • May also mean task, work performed, special skills, strength, ability or time spent • Westerners began to call Martial Arts Kung Fu ??????

How did this really come about? • The origins are obscure • The first person consciously picked up a stick or rock to defend him/herself • Before books and writing

Kung Fu split in two . . . • Form from two simple term : internal and external • Internal: Will, Vital energy and Strength • External: Speedy eyes, Fist and Foot

Martial Arts Overview about Martial Arts Shaolin Temples Preying Mantis Bruce Lee

Shaolin Temples 5 Main Temples 2. 3. 4. 5. 6.

Henan Fukien Kwangtung Wutang O Mei Shan

1. Henan • Located in a small mountain town southwest of Beijing • Seen in Chinese kung fu movies • Restored by Chinese government in the mid 1970s • Became tourist/martial arts Mecca

2. Fukien • Originally a Buddhist temple until early 1600s • Larger than the Henan temple and served as headquarters • Southern styles of praying mantis, snake, dragon, and Wing Chun developed in this temple

3. Kwangtung • Known as Snake temple • Built in late 1700s as a Shaolin temple • Located in a mountain area overlooking the ocean near Shanghai • Was a Cantonese temple close to Fukien • Temple was bombed during the civil wars

4. Wutang • Known as Tiger temple • Located near the town of Wutang (near Manchuria and the Korean peninsula) • Origin of Mercenary monks • Integrated into Shaolin order about AD 800

5. O Mei Shan • Means “Great White Mountain” • Known as Crane Temple • Located in an inaccessible area of the Szechuan province • Library and medical temple (4 centuries) • Integrated into Shaolin order about AD 1500

More Info. About Shaolin Temples Can Be Found At: www.shaolin.com

Martial Arts Overview about Martial Arts Shaolin Temples Preying Mantis Bruce Lee

Wong Long…. • Founder of the northern praying mantis style of kung fu • Opposed to the Manchurian takeover of China • Joined the Shaolin Temple to learn kung fu • Became a skilled fighter

Mantis style . . . • • • •

A praying mantis attacking a cicada Praying mantis had killed the cicada Holding it and began eating Wong was impressed by the way the pray mantis moved • Took a stick and played with the mantis

Mantis’s method of combat . . • Hook, grasp, strike, upward block, advance, recede, pull, strike first, contact, cling, tag, and lean

Putting it together . . . • Praying mantis hand skills • Added strength to the foot work • Observing the monkeys of China • Final component : quickness and agility

Martial Arts Overview about Martial Arts Shaolin Temples Preying Mantis Bruce Lee

Bruce Lee Greatest martial artist of the 20th century?

Family Life • Born in San Francisco in 1940 • Grew up in Hong Kong, where he made a total of 18 films • Returned to America at age 18, settling in Seattle. • Studied philosophy at the University of Washington • Married Linda Emery in 1964 – Two children: Brandon Bruce Lee, Shannon Emery Lee

• Died at age 32 on July 20, 1973

Martial Arts & Philosophy • Founder of Jeet Kune Do – Merged the best of his friends’ martial arts – Emphasizes freedom of expression for the individual

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“Kato” in the Green Hornet television series Successes in Southeast Asia: – The Big Boss – Fist of Fury Directed, produced, starred in The Way of the Dragon Last film: Enter the Dragon – First co-production between American and Hong Kong film studios – First martial arts movie backed by a large Hollywood studio