![]() ![]() You can see it in many films to this day, inspiring cinematographers, sound and video editors, directors, and choreographers to employ the classic styles they see fit. This is why the martial arts movies we will talk about today are all considered Kung Fu films, and also why you won’t see any movies with Karate here like Karate Kid.ĭating all the way back to the 1920s, Kung Fu fighting movies have been an elemental aspect of modern filmmaking. Over a very long period of time, Kung Fu (or Gongfu) has come to generally define one who devotes oneself to a lifestyle of martial arts, or more specifically a Chinese martial art. There are those who interpret it as Kung – hard/ or skillful work, and Fu – time spent. Kung Fu is indeed a style of martial arts, but it transcends simply one definition and extends as well to a lifestyle that one chooses. The term Kung Fu, however, has been widely misunderstood since its debut on the silver screen. But what is Kung Fu? When people hear the words “Kung Fu Movie,” they probably expect that it is a movie featuring one of many branches of Kung Fu as its premise. Kung Fu is an ancient Chinese martial art that has branched into many sub-groups since its birth in the 2nd century.
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