Martial Arts

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Martial
Arts
By
Gloria, Willy, Malia, Willon
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Martial
Arts
Overview about Martial Arts Shaolin
Temples Preying Mantis Bruce Lee
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Martial Arts

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

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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
  ??????

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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

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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

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

• 5 Main Temples
• Henan
• Fukien
• Kwangtung
• Wutang
• O Mei Shan

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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More Info. About Shaolin Temples Can Be Found At

www.shaolin.com
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Martial
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Overview about Martial Arts Shaolin
Temples Preying Mantis Bruce Lee
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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

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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

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Mantiss method of combat . .

• Hook, grasp, strike, upward block, advance,
  recede, pull, strike first, contact, cling, tag,
  and lean

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Putting it together . . .

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

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

• Greatest martial artist of the 20th century?

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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

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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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Television Movies

• 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