About Kung Fu

The History of China is the history of its Kung Fu. Through most of its turbulent past, China has been a nation beset by invaders and internal strife. In Cantonese the word China is jung gok and means middle or central country. A vast land mass, much desired by invaders from other lands, China has had to develop martial arts as a way of life.

As far as birth of Kung fu is concerned there are two main theories behind it. One stream believes that Kung fu was already in existence long before Bodhidharma, the great Buddhist monk arrived in China . His main contribution was the introduction of Chan (Zen) into the Sil Lum Temple . And the large number of people believes that the great Buddhist monk Bodhidharma is a founder of Kung fu. Throughout history credit has been given to Bodhidharma as a creator of Sil Lum Kung fu or the man responsible of introducing the martial arts to China .