Fact vs. Fiction: Truths from Inside the Shaolin Temple

Re:Fact vs. Fiction: Truths from Inside the Shaolin Temple by nabla9 on Tuesday November 27, 2018 @04:11PM (#18546799)

Especially when "kung fu" literally means something like "skill from effort" (as opposite of magic, praying, good genes etc). Kung = skillful work or hard training, Fu = time spent. It's mean pushing yourself to improve.

If we can trust Wikipedia:

> In its original meaning, kung fu can refer to any discipline or skill achieved through hard work and practice, not necessarily martial arts.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kung_fu_(term)

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Re:Fact vs. Fiction: Truths from Inside the Shaolin Temple by hangonhn on Tuesday November 27, 2018 @04:19PM (#18546883)

I can verify that as the correct translation and people in fact do use "kung fu" to mean a skill or an art you achieve through practice. In the part of China where my family is from, people do say "have no kung fu" to mean some practitioner is bad at what he or she does.

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Re:Fact vs. Fiction: Truths from Inside the Shaolin Temple by bfung on Tuesday November 27, 2018 @11:19PM (#18549258)

Another common usage is like with cooks - they're cooking, say, some dish with a wok start tossing it - it's good "cooking" kung fu.

ex: https://youtu.be/yKvTC_N23gs?t=23

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