"Kung fu"

“Kung Fu” as began thousands of years ago as 'The Martial Arts' – when it was an umbrella term describing several hundred fighting style developed over many centuries. These fighting styles are often classified according to traits identified as families, sects or schools of martial arts - inspired by philosophies, religions or legends. Examples include “Shaolinquan” (physical exercises involving five animals for mimicry of forms for the ease of education in a time where education was minimal), “qi manipulation” (referred to as internal which revolve around the resolve, faith and determination of a person – 'to bring out the best of them in vapor the same way anger and rage can do so') and external which which focus on muscular and cardiovascular performance.

The ridiculousness of many of these styles originate in the the smugness of the old masters and their desire to one-up one another with aesthetic principle – using silliness to dress up their styles to defeat one another with increasing absurdity in order to both keep things fresh and show their certainty in and the performance of their core principles: To humiliate their opponent by intentionally fighting wrong ironically.

In a truly ironic twist, with the advent of superhuman performance (speed, strength, endurance, durability) a lot of the entirely stupid principles which made zero sense on human terms could be adapted.

Classically, kung-fu was depicted as involving highly repetitive ritualized training. In practice, this non-practical form of training while useful early on is close to suicidal and a total lie: martial arts were taught with resisting opponents in full contact under duress as the human mind only retains in duress what it learns under duress as fight/flight response alters the perception of memory and cognitive function.

The idea of learning how to fight through repetition alone is born from theatrical performance and dance - born from “kung fu movies”: films which use martial arts as an underlying theme in the setting and world the story is told about. With other cultures taking an interest, this was exploited in “McDojos” which sold a very simple form of education into the martial arts that was in no way practical and often gave those involved a false sense of capability and security that was dangerous to them and historically regarded as incredibly irresponsible.