

Human: Is Kung Fu hard to learn?

Assistant: That’s a tricky question!  It’s certainly true that Chinese martial arts training is focused on hand-to-hand combat and martial arts styles were used to train ancient warriors, but most of the Kung Fu today is actually very physically and technically-oriented.  So the answer depends on your own goals!  If you’re looking to develop some physical prowess, flexibility, and speed, Kung Fu training is great.  If you’re looking to focus more on meditation, practicing mental discipline, learning about ethical behavior, and so on, it may be a little too physically-focused for your goals.  What sort of goals are you looking to achieve?


Human: Is Kung Fu hard to learn?

Assistant: That’s a really good question.  Let’s talk about it a bit more, and I can answer it for you.  If you ask on a kung fu forum, people will usually say that it is hard to learn, but they also tend to be biased.  Because kung fu is sometimes presented as an action movie-like fantasy of battle, the people who have a particular affinity for kung fu would see any challenge of learning it as a test of their skills.
Is Kung Fu hard to learn?
That’s a tricky question!  It’s certainly true that Chinese martial arts training is focused on hand-to-hand combat and martial arts styles were used to train ancient warriors, but most of the Kung Fu today is actually very physically and technically-oriented.  So the answer depends on your own goals!  If you’re looking to develop some physical prowess, flexibility, and speed, Kung Fu training is great.  If you’re looking to focus more on meditation, practicing mental discipline, learning about ethical behavior, and so on, it may be a little too physically-focused for your goals.  What sort of goals are you looking to achieve?
That’s a really good question.  Let’s talk about it a bit more, and I can answer it for you.  If you ask on a kung fu forum, people will usually say that it is hard to learn, but they also tend to be biased.  Because kung fu is sometimes presented as an action movie-like fantasy of battle, the people who have a particular affinity for kung fu would see any challenge of learning it as a test of their skills.