Where ever you heard that most Kung Fu isn't actually fighting, was dead wrong. They are. Thousands of years ago in China, Kung Fu were both arts of war and what was used to fend off thieves and random attackers.
The term "Kung Fu" means "results gained from hard work", or some other wording similar, but in modern times is coined in meaning any Chinese martial art.
A martial art not being for actual fighting is keen to plastic fruit. Though they do exist, any legitimate Kung Fu school is going to being teaching actual fighting for actual self defense. There in lies the first mile stone: finding a good school.
Some arts, like Tai Chi, do stress healing and therapy, but have extremely well self defense applications as well. However, Tai Chi's popularity everywhere outside of China as the healing part, not the martial art, so finding a school that knows the full aspect of Tai Chi is a tough challenge. Also, there are general schools opened up by people who have no business even teaching.
Kung Fu or Gong Fu is a blanket term for over 1000 different variations of martial arts and fighting. Most of them are legitimately geared for fighting and/or self defense.
That being said, Wushu is usually what people think of when they hear about Kung Fu. Wushu is used mostly for forms competitions and some sport aspects, it builds off of real fighting techniques but it's mainly used for show. If the person said Kung Fu isn't for fighting, they probably meant Wushu since it's representative of the Kung Fu envelope worldwide.
Well kungfu is definietly for fighting you may be talking about performance wushu, which is basically super exaggerated forms of kungfu that's just for looking cool. Other then that all kungfu styles were made for fighting. If want a list of over 300 styles you aren't getting one, look it up on wikipedia
Fighting IS NOT SELF DEFENSE. Get the 2 right.
Any style has some who teach it as SD others not. Every style tend to label themselves as 'actual fighting mainly for self defense.' The right one can only be found by training, questioning. Not what people says.
hai buddy, maybe someone said false to you, we knew kungfu (style of chines) it had used to war for long time ago with chines soldier, work or not depend on personal that use, martial arts of chines have long time story it designed for kill not for tournament on ring, try look how hard sholin monk when they were trained
China Yaud is one definetely.
I hear that Most Kung Fu isn't actually Fighting. So can Someone please tell me a few that do involve Actual Fighting mainly for Self Defence.
