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Hot Sports: Learn all about Tae Kwon Do Tae Kwon Do utilises a larger number of hand positions for its hand strikes than most martial arts, but is primarily known for its vast catalogue of different kicks, many of them aimed at the head (such high kicks are not very common in other styles of martial art). Thus, flexibility, balance, and leg strength are important, especially for spinning, jumping, or flying kicks. Hot Sports: Learn all about Wing Chun Kung Fu Wing Chun is a southern style of Chinese kung-fu, and the most influential Chinese martial art in modern times. Wing Chun emphasizes self-defense reduced to its most streamlined rudiments, simultaneous attack and defense with multiple straight-line strikes at extremely close range. Hot Sports: Learn all about T'ai Chi Kung Fu Although T'ai Chi (also commonly spelled "Taiji") is technically a form of Wushu, it merits its own listing because it differs from most other forms in significant ways. T'ai Chi is made up of slow movements and breathing exercises designed to allow the chi (life energy) to flow freely throughout the body. This, in turn, reduces tension, clears the mind, helps blood circulation, improves History of Kung Fu The term 'Kung Fu' does not relate to any specific form of martial art, but rather translates as 'talent' or 'aptitude'. Scholars believe that the use of Kung Fu to describe the Chinese martial form originated in Hong Kong and Kwangtung province. There are documents of the Jesuit priest, Pere Amiot, penning of the 'unusual exercises' practised by the Taoist priests.