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Can you explain different types of martial arts styles?

What are the types of martial arts (kung-fu, karate, judo, etc) and what is recommended for each style: strength, agility, speed, etc? Which styles would be best for a large person and which for a smaller, skinnier person?
What would be good for a smaller person?

all martial arts are good for all type of person. it belongs to that person who really like to join in ,concentrate ,stay healthy and enjoy it.....

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Kung fu is well known in the Chinese history. Over its long history it has developed as a unique combination of exercise, practical self-defense, self-discipline and art. Many people believe that Kung fu is a term which describes a single martial art, like Taekwondo, Judo, or Aikido. Actually, Kung fu is a general term which includes hundreds of styles of Chinese martial arts. Kung fu styles are various, such as Long Fist, Eagle Claw, and Taiji Quan.

Some people mistakenly regard Kung fu as a soft style compared with Karate or other hard styles. This is not true. As a matter of fact, each Kung fu style contains both hard and soft techniques. Also, many people believe that Kung fu is an external style and Taiji Quan is an internal style. While most Kung fu styles emphasize external development, all styles of Kung fu contain both internal and external components.

Kung fu is better than other forms of exercise for promoting health and fitness. In swimming, jogging, and karate, for example, the fitness acquired diminishes as one grows old, but in Kung fu it is enhanced. This is because Kung fu is more than physical exercise; it develops the inner faculties of vital energy and the mind. A Kung fu practitioner will exhibit more zest and vitality in both work and play than an ordinary person, and have calmness of mind and clarity of thought even under demanding situations. Many studies suggest that elderly people who exercise can live longer out of hospitals than do ones that don't.

There is a lot of variety in Kung fu. There are literally hundreds of Kung fu styles. Kung fu breaks down like this there are internal styles, external styles, hard styles, soft styles, northern Chinese Kung fu and southern Chinese Kung fu. However hard styles are always external and soft styles are always internal styles. Northern Styles tend to be more about distance fighting and Southern ones tend to be more about close in fighting. Karate is evolved from Southern styles of Kung fu. Northern Chinese Kung fu has more kicks and the arts are more sportish while southern Kung fu had more hand techniques.

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