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I know that Shaolin is Buddhist and focuses on direct fighting and being able to combat multiple enemies and is mostly ‘external’ like in Northern and Southern styles, whilst Wudang is Taoist and focuses in ‘internal’ styles with more indirect fighting and the flow of energy such as in Tai Chi Chuan and Ba Gua Zhang. But even though those are the two main branches of Kung Fu what makes them fall under the same categorization of Kung Fu other than the fact they’re Chinese, also do they collaborate or compete with one another?

And just a secondary question: do people in COMMUNIST China have the right to freely practice religion of their choosing or to not practice at all?

I have been taking Kung Fu lessons for 2 weeks so far, with a total of 5 visits of one hour long sessions. I have been taught by two different people, with most, if not all, attention on me due to the fact i’m normally the only person there. This can be seen as a great opportunity, but there are some underlying problems that have left me treading water. The two teachers have been giving me different versions of moves being taught. For instance, i’ve been learning jab-cross(quick jab with a straight punch shortly after) and each teacher adds their own steps to the mix; one tells me to thrust with off my back leg while I straight punch, the other doesn’t mention it. Today even, an extra step was added to my roundhouse kick becuase ‘the test-giver might want that version’. I have a lot of trouble remebering sequences. Once I learn a certain sequence, do it many times and then have to revise, I get thrown completely off. I know i’ll have to deal with additions to sequences, but it doesn’t seem right when it’s being changed day to day, especially when they say i’ve got it down. Lastly, i’ve been schedualed to take a test for my yellow belt. It seems very early for that, and I cannot advance to other classes if I don’t pass this. I will have do start with a tai chi warm up called 5 element stretch. I don’t even remeber a majority of the warm up, and they don’t have any resouces to provide me with to study, I have to do it by memory(problem for me). I’d just like some suggestions. Is this a normal approach to teaching students in martial arts? Thank you.

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Have u ever tried tantric, kamasutra (real one), sexual chi kung
practices w your significant other or anyone
in your relationship(s)?

I have a black belt in tae kwon do (i started when i was 8, so its been about 8 years to get my black belt and in my dojo you had to be 16 to get your blackbelt) and i want to expand my martial arts to other practices. since i’m not a beginner, i was wondering if it would be a shorter amount of time to get another black belt or if would be relatively the same amount of time

some of the martial arts i want to do include but not limited to:
aikido
tai chi
northern shaolin kung fu
ba gua
capoeira
Hung gar
Chu Gar southern praying mantis
ninjutsu (lol i totally wanna be a ninja)
kempo
Kyusho-Jitsu
and Shuriken-jutsu
just to name a few… seriously there’s more, haha