Martial Art Designs

Martial arts is an art that arose as a way of person to maintain / defend themselves. The martial arts have long existed and evolved over time. Basically, humans have the instinct to protect himself and his life. In grow or develop, human beings can not be separated from physical activity, anytime and anywhere. This is what will spur physical activities all the time. In ancient times, precisely before their modern weaponry, people do not think of other ways to keep himself apart with his bare hands. At that time, the ability to fight with their bare hands developed as a way to attack and defend, then used to improve the physical abilities / a person’s body. However, in subsequent ages, weapons began to be known and used as a tool to defend themselves.

Martial is an art that defends itself from the threat of human or other attacks. Broadly speaking, martial arts means any method used by humans in defending itself from enemy attacks. Martial is required in the face of unwanted conditions, such as logging, robbery etc.

In addition to self-defense, another function of martial arts is to nourish and improve the body’s metabolism. Basically the martial movement is a sport movement, because it is with your martial training routine will get a sense of security and also a healthy body.

The origin of martial arts is actually from the first time there are humans, because from the beginning human beings have enemies of other humans and wild animals. Wars also occur from ancient times to the present day.

Kungfu or gongfu (功夫, Pinyin: gōngfu) is a martial arts originating from China. However, the meaning of the word Kungfu actually has a much broader meaning, which is something that is obtained in a long time and with high perseverance. Thus, a great cooking expert can be said to have a high Kungfu.

In addition to the word Kungfu, the terms Kundao or Kuntao are also often used to refer to martial arts from China. The Kungfu science that has spread to Southeast Asia (especially Indonesia) in the past is called Kuntao, according to in his book Weapons and Fighting Arts of Indonesia. However, the term Kuntao is very rarely used in the present time.

In learning kungfu, it takes discipline and high dedication. We are not only trained to move, but also appreciate each movement. Structural position or posture is an important point in learning kung fu. Movement and style on kungfu varies, starting from the position of the foot, the distribution of body weight, and alignment of the body. Everything is to be pursued in this martial arts learning.

On the other hand, in ancient time, when there was still no modern weapon Martial arts are some kind of arts developed as a fighting skill to defend oneself. It exists since ancient time developed until now. Basically, a person has an instinct of defense. Then, while growing and developing, a person will have physical activities, and can get in trouble with another person, then needs to defend him/herself, a human learned how to use his own body to defend himself, probably with simple weapons such as bones, stone axes, javelins, or simply a piece of wood. From there, human learned how to increase his fighting ability by using animals movements, such as eagles, tigers, monkeys and snakes.

They made certain body movements as basic to strike or defend. Striking and defense would have other purpose, such as fighting to increase one’s area, for example enlarging the land. To take a land from someone else would require a high fighting ability, thus martial arts were formed. We can say that martial arts are dispersed through the world, and almost every nation has its own martial arts, even though it could be a branch from another kind of martial arts. For example, one of native Indonesian martial arts, PencakSilat, was spreading to South-east Asian countries such as Malaysia, Thailand and Brunei.