You may think my humor is not quite there, but there is a dark underbelly to all this. When the government takes over private business, you see, it tends to destroy, corrupt and confound that business. And I am talking about any business run by any government.
Kung Fu, to name one example, been around for thousands of years, has been spreading long life, health, good physical conditioning, and some of the best darned self-defense imaginable. Then along came Chairman Mao, and Kung Fu was put to the torch. The method utilized for the destruction of the one of the greatest arts the world has ever known was called The Cultural Revolution.
During the Cultural Revolution Mao decided to cure society of elements that he deemed dangerous to that society. Thus, the population was carted off and murdered, 70,000,000 strong. If you were bright of mind, had any talent, or stood out in any manner, you were murdered.
If you were a school teacher, wore a wig, or had written a book, you were murdered. If you spoke out against Mao or played the violin, you were murdered. If you knew Kung Fu, you were definitely out of there.
Once the Revolution was over, the country began to remake itself in the image of Chairman Mao. Funny thing, as China tried to catch up with a world still cursed by talent and intelligence, it discovered that people would pay good money for this thing called Kung Fu. Unfortunately, Kung Fu was dead and buried.
So, what does a government do when it has murdered an entire art, and then found that it needs it? Simple, you tell a few coaches to make up some Kung Fu. So they gathered a bunch of coaches, the ones who hadn't known enough Kung Fu to be murdered during the revolution, read any manuals that survived the book burnings, and made up some Kung Fu!
And they made double sure that the Kung Fu didn't have anything that could actually be used in it. You don't want people able to actually have a Kung Fu that works. Heck, if they had that they might actually want to have a (choke) Great Revolution! - 31497
About the Author:
Al Case has practiced martial arts for 4O+ years. He has written hundreds of articles and had his own column in Inside Karate. He has developed the science of Matrixing, which enables an artist to de-corrupt his art and return it to original workability. You can get a free ebook about his method at Monster Martial Arts.
