Kung fu

URI(s)
- http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85073443
- info:lc/authorities/sh85073443
- http://id.loc.gov/authorities/sh85073443#concept
Instance Of
Scheme Membership(s)
- Library of Congress Subject Headings
Collection Membership(s)
Variants
- Gong fu
- Gongfu
- Gung fu
- Kempo
- Kongfu
- Pa kua
- Wing chun
Broader Terms
- Hand-to-hand fighting, Oriental
Narrower Terms
- Karate
Closely Matching Concepts from Other Schemes
- http://d-nb.info/gnd/4033620-7
Earlier Established Forms
- Kempo
Sources
- found: Johnson, J.A. The masters manual of pa kua chang, c1984.
- found: Encarta world Eng. dict. (kung fu: A Chinese form of self-defense in which fluid, circular movements of the arms and legs are used to attack an opponent)
- found: Americana (kung fu)
- found: Perkins, D. Encyc. of China, 1999 (kung fu (kongfu or gongfu))
LC Classification
- GV1114.7
Change Notes
- 2001-09-12: new
- 2001-11-08: revised

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