soft style or hard style?

Carolin Southers: My best friend does Tracy's Kenpo, and it is much harder then kung fu, i never stated they didn't both Have hard or soft, just stating the obvious that kung fu is more soft, longer to master, Japanese is known for having hard movements.. one leans to soft, and one leans to hard is all.. educate yourself before you conclude, your character is in question not mine.. "Johnathan".. I've trained in both and factually soft will always generate more power, and if one style emphasizes it more, well there you go..(longer to master).. hard has its benefits aswell tho.. and can be efficient.. I notice kung fu has more details because of the softness.. and my sifu grew up on Kajukenbo....Show more

Ronnie Panas: It depends on the fighter .

Keven Drumgole: Hard styles have soft parts and vice versa

Cliff Tyre: Ironically most styles of Karate have been heavily influenced by styles of Kung Fu, especially White Crane Kung Fu. Personally I love the hard! styles more. I like intensity, explosiveness, and just beating the crap out of something. If I do that too much though then it takes a toll on my body. To counter it I practice soft styles such as Tai Chi, which help ease my muscles and relax my mind while still focusing on martial aspects. Then I also practice Japanese Jujitsu which is another external style. To counter that I practice Qigong and study medicine.Just so you know, a lot of Kung Fu styles are external (just like Karate). Hung Gar, Shaolin Long Fist, and Wing Chun to name a few. There are even some styles of Karate that are internal.Who would win between hard and soft? The better practitioner. Yes, I know you said two equivalent practitioners, but that typically means a guy that practiced an internal art for 10 years vs a guy who practiced boxing for 2 years. If they are equivalent then no one will win, it would be a draw. Soft styles typically take longer to learn while hard styles grow ineffective once the ! body decays to a certain amount....Show more

Angel Klym:! souly depends on your motives, and what you wish to accomplish.kungfu is more "complex" than karate is for sure tho

Rosalva Steinmann: A long sword is no more effective than a hammer if the swordsman have no idea on how to use it.I like kyokushin karate "the hardest karate"

Jeff Frizzell: Saying karate doesn't use physics principles shows how little you know. There are hard and soft styles of both Kung Fu and Karate.So then since your original premise is wrong, your question is flawed.If you had two equivalent fighters, they'd be the same skill level, not length of training, so then it'd go either way.Please educate yourself before pursuing shallow questions....Show more

Violette Vanek: The better fighter will win if there is a fight. There are no equal practitioners. There will always be someone better, but there is no better style. You as an individual may prefer a particular style.

Jene Licausi: kung fu work much better, at least health will get ! better than karate guy for sure because Chinese kungfu also is a chinese medic based exercise as well. Karate get you very stiff.

Reginald Maxi: There is no such thing as a style that is 100% soft or hard. If you take slipping,bobbing and weaving in boxing combined with punches it becomes soft & hard. If an advance aikido practioner goes against a tight precise punching expert, he will have to use clashing angles and slapping techniques to intercept the strikes with tighter circular techniques. In contrast a beginner learns long angles & large circles that is an example of starting a soft/soft art and learning to apply hard/soft. What many people don't know is that Aikido started in a Chinese system known as paqua that teaches both the large circle and small circle method.A complete fighter always works towards their opposing energy. (Soft/hard),(hard/soft). As one ages it is the precision of both in application that preserves skill....Show more