Did kung-fu originate from karate or vice versa?

I wonder this because in the commercials for the new Karate Kid movie Jackie Chan says that he must work on his kung-fu...but its the KARATE kid, not the kung-fu kid...so is kung-fu a form of karate? or vice versa...(i do know that kung-fu is Chinese...i think)|||No one martial art came directly and completely from another. kung fu had an influence on karate, but still developed on it's own to some level.





And that movie was just directly developed from the original karate kid which in which yes they did karate. They maintained the title cause of it's basis on the original movie.





and kung fu directly translates to skill. not necesarily in a fighting art. one can have kung fu in pottery. It is generally seen in the western world as being in relation to martial arts.|||The new Karate Kid is about a kid learning Kung Fu in China. Basically, the only tie to Karate is in the name, which they took from the 80s movie.





Karate is derived from Okinawan indigenous combat methods ("Te" or "Tii" in Okinawan), and Chinese Kenpo (Chuan Fa -- "Fist Art"? Sorry... My Chinese is rusty) techniques brought to the Ryukyu Islands.





Kung Fu is a general term used to describe Wushu (Martial Discipline/Skill), and Chuan Fa would be a form of Wushu. Kung Fu is generally understood to mean "Hard Work".





Hope that helps! Sorry about my bad Chinese!|||The work Kung Fu means progressing by working hard.





It does not mean martial arts. You can apply this term to anything from cooking to lovemaking.





So he was telling him he had to work on progressing through applying himself more.





CTC is correct. Karate was developed when the Okinawans fused their original art which was a Grappling Art with Chinese Techniques and Theories.|||They are related, but are not the same. OC Bujinkan told you right. Okinawa had it's "te", and was exposed to Chinese martial art, which sort of blended in. You could call them cousins, but one did not really develop from the other, although they both had influence on the other.|||First of all, its a movie, not reality. Kung Fu,and Karate are totally different arts, with different techniques and different heritages.|||The creation of Karate was influenced by Kung Fu.|||Maybe, take tae kwon do is combine of kung-fu and karate.|||kung fu came first