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I want to learn kung-fu but I have no idea of what kind I want to learn and what the differences are.

I'm a little guy with very little muscle. I'm also interested in learning ju jitsu, tae kwon do, and wu shu http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of...e_martial_arts

Bafaquan () - Eight Methods Baguazhang (; Pa Kua Chang) - Eight Trigrams Palm Bajiquan () - Eight Extremes Fist Bak Mei () - White Eyebrow Black Tiger Kung Fu () Chaquan () - Cha Fist Changquan () - Long Fist Chuo Jiao () - Poking Feet Chow Gar - a form of Southern Praying Mantis Chi Hsuan Men - White Jade Fan Choy Gar () - also known as Rat Kung Fu Choy Lee Fut (; C?ilf?) Dachengquan () - Great Achievement Boxing (Yiquan) Ditangquan () - Ground-Prone Fist, Ground Tumbling Boxing Do Pi Kung Fu () Dragon Kung Fu (Lung Ying) () Duan Quan () - Short Range Boxing Emeiquan () Fanziquan () - Overturning Fist, Tumbling Boxing Feng Shou - Hand of the Wind

Five Ancestors () - Wuzuquan or Ngo Cho Kun Five Animals () Five Petal Plum Blossom Qigong Fujian White Crane () Fu Jow Pai () - Tiger Claw System (also titled Black Tiger Kung Fu or Hark Fu Moon) Fut Gar - Buddhist Palm Gouquan () - Dog Fist Hong Cha Hop Gar () Houquan () - Monkey Fist Drunken Monkey () Hsing-i Ch'uan: see Xingyiquan () Huaquan () - China Fist Hung Fut () - Hung and Buddha style kung fu Hung Gar (; also known as Hung Ga or Hung Kuen) Shaolin Style and ancestor to many southern styles I Liq Chuan () - Mind-Body Art, founded by Chin Lik Keong of Malaysia Jeet Kune Do () - Way of The Intercepting Fist Jing Wu Men () - Jing Wu, a famous school founded in Shanghai that teaches several different styles. Jing Quan Do () - a modern synthetic style Jow-Ga Kung Fu () - Jow family style Kuntao - Way of the Fist Kuen-Do () - Way of The Fist Lau Gar () - Lau family style Lai-Ga-Sau - A recently created separate branch based in the United Kingdom. Lai Tung Pai- Shaolin Style that mixes long and short fist Leopard Kung Fu () Li (Lee) Family () - Li Family or Lee Family style

Liu Seong Kuntao (also Liu Seong Gung Fu, Liu Seong Chuan Fa) - A Chinese art with Indonesian influence, practiced primarily in the United States. Liuhe Bafa (; Liu He Pa Fa, Lok Hup Ba Fa) - Six Harmonies, Eight Methods or Water Boxing Luohan Quan () Arhat Boxing, Law Horn Kuen Mei Hua Quan ( Plum Blossom Fist) Mizongyi (; M?zngqu?n) - Lost Track Fist (also known as My Jong Law Horn) Mok Gar () Mok family style Nam Pai Chuan () Nan Quan () - Southern Fist Northern Praying Mantis () Northern Shaolin () - Bak Siu Lum Pai lum () - White Dragon, Pai Family Method, a modern style based on Kenpo with Chinese influences found mainly in the US and Canada. Paochui () - Cannon Fist, Sanhaung Paochui Piguaquan () - Chop-Hitch Fist, Axe-hitch boxing Praying Mantis: see either Northern or Southern Praying Mantis. Sanda () or Sanshou () - Free Fighting San Soo () Shaolin Nam Pai Chuan () Shaolin Quan () Shen Lung Kung Fu () - Modern variations of Southern style Chinese martial arts based in the United States. Shuai Chiao (; Shuaijiao) - Chinese Wrestling Shequan () - Snake Fist Shou Shu Southern Praying Mantis () Tai Chi Chuan ( T'ai Chi Ch'uan, Taijiquan) - Taiji

Fist Tantui (/) - Spring Leg style Tibetan White Crane () Tien Shan Pai () Tongbeiquan () - Through-the-Back Fist Twelve Fists of Tamo White Crane: see either Fujian White Crane or Tibetan White Crane Wing Chun () - Forever Spring() Wing Tsun () Wudangquan () Xingyiquan (; Hsing-i Ch'uan) - Form-Intent Fist Yau Kung Mun () - Flexible-Power Style Yingzhaoquan () - Eagle Claw Fist Yuejiaquan () - Yue family Fist/Boxing Yiquan (; I Ch'uan) - Mind Boxing Zhuan Shu Kuan - A modern composite style containing elements of Tae Kwon Do, Muay Thai and Changquan. It is based in the United Kingdom. Zi Ran Men () - Natural Boxing or "fist of nature" Zui Quan () - Drunken Fist

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