KO Kung Fu

ca. 800 B.C.	Boxing in China dates back to the Chou Dynasty
700 B.C.	Wrestling
ca. 500 B.C.	Taoist monks develop health and meditation exercises
1st century A.D.	"Six Chapters of Hand Fighting", in Han Book of Arms Pan Kuo (39-92 A.D.)
ca. 220 A.D.	Hua To, "Five Animals Play" - tiger, deer, monkey, bear, and bird
5th century A.D.	Shaolin Temple built at Honan
ca. 520 A.D.	Bodhidharma travels to China
8th century A.D.	Go-ti exported to Japan from China, develops into Sumo Earliest known cross culture export of a martial art.
1100-1300	Shaolin "heroic period". First attacks on Shaolin temples
1300s	Resistance to Mongols. Chang San-feng, Taoist monk, creates soft forms of kung fu. Height of Shaolin arts.
late 1400s	Ming dynasty
1522	Five Form Fist
16th century	Kwok Yuen expands Tamo's 18 exercises into 72 Dragon style: ca 1565 Mantis style: ca. 1600 Chin na: ca. 1607 Fung Sai Yuk creates Bok Fu Do ca. 1650
17th century	Hsing-I
18th century	Wang Tsung-yuen introduces T'ai Chi Ch'uan to Honan Pa Kua Wing Chun: ca. 1776
19th century	Choy Li Fut: 1830s Monkey style: ca. 1842
20th century	1900-aftermath of Boxer Rebellion 1928: wu shu renamed to kuo su (martial arts) 1967: Jeet Kune Do 1972: "Kung Fu" TV series 1973: death of Bruce Lee