What is Kung Fu?
Seven Kung Fu teachers in the San Francisco Bay Area, ranging from Sifus and Sihings to Grandmasters, sit down to explain what their art actually is and why they still practice it. Each one demonstrates forms and techniques on camera, then talks through how they started training, often as children or teenagers, and what kept them at it for decades. The film moves from studio to studio rather than following one school's story, so the styles and personalities vary noticeably from one segment to the next. Several practitioners connect the physical discipline to mental focus and personal conduct, describing Kung Fu as a framework for daily life rather than just a fighting system. There is no narrator steering the argument; the teachers' own words and demonstrations carry the film. It plays as a short, direct set of interviews and demonstrations rather than a history lesson, aimed at answering its title question through the people who live the answer.