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What style of kung fu, and who is the instructor? The reality is that the instructor makes all the difference. Lots of total BS people out there (a lot of the "mixed martial arts" guys are just thugs who don't know any real style).
I studied Li style of kung fu for about 3 years until my motorcycle accident (and 20 or so years before that, San Soo and Xing Yi). Following that I was unable to really do the class as I couldn't handle jumping and general lower body abuse involved with a kinetic style. I switched to tai chi (Yang) and am very pleased. BUT, I have an amazing instructor who is the real deal. I work up a sweat depending on what we're doing - you don't have to do overtly aerobic stuff to get a work out. Depends on if you're *really* doing the particular style.
I like aikido a lot as well, but your body style needs to work with it. In general I don't like any of the karate/tae know do/tang so do styles as they tend to be very linear and external. I much prefer Chinese internal styles like tai chi, zing yi, and bagua. But there are a ton of variations on the theme when you get into the kung fu world...
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