Is Kung Fu and Martial Art the same thing?

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Many people understand that kung fu and martial art is the same thing.Kung fu, gongfu, or gung fu is the real Chinese term to what we understand as martial art.The real meaning of the term Kung Fu in Chinese, Gongfu or kung fu is a compound of two words, combining meaning "work","achievement",or "merit",and fu means "man spent time" so that literal rendering would be "achievement of man". Well as the word martial art it is the balance of the mind and body.The correct way to say it is Chinese martial art.Chinese martial art real required a lot of time and hard-work,and since people don't have a time to practice for a long period of time learning all the Chinese martial art.as long as you know the basic of Kung fu and you already gain the balance of mind and body, the term began to be used to describe martial art.