What does confa mean? Famous wushu masters

0 If you often communicate in chats and forums, you may have noticed the unfamiliar word “Conf”, which confuses many. We have already told you what “Bayan” and “Ban” mean, and today we will find out What does Confa mean??
There is nothing mysterious here. Confa is an abbreviation for the well-known term "Conference".
What do they usually talk about at the conference? Yes about everything in the world. Conferences can be on any topic. As a rule, communication is conducted on a specific topic. I recommend reading a few more sensible publications on the topic of Internet slang, for example, what is Build, how to understand the word Backdoor, what Blink means, what the word Bombit means, etc.

Conf., is an abbreviation for the word "conference". Usually this is a group text chat on one of the social networks

How many have already entered our Conf?

We already have more than a hundred people.

What is Confa in VK?

VKontakte provides the opportunity to organize a Conf for a certain number of people (no more than 30 clients at a time). Any invited person can take part in such a conference. In Conf, every message that one of the users sends will be visible to everyone who is in it.

What is Scrim Conf in Dota 2?

The meaning of Confa jargon

Sending messages to Confu will be stopped by a timeout.

Everyone in the Confe suddenly became noisy.

You constantly disappear in the conference, and you don’t have enough time for me.

It's been an hour since our Conf is being heavily flooded by bots.

Second meaning. In geek jargon, Confa is a file with the extension .cfg.

Many users of VKontakte, Facebook, Skype have more than once seen in their news feeds or heard from their friends: “Going to a conference?”, “Let’s go to a conference?”, “Are we off to a conference?” - and the like. Let us reveal what is hidden under this word.

What is a conf

Everything is simple with konfa - it's short for the word "conference". This is the name for general conversations on VKontakte, dialogues with the participation of several users on WhatsApp, group video communication on Skype, etc. By saying “Go to the conference!”, the user thus invites his interlocutor to take part in this general conference.

What is a conference on VKontakte, Odnoklassniki, Facebook? A general dialogue in which up to 100 people can participate today. Usually it discusses a specific topic: preparing for a holiday, discussing a project, conducting a common business. Class conferences are popular, student group, work department, etc. All text messages, photos, videos, music and other files sent by the user to this general conversation are visible to all other participants.

Speaking about what a conference is, it is important to note that you can not only be invited to it. You can create a conference or a general conversation yourself, as well as invite other social network users to it or, on the contrary, remove them from the general chat. It is also possible to leave the configuration and return to it again, assign it an “avatar”, a certain name, and subsequently edit them.

Three more definitions of conf

Confo on modern slang may also be called:

1. Document files with the extension ".cfg".
2. Scrim conference in the game "Dota 2". It is created to find new team members or to create one. It is carried out mainly on Skype. Entry to such a conference is available to players with a certain MMP level only by special invitation.
3. Special mailings involving feedback(eg Google Groups).

So, what is a confa really? general meaning? This is a dialogue, a conversation on social networks, instant messengers, in which several users simultaneously participate.

Wushu (武术) is common name for all martial arts existing in China. IN different times were used for the same purpose different terms- ui (武艺), goshu (国术), etc. - so look for some deep meaning in the writing philosophical meaning absolutely wrong.

About names

Other names:

• Wu-shu, woo-shi, wu-shi - incorrect transcription.
• Kung Fu (in Cantonese), Gong Fu (in official Chinese) - literally “work on oneself/training”, also means the result of hard training, in Hong Kong it is used to refer to wushu, a variant of kung fu is also used.
• Guo-shu - literally "country art/national art"; a term used to refer to Chinese martial arts during the Republic of China, currently used in Taiwan.
• Wuyi literally means “martial art,” an old term from the time of Imperial China.
• Quan-fa (literally "fist techniques") or Quan-shu (literally "fist art") is one of the branches of wushu, sometimes this word is used as a synonym for all wushu. Interestingly, the same characters are used in the word kempo, which is the Japanese reading of the name chuan-fa, used in combination with kempo-karate to name the animal styles of Okinawan karate, derived from wushu.
• In addition, the word kempo has become synonymous with any martial arts or martial arts in the world.

Kung Fu and Wu Shu

In the Russian language, a tradition has developed to define the term “kung fu” as a martial art, and the term “wu-shu” as a set of gymnastic exercises; although they, in essence, constitute a single, whole system physical and spiritual improvement. According to a half-joking definition, "kung fu is wushu performed at a fast pace."

Types and styles

Sports Wushu

• Wushu-sanda (sanshou)

These two branches can be classified as sports wushu.

Wushu-taolu is a sport reminiscent of rhythmic gymnastics. Participants compete in performing complex movements made up of movements various styles wushu with the addition of acrobatic elements; marks are given for the complexity of the movements, the clarity of their execution, the theatricality of the execution, etc. In addition to competitions for performing complexes alone, there are also types of competitions such as team performance of complexes and staged fights (duilian).

Sanda- This is sports sparring. Fights are held in full contact in protective equipment, including: a helmet with protection for the chin and temples, a mouth guard, boxing gloves (the weight of the gloves depends on the weight category of the participant), a breastplate (vest), groin protection, and possibly bandaging the shins and thighs ( according to medical indications). All participants are distributed depending on weight categories. Appraisal technique: kick to the head or body (2 points), punch to the body or head (1 point), kick to the thigh (1 point). Throwing technique is allowed. Capture time is no more than 4 seconds. It is scored as follows: the opponent throws, the athlete remains on his feet - 2 points. Throw with a fall from above - 1 point. Sweeping is allowed. Fighting on the ground is prohibited. The fight takes place at least two rounds of 2 minutes each. A third round is possible. If the score is open (knockdown), both the technique (strike, throw) and the knockdown (2 points) are evaluated. An athlete wins a fight if: he knocks out his opponent, wins two rounds, the opponent is disqualified or drops out due to injury. An athlete wins the round if: the opponent received two knockdowns in the round, the opponent’s total penalty points are more than 6, due to overwhelming technical superiority, two exits from the area. Prohibited actions: blows with the knee, elbow, to the base of the skull (back of the head), groin, spine. Fighting on the ground. Fines: remark (1 point to the opponent), warning (2 points to the opponent), leaving the court (2 points to the opponent). More than two exits from the court - the round is lost. More than two knockdowns in a round - the round is lost, more than 3 in a fight - the fight is lost.

• Shuaijiao (wrestling)
• Tuishou
• Duanbing (fights with short weapons)

Traditional Wushu and Qigong

• Baguazhang (Eight Trigrams Palm)
• Baimeiquan (Baimei's Fist)
• Bamenquan (Fist of the Eight Gates)
• Bajiquan (Fist of Eight Limits)
• Gouquan (Dog Fist)
• Gongliquan (Fist of internal and external development)
• Duandaquan (Short Punch Fist)
• Yiquan, (Fist of Will) aka Dachengquan(Fist of Great Achievement)
• Yingzhaoquan (Eagle Claw Fist)
• Liuhebafaquan (六合八法拳) Fist of Six Correspondences, Eight Methods
• Liuhequan (Fist of those wearing a six-blade cap)
• Liangyiquan (兩儀拳/两仪拳) http://www.wudangtao.net/liangyi
• Mizongquan (Fist of the Lost Trace), aka Yanqingquan(Yan Qing's Fist)
• Meihuazhuang (Fist on meihua plum pillars)
• Piguaquan (Fist of chopping and hanging)
• Sanhuangpaochui (Cannon Strikes of the Three Emperors)
• Xingyiquan (Fist of Formed Will)
• Xinyiquan (心意拳) Fist of Heart and Will
• Sunbinquan (Fist of General Sun Bin)
• Taijiquan (Fist of the Great Limit)
• Taizuquan (Fist of Emperor Taizu)
• Tanglangquan (Mantis Fist)
• Tantui
• Tongbiquan (Fist throwing force through hands)
• Tongbeiquan (Through Preparation Fist)
• Wuzuquan (Fist of the Five Ancestors)
• Wujiaquan (Fist of the Wu Family)
• Fanziquan (Turning Fist)
• Huaquan (Fist of Hua Zong)
• Huaquan (Flourishing Fist)
• Hongjiaquan (Fist of the Hong Family)
• Hongquan (Red Fist, or Fist of Hong)
• Huquan (Tiger Fist)
• Hequan (Crane Fist)
• Tsaylifo (Fist of the Tsai, Li, Fo schools)
• Jinshiquan (Golden Lion Fist)
• Chaquan (Fist of Cha-world)
• Changjiaquan (Chang Family Martial Art)
• Chojiaoquan (Sticking Fist)
• Shaolinquan (Fist of Shaolin Monastery)
• Shuaijiao
• Shejiaquan (fist of the nationality she)
• Yunchunquan (Fist of Eternal Spring)

Famous wushu masters

• Yan Xizhai (-)
• Huang Baijia (-?)
• Chen Wangting (?-)
• Cao Jiu (late 17th - early 18th centuries)
• Wu Zhong
• Gan Fengchi
• Chiang Naizhou (-)
• Sun Tong
• Qi Xin
• Feng Keshan (-)
• Song Mailun (-)
• Wang Zhiguo (c. -?)
• Liang Xuexiang
• Zhao Sanduo (-)
• Tsai Yuming (-; according to other sources -)
• Miaoxing(1875-1933) nicknamed Wenhao, people called him the "Golden Arhat". From Dengfeng County, Henan Province. Since childhood, he has been involved in martial arts, also engaged in literary work, and studied Buddhist teachings. Having reached adulthood, he went on a journey and improved himself in martial arts. A few years later he came to the Shaolin Monastery, shaved his head and became a monk, received instructions from the abbot of Henglin, studied methods of fighting with a pole stuck into a mountain, the Arhats' fist, methods of influencing points, painful techniques associated with influencing bones, qinna, qigong, became big master. When Henlin passed into nirvana in 1923, Miaoxing became the new abbot. He broke the tradition of not transmitting secret techniques to the outside world, began to widely teach monks and laymen, and spread Shaolin Wushu. In 1933 he went into nirvana. He left behind the manuscripts “Explanation of the Shaolin Fist” and “Explanation of the Shaolin Pole.” The “Instructions on Luohanquan” written in Miaoxing’s hand have been passed down to this day.
• Tong Zhongyi(1879-1963) nicknamed Liangchen. Manchu. His ancestors were from Shenyang, Liaoning Province, but in the sixth generation moved to Cangzhou, Hebei Province. The art of fighting Shuai Jiao and medical knowledge were passed down in the family. Tong Zhongyi studied family arts since childhood, studied liuhequan, was skilled in Shuai Jiao and ball throwing. In 1904, in Fengtian (present-day Shenyang), he began to earn a living as a security guard. In 1910, he became the second most senior Wushu teacher of the palace guards. Since 1911 - chiropractor of the 1st cavalry regiment of the Chahar province. In 1917 - trainer of wushu and shuaijiao in Anhui province. In subsequent years, he worked as a teacher of Wushu and Shuaijiao in various army units. In 1927, he defeated a Japanese judo master in Shanghai, founded the Zhongyi Fist Arts Society and the All-China Shuaijiao Society, and taught military equipment and medicine. In 1928, he was among the people recognized as the best at the All-China “Gausha Tests.” After that he worked at the Shanghai Guoshu Institute, taught wushu in different educational institutions, taught Shuaijiao at the Jingwu Association. After the founding of the People's Republic of China, Tong Zhongyi worked in various organizations involved in the development of wushu and Chinese medicine. Author of the work “Chinese Wrestling Techniques” shuaijiao».

• Chen Gongzhe(1880-?) from Xiangshan (present Zhongshan County) Guangdong Province. At the age of six he was already helping his older sisters trade, at the age of nine he moved to Hong Kong with his father, and the next year he returned to his native village. At the age of twenty he came to the Jingwu Athletic School, and later, together with Yao Chanbo and Lu Weichang, he created the Jingwu Association. When the Wuchang Uprising began in 1911 and Sun Zhongshan (Sun Yat-sen) arrived in Shanghai, Chen Gongzhe welcomed him as the representative of Xiangshan. In 1915, together with Yao Chanbo, he founded the Jingwu Association in Shanghai on Peikair Street, and together with Chen Tesheng began publishing a library on fighting methods. Founded Jingwu Park in 1918. In November 1919, he established the Guangdong and Hong Kong Jingwu Association. IN next year participated in a trip to Vietnam and Singapore, established the Jingwu Association. In 1923 he again took part in a trip around the countries south seas, became an apprentice to Zhang Taiyan. After 1935, he almost did not participate in the work of the Jingwu Association. In 1957, he was a guest at the All-China Wushu Championship, and upon returning to Hong Kong he wrote “The History of Chinese Wushu,” mainly dedicated to the 50-year history of the Jingwu Association.
• Ma Liang
• Zhang Zhijiang(1882-1966) nicknamed Zijian. Originally from Hebei Province. Since childhood, following his grandfather, he studied the “Four Books” and “Pentateuch,” and practiced Taijiquan and Baguazhang. Having grown up, he entered the University ground forces. Since 1901 - on army service, served in Northern regular army Cao Kun, in the cavalry units led by Wu Peifu. In 1914, he joined the troops of Feng Yuxiang. He was the commander of a cavalry division, brigade commander, corps commander, commander of the Chahar provincial troops, commander-in-chief National Army, Governor-General of the Northwest Frontier, pacifying Governor-General of Jiangsu Province. In 1927 he left military service and with the help of Niu Yongjian and Li Jichen, he founded the “Guoshu Research Institute” in Nanjing, which the following year was transformed into the “Central Guoshu Institute”, of which Zhang Zhijian became the rector. Zhang Zhijian stubbornly fought against the closedness of styles and invited him to teach at the Institute of Masters various directions, eliminated the initial division of the Institute into Shaolin and Wudang faculties and introduced training according to a scientifically systematized program. Zhang Zhijian stood for a wide scope of study and demanded that students study different styles, training both complexes and hand-to-hand combat, wrestling, combat with long and short weapons. At the “state tests for gausha” he conducted, there were both complex competitions and duel competitions; those who passed the selection for performing the established complexes took part in the duel competitions. Guided by the idea of joint study Chinese and Western systems, Zhang Zhijiang organized the “Institution for the Specialized Study of Guoshu” in 1933 (later renamed the “State Pedagogical Institution for the Specialized Study of Guoshu”) and became its head. In 1929, Zhang Zhijiang sent special people to Japan to study judo and kendo, as well as study teaching experience, and in 1933 and 1936 he sent teams to demonstrate and promote wushu in the provinces of Guangdong and Guangxi, Fujian, to Hong Kong, the Philippines, Singapore, and Malaysia. During the war with Japan, Zhang Zhijiang evacuated the teams of the Central Institute of Guoshu and the Institution for the Specialized Study of Guoshu to the south. In 1948, the closure of the Central Guoshu Institute was announced, and Zhang Zhijiang settled in Shanghai. After the founding of the People's Republic of China, Zhang Zhijiang was elected a member of the CPPCC. In 1956, he was the head of the judging committee at the Festival of 12 Wushu teams. Author of the works “Impressions of a trip to the East”, “National art and national difficulties”, “Gosh and sports”.
• Li Jinglin(1885-1931) nicknamed Fanchen. Originally from Hebei Province. At the end of the Qing Dynasty received military education in Baoding. At various times he served in the barracks of the lower level of the palace guard, as chief of staff of the Governor-General of Heilongjiang Province, as a regiment commander in active army, brigade commander and division commander in the Fengtian Army. In 1924, during the 2nd Zhili-Fengtian War, he was an army commander, after the war he was the High Commissioner for Military Affairs in Zhili Province, and the commander-in-chief of the united Zhili-Shandong Army. In 1927, Li Jinglin retired from military affairs and, together with such an influential person in military and political circles as Zhang Zhijiang, founded the Guoshu Research Institute in Nanjing, which in the same year was renamed the Central Institute of Guoshu, Li became deputy rector. Since childhood, Li Jinglin was fond of martial arts, especially loved swords. jian. He not only performed complexes with sensitivity, but also skillfully fenced. While Li Jinglin was the deputy rector of the Central Guoshu Institute, he recruited many experts in the field of sword fighting - jian, and the sword complex they created became known as “Wudang Jian.” Li later taught sword art in Nanjing, Shanghai and Jinan. His student Huang Yuanxiu wrote the book “The Main Requirements for Wudang Methods of Sword Action,” where he described the techniques transmitted by Li.
• Zhu Guofu(1891-1968) nicknamed Bingong, originally from Hebei Province. As a child, he became an apprentice to the “iron arhat” Zhang Changfa and studied the Shaolin fist art of arhats. Then he studied with a certain Taoist, studied both medicine and methods of fighting without weapons and with weapons. At the age of 12 he became an apprentice to Ma Yutang and studied Xingyiquan, receiving instructions from Li Cunyi and Zhang Zhangkui. Later he became a student of Sun Lutang and Wang Yuheng and studied bagua, taiji and shuaijiao. In 1928 he was among the best at the “state tests in gauche”. He taught wushu in Feng Yuxiang's "halberdier squad". Later he was the head of the Training Department at the Nanjing Guoshu Institute. During World War II he lived in Chongqing and taught at Chongqing University. After the formation of New China, he became a member of the board of the All-China Wushu Association, chairman of the Chongqing Wushu Association. Author of such works on wushu as “Qinna”, “Treats on Xingyiliuhequan”, “Xingyi Xisui Baojian Qigong”, “Origin and History of Xingyiquan”, “Collection of Guoshu” (4 issues), “The relationship of Guoshu and healing”. Under his editorship, such materials as “Spear Fighting”, “Manjianghong”, “Sanda and Duanbing Training”, “Wuhuapao Pair Complex”, “Pair Complexes with Wudang and Kunwu Swords” were published. "Sports massage"
• Jiang Rongqiao (-)
• Tang Hao(1897-1959) nicknamed Fansheng, nicknamed Lihua, originally from Wu County, Jiangsu Province. In his youth, he diligently studied himself, and during his breaks he liked to practice martial arts. When I came to work in Shanghai, I learned from Liu Zhennan from Dezhou, Shandong Province liuhequan. Later he became director of the Shanghai primary school Shanggong, taught the studied Wushu there, with special emphasis on training in Jiben Gong and acrobatics. In 1927, he was arrested “on suspicion of communism,” but thanks to the intercession of Zhu Guofu, he was released, and later went to Japan to study law and administration, while simultaneously studying judo and kendo. After returning home, at the invitation of Zhang Zhijiang, he became the head of the editorial and publishing department of the Central Guoshu Institute. In 1936, the Kuomintang police arrested seven leaders of the All-China National Salvation Association - Shen Junru, Shi Liang and others. Tao Xingzhi and Gu Liuxin were also charged with “threat to national interests.” Tang Hao was not afraid of violence and became Gu Liuxin's protector. In 1941, Shanghai lawyers were unexpectedly detained by the puppet police, and after being arrested by the Japanese gendarme department, they were beaten with whips. After this he had to leave Shanghai and worked as a lawyer in Anhui Province. After the Liberation, Tang Hao returned to Shanghai and became a member of the Executive and Legislative Committee Eastern China, in 1955 became a consultant to the State Sports Committee, specialized in researching the history of Chinese Wushu and Chinese physical culture, published eight editions of “Materials on the history of physical culture in China.” Due to difficult living conditions, he fell ill in 1959 and died in Beijing.

Tang Hao is the founder of modern scientific study history of Chinese Wushu. Back in the 1920s, while working in Central Institute Goshu, he began to write articles, introducing “scientificness” into Wushu with all his might. In the 1930s, Tang Hao began to diligently study the history of wushu, publishing such works as “Taijiquan and Neijiaquan”, “Studies on Shaolin and Wudang”, “Neijiaquan”, “The Fist Canon of Qi Jiguang”, “A Study of Literature on Chinese Martial Arts”. Thanks to systematic research history of wushu, Tang Hao not only dispelled a number of myths that had obscured the situation for a long time, but also raised new questions. After Liberation, Tang Hao studied Marxism, historical materialism and dialectical materialism, and achieved new successes using the methods available in them. Until now, the achievements achieved by Tang Hao in the study of the history of Wushu and the history of physical culture in China are considered the highest.

• Xu Zhen(1898-1967) nicknamed Zhedong. Originally from Changzhou, Jiangsu Province. He was involved in educational issues and loved martial arts. He was a professor at Guanghua University, Central University, Specialized Institute of Education, Wuhan University, director of Changzhou high school. Xu Zhen sought to learn wushu as much as possible. In 1919, he studied chaquan and tantui with Yu Zhensheng and Ma Jinbiao, in 1922 he studied taijiquan and xingyiquan with Zhou Xiufeng, later he studied taijiquan with Yang Shaohou, Hao Yuezhu, Li Yaxuan, with Du Xinwu he studied zizhanmen techniques, with Tian Zuolin he studied tonbi quan . Xu Zhen conducted research into the history of Wushu. He is the author of the works “A Little About National Technique”, “Authentic Records of the Study of Taijiquan”, “A Joint Statement of Disputes about Falsehood and Criticism of Laws in Treatises on Taijiquan”.

• Stanislav Leonidovich Bereznyuk
• May Mikhailovich Bogachikhin
• Alexey Alexandrovich Maslov

New kempo schools that consider themselves wushu

In the 80s and 90s of the XX century, in recent years existence of the USSR, a number of new schools appeared that officially classified themselves as wushu. Despite the fact that a number of masters of traditional schools called (and call) them impostors, nevertheless, from a Neutral Point of View, these schools are worth mentioning. Moreover, in traditional Wushu there are many self-proclaimed schools that consider themselves to be Shaolin.

• German Popov - Choi school, also known as Choi-ken-do, initially self-proclaimed itself called Choi-Li-Fo (Tsa-Li-Fo) describes itself as a snake style, sometimes with the clarification that it is a boa constrictor style, sometimes as a snake style and a crane
• Senchukov - the Da-tsze-shu school, the school is currently renamed Konten, and the author attributes it to wushu, then to

What is a conf? What does confa mean in VK?

Konfa is short for "conference". On VKontakte (and in the Internet environment in general) this usually means a general chat. That is, communication there occurs simultaneously between several users. Usually it looks like a bunch of small things: one user replies to another, someone tells something between them, someone sends pictures, etc. In a word, complete confusion. Directly in VK, to create a general chat, you need to go to your messages, and click the plus sign at the top “start a conversation”, and then add several of your friends. Now the conference is ready.

In general, a general chat can be not only text, but also voice. For this there are special programs, which are most often used in online games. For example, Discord or Raidcall. That is, in a similar way, several people communicate there at the same time, only through voice.

Confa - a conference (conversation) where 3+ people gather and discuss, communicate, etc.

Historically, a telephone conference call was a communication not between two subscribers, but between several simultaneously. For example, for a meeting not only with those present, but also with the participation of people located far away.

An Internet conference, abbreviated as “conf”, is a platform for communication between a group of people. That's what the forums were called.

It's the same in instant messengers. You can have a conversation with any of your Skype contacts by text, voice or video. A group conversation is a conference.

In contact it’s the same. A conversation with more than two participants.

Today we are going to find out what a conference is. To be honest, all Internet users are familiar with this concept, especially those who communicate a lot with other people. True, we are talking about a slightly different interpretation of the term. Let's quickly find out what we have to deal with.

Concept

What is a conf? In truth, it is nothing more than an abbreviation for "conference". It is the first word that is considered more convenient for modern users. Everyone understands what we mean, but with all this, writing or pronouncing the abbreviation is easier.

This form of the word “conference” has gained enormous popularity among young people. It became her slang. It sounds fast, stylish and fashionable. Especially if everyone understands at a glance what it’s about we're talking about, then what is the point of pronouncing the whole word then? True, there is no such need. And so now every modern user World Wide Web knows what a conference is.

Benefit

Of course, there are a lot of benefits from conferences, especially virtual ones. If in real negotiations it is noticeable and familiar, then with the Internet everything is a little different. Not every user knows exactly what opportunities will be given to him during the conference. So let's look at the benefits of this event.

Firstly, communication. People can form groups and talk together. You will not need to copy the same message several times and send it to different users. It will automatically be displayed to all participants in the conversation.

Secondly, it saves time. As already mentioned, you no longer need to copy the same post 20 times to show it to everyone.

Thirdly, you will have an excellent opportunity to communicate not only by messages, but also by voice. Plus, if you know what a conf is, then it’s worth noting one interesting fact. This activity allows users to see each other using a webcam.

So we can say that an online conference is a great way to communicate. There are always advantages to it. And they are different for everyone.

Where is it found?

But where can you meet the conference? To be honest, there are a lot of options, and they all require registered users. Would you like to have a conference? Skype and other Internet communication applications, as well as some social media will help you with this. Which options are used most often? This:

• "Skype";
• "ASKA";
• special hosting on the Internet;
• social network "VKontakte";
• "Classmates";
• "Facebook";
• "YouTube".

AND this list we can continue for a very long time. Nevertheless, Skype is the most popular place that users choose for video conferences or group correspondence. Try it, it's not as difficult as it might seem. Just click on “Create a conference” and then add friends to it. You can also select "Add person to conversation." You will definitely like it.