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Chinese Martial Arts
Chinese Martial Arts is well-known all over the world. Chinese Wushu is an offical name for Chinese Martial Arts, which was renamed by International Wushu Federation. Some wushu lovers often use other names such as kung fu, gongfu, Shaolin kung fu etc. Many wushu fans start to know Chinese wushu from Shaolin Kungfu. However, Shaolin Kungfu is only one of the schools among hundreds of schools or styles of wushu in China. This article will introduce some of the detail of Chinese wushu. Some wushu words are quite difficult to translate into English because the language has evolved to fit the culture, which includes martial arts. Many of the wushu words deeply reflect the color and history of Chinese culture.

Chinese wushu has more than 2000 years history. It was first created by ancient people for the special environment at primitive times. Chinese wushu has many different styles with their own characteristics such as nationality, artistic quality, application, and entertainment. The foundation of Chinese Wushu theory is typically based on Chinese Traditional Medicine and philosophy. It emphasizes the coordination between hands, eyes, force, vigor, spirit, and stance. It also stresses concept of unification such as: the balance between Yin and Yang, integrating your body with your thinking, the telepathy between nature and human, appearance and spirit, and cultivating internal and external together.

Chinese wushu, regarded as a national traditional phenomenon of culture in China, has been deeply edified by the philosophy, aesthetic, art and literature of China during the course of its development and evolution. Many masters in the past dynasties utilized the traditional culture to enhance wushu theory and explain wushu techniques. More than 100 styles of wushu have been created by masters who came from different nations and history. This article is a view for global wushu lovers to understand Traditional Chinese Wushu.


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