Wushu or Chinese martial arts is an integral part of the
glorious Chinese culture that reflects hues of long standing
customs and ancient traditions.
"Wu" literally means "military" and "shu" literally means "art"
thus Wushu or Chinese martial arts refers to the traditional
Chinese military science.
Chinese accord a special importance to the practice of martial
arts as it is a strong belief among the Chinese that every
individual, man, woman and child must be equipped at all times to
handle an unexpected hand-to-hand combat like situation.
Today Wushu has lost importance as a military prerequisite and
has gained importance as an important Chinese sport and the art of
self-defense.
Some of the important traditional tenets of the Chinese martial
arts are:
You must appear to be calm and relaxed to your opponent when you
are actually very alert and extremely conscious of your
surroundings. The idea is to catch the enemy of guard.
- Chinese martial arts believe in responding before
reacting.
- Appear weak and unleash the passion of a tiger
when attacked.
- Be like an invincible mountain when still.
- Balance like a rooster when on one leg.
- Be as watchful as an eagle.
- Accelerate with the speed of the wind.
- Your motion should be like thundering wave.
- Jump like a monkey and land like a bird.
The Chinese martial arts may be broadly classified into three
categories: the Southern or Northern styles, Internal or external
styles and the Shaolin or Wudang.
Thus Holidays China gives you a tiny glimpse of the vast world
of Chinese martial arts.
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