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Wushu is practiced both through forms, called taolu, and as a full-contact combat sport, known as sanda. [ 5 ] [ 6 ] It has a long history of Chinese martial arts and was developed in 1949 to standardize the practice of traditional Chinese martial arts, [ 7 ] though attempts to structure the various decentralized martial arts traditions date ...
The term wushu has also become the name for the modern sport of wushu, an exhibition and full-contact sport of bare-handed and weapon forms (套路), adapted and judged to a set of aesthetic criteria for points developed since 1949 in the People's Republic of China. [2] [3] Quánfǎ (拳法) is another Chinese term for Chinese martial arts.
This is a list of notable international wushu competitions hosted by the International Wushu Federation (IWUF) and its official continental organisations. Note: Most competitions with the "Kung Fu Championships" label were originally named "Traditional Wushu Championships" leading up to 2017.
The IWUF has also been in an active pursuit of olympic wushu after being fully recognized by the IOC in 2002. [5] The IWUF fell short of having wushu becoming an Olympic sport in 2008, but the IOC allowed them to host an international wushu competition alongside the 2008 Summer Olympics, which was known as the 2008 Beijing Wushu Tournament. [6]
Listings of various branches of a martial art system are located on a corresponding Wikipedia page which details the history of the system. The following list of Chinese martial arts is by no means exhaustive.
Wushu has been contested at the SEA Games since 1991 in Manila, Philippines, with the exceptions of the 1995 and 1999 editions. [1] [2] [3] Editions. Games Year
Wushu Township, Wan'an County, Jiangxi, China Countless ( 无数 ; wúshù ), 2022 Mandopop album by Joker Xue Run and Kill ( 烏鼠 ; wū shŭ ), 1993 Hong Kong film
The CWA is the official national wushu federation of China which is recognized by the International Wushu Federation. It is also part of the Wushu Federation of Asia (WFA), a continental organization of the IWUF. The CWA is a part of the General Administration of Sport of China, All-China Sports Federation, and the Chinese Olympic Committee ...