Sword: gentleman of all weapons

    The sword is called the "gentleman of all weapons." It is the most widely used of all weapons and its influence goes beyond the field of Wushu. Every school of Wushu uses the sword as the basic weapon for rigorous training. Sword play in China was first seen in sacrificial offerings to gods or ancestors. In the Spring and Autumn Period and during the Warring States 2,000

Yi Chuan

  Yi Quan or the mentality Chuan, also called Da cheng Quan, was created by Wang Xiangzhai during the reign of Emperor Guangxu (1875-1908) of the Qing Dynasty. Wang (1885-1963) was born in Shenxian County in Hebei Province. From a young age, he followed Xingyi Quan master, Guo Yunshen to learn the art. After years of hard practice, Wang mastered the art of Xingyi Quan, got its gist,

Ziran Men (Nature Chuan)

    Nature Chuan Ziran Men (nature Chuan) was created by Dwarf Xu of Sichuan Province in the late years of the Qing Dynasty. Xu's style of Chuan was standardized by Du Xinwu of Cili County of Hunan Province. Du followed Xu for eight years to learn the nature Chuan and came to understand the essence and secrets of the martial arts. Nature boxers do not pursue tricks nor do

Wonderful Kungfu--- Bagua Zhang

Bagua Zhang or the eight-diagram palm is one of the most popular schools in China. It is also called Youshen Bagua (roving eight-diagram), Longxing Bagua (dragon-shaped eight-diagram), Xingyi Bagua (Xingyi eight-diagram Chuan), Yinyang Bapan Zhang (positive-negative eight-plate palm), etc. There are different stories about the origin of this school of Chuan. Some say it originated among the

Yongchun Quan

   Master: Pengnan Yongchun Quan or the Yongchun Chuan is said to have been created by Yan Yongchun of Liancheng County in Fujian Province. It is said that during the reign of Emperor Jiaqing (1796-1820) of the Qing Dynasty, there was a Shaolin Chuan master Yan Si in Quanzhou of Fujian. To escape oppression, he left the city to take refuge with his family, and stayed in

Knowledge about Sun-style Tai Chi Quan

 Practising Tai Chi  The creator of the Sun-style Tai Chi Chuan was Sun Lutang (1861-1932) from Dingxian County in Hebei Province. Sun was a master of Xingyi Quan (free-mind animal-imitating Chuan) and Bagua Zhang (Eight-diagram Palm). In 1911, he followed Hao Weizhen to learn the Wu Yuxiang style of Tai Chi. He later created the Sun style of Tai Chi Chuan by blending the

The Yang-style Tai Chi Quan

    The originator of the Yang-style Tai Chi Chuan was Yang Luchan (1800-1873) from Yongnian in Hebei Province. When he was still a boy, Yang started to learn Tai Chi Chuan from Chen Changxing in the Chenjia Valley y. After grown up, he returned to his native town to teach the art. To fit the need of common people, Yang Luchan made some changes, and dropped some highly

Training Method of Wing Chun Kung Fu

Wing Chun Practice  In most martial arts schools, many elements of traditional training have been removed whether it is to keep class numbers higher if it is easier or in some cases just to hide the ineffectiveness of the system as a whole or the poor teaching of the instructor.   We still practice the traditional elements of Wing Chun. In fact we have added modern

An Introduction to the Chen-style Tai Chi Quan

Today tai chi chuan is typically practised for a number of widely varying reasons like health, external/internal martial art skills. There are five traditional family styles that tend to retain the original martial applicability of tai chi teaching methods.   The Chen family style is the oldest and parent form of the five main tai chi chuan styles. It ranks the third in terms of

Four Widely-used Weapons

The four major weapons - sabre, spear, sword and cudgel - have been widely used by Kung Fu masters since ancient times in different styles of martial arts. They are also the main weapons in current Kung Fu competitions.       (1) Sword The sword is called the "gentleman of all weapons". It is the most widely used of all weapons and its influence goes beyond the field of

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