Chinese Martial Art

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 Main contents

• Basic explanation
• The history of martial arts
• The classification of martial arts
• The legendary figure
 Basic explanation

stop

武 fighting

The effect of martial art is to stop fighting!!

 Chinese martial arts is a very important and u
nique form of Chinese culture

martial morality
• Morality of Deed:
Humility, politeness, sincerity, Trust, Loyalty
• Morality of Mind:
Will, Endurance, Perseverance, Patience, Courage
Due to widespread co
mmercialized martial
arts,
martial morality has t
oo often been ignore
d or downplayed in m
odern times.
Chinese martial arts only can be foun
d in novels or plays now. Even the ma
rtial arts competed in the competitio
ns is not the real martial arts at all.
We have abandoned the spirits and m
orals of the arts created in the old da
ys.
• The problem is not with martial arts itself, but
with the fact that fewer people today have the
need to learn fighting skills.

• Today's busy modern life is also an obstacle ,

because it takes at least a decade's hard work
to learn it properly.
 The history of martial arts
• In Tang Dynastic, martial arts had been develo
ping, the famous place is Shaolin Temple.
 The classification of martial arts

• In the modern society, martial art ha

s been combining with other fighting
techniques.
• Besides ,there are many kinds of bra
nches of martial arts today.
1. Tiger and Crane double shape;
2. Monkey style boxing;
3. Snake style boxing;
4. Mantis style boxing.
Besides ,there are many kinds of branches of martial arts
today, Wing Tsun( 咏

春) ，
Branches
of martial Taijiquan( 太极
arts 拳)
Mix martial
arts(MMA).
 Wing Tsun( 咏春 )
• Introduction: it is famous because of Ye Wen
Lots of people practice it all over the
world, it is not only simple and very
practice, but also can be regarded as
a way to excecise.
 Tai ji quan
• It is be setted up by Zhang San Feng in Ming Dyn
asty.
 Mix martial arts.

• MMA is firstly put forward by Bruce Lee( 李小

龙 ).
• It is not limited in any role , we can use all we ha
ve learned when fighting ,
• It is now widely spread in recent years.
The legendary figure in modern times
•Bruce Lee( 李小龙 ): he is the first
man who want to spread kongfu to f
oreigner and his film make the marti
al art widely known since 1970s.
•Huo Yuan Chia( 霍元甲 ) ： he founded C
hin Woo Athletic Association( 精武体操
会 ) ， and have make positive contr
ibution for the Anti-Japanese War.
• Jet Li: he is called KungFu Remix
( 功夫皇帝 ) by people, and he is t
he most effective person who can
spread the traditional culture of m
artial art to world until now.