Does traditional Chinese martial arts have a practical role?

The traditional martial arts definitely have a practical role. Because according to the law of natural elimination, if the martial arts do not have the ability to combat, it is impossible to spread to today.

There is no doubt that traditional Chinese martial arts have the ability to fight in combat. If there is no combat skill, then it can not be called martial arts. Wushu is a confrontation technique refined in an ancient combat environment.

Traditional Chinese martial arts have always been both a sport with cultural connotations and a way of health and wellness, as well as a means of maintaining national security.

While the practicality of traditional martial arts in modern society is not as important as it used to be, there are many benefits for many martial arts enthusiasts to learning traditional Chinese martial arts.

Through the exercise of wushu, the body's endurance, flexibility and coordination can be improved; through the learning of wushu moves and techniques, self-defense ability and reaction ability can be improved. In addition, traditional Chinese martial arts also help to improve one's psychological qualities, such as concentration, patience and the ability to calmly analyze problems.

It should be noted that the complexity of modern society and technological advances have made the role of wushu in actual combat smaller and smaller, so relying solely on traditional wushu for self-defense is not the most desirable way, and a better way would be to improve one's own security capabilities through a combination of means.

In addition, traditional Chinese martial arts have also influenced modern combat sports to a certain extent, such as Sanshou and Taekwondo, which, although not entirely based on the concepts of traditional martial arts, can be regarded as an improvement and evolution of traditional martial arts. These combat sports also improve people's physical fitness and self-defense abilities, and many professionals win gold medals and honors.

There are many other applications of traditional Chinese martial arts in modern society, such as movement design in film and television dramas, literary performances, martial arts teaching and scientific research. Wushu action design can provide wonderful performance effects for movies, TV dramas, stage plays, etc.; Wushu teaching can be an educational way to cultivate students' physical fitness and enhance their awareness of self-protection; and in terms of scientific research, the concepts and techniques of traditional Wushu can be applied to research in biomechanics, sports science and other fields.

In short, traditional Chinese martial arts has its unique value and significance in many fields, which is not only a kind of cultural inheritance and protection, but also a kind of physical exercise and health and wellness, and at the same time, it can also improve people's psychological quality and self-protection ability.