About Chinese Kung Fu!

The world's kung fu out of shaolin, shaolin kung fu a world. Shaolin Wushu is an important part of the Chinese martial arts, is China's extremely valuable cultural treasures. It focuses on the great success of the North and South China schools of martial arts, the essence of the integration of internal and external boxing, after thousands of refinement, a variety of skills, profound, with a rich connotation, a unique style, the characteristics of the combat, shocking the four seas, world famous, unique in the domestic and international martial arts world.

Shaolin Wushu is very popular among the public,

but due to the lack of conclusive documentation, the origin and formation of Shaolin Wushu has been the subject of much debate. Most believe that it was the 28th generation disciple of Shakyamuni Buddha, Master Dharma, who founded Chinese Zen Buddhism and Shaolin Kung Fu after facing the wall at the Shaolin Temple for nine years. In fact, Shaolin Kung Fu was not created by a single person, but by the monks and lay disciples of the Shaolin Temple, who deepened their practice of Zen Buddhism, Taoism, fitness and self-defense over a long period of time, based on other Chinese martial arts. Its formation in three aspects of the need: First, the monks in sitting meditation, often appear in the mind, confusion, loss of memory and other symptoms, which need to regulate the body, and then prompted the monks to practice martial arts, activities, strong body, in order to better cultivate Zen; Second, the need to protect the body. Shaolin Temple at that time was a desolate and remote mountains, often infested with wild animals and robbers, which requires the practice of martial arts to strengthen their own defense; third is the need to protect the law, protect the temple, protect the country. Static and vivid, moving and shocking, Zen boxing to one, is the true meaning of Shaolin Kung Fu. For thousands of years, Shaolin monks and their lay disciples follow this esoteric philosophy to create and develop the Shaolin martial arts, the temple to Zen show, boxing to the temple name, and then known in the world.

Historical records, 495 A.D., Emperor Xiaowen of the Northern Wei Dynasty for the Indian monks Buddha Zen master to build Shaolin Temple, Shaolin Temple, the first presided over the Buddha Zen master attaches great importance to the practice of martial arts. Since then, some of the best skills of the famous and talented people due to war and strife converted to Shaolin, and the original monks exchanging and practicing martial arts, which became the origin of Shaolin martial arts. As Songshan is the ancient capital of nine dynasties Luoyang to the southeast of the plains of the throat, since ancient times is a place of war, often infested with robbers. In order to ensure the safety of the temple property, the royal temple Shaolin Temple, with the approval of the imperial court, began to have its own standing armed forces - the monk soldiers. The existence of the Shaolin Monk Soldiers created favorable conditions for the prosperous development of Shaolin Wushu. During the Sui, Tang, and Song Dynasties, Shaolin Temple began to form a martial arts culture. During the development process of thousands of years, Shaolin Wushu has widely absorbed the essence of various martial arts schools in China through the ages, and collected the strengths of kung fu from all over the world, and has continuously improved, developed, and innovated, and has gradually evolved into a practical and unique style of martial arts system. During the Ming Dynasty, the characteristics of Shaolin Wushu were fully formed. In the Qing Dynasty, Shaolin Wushu became even more famous in the society, Chu Renwu "Jian gourd collection" recorded: "Today, people talk about martial arts, always say 'out of the Shaolin Temple'." This is also the beginning of the phrase "the world's kung fu out of Shaolin".

To sum up the Chinese martial arts schools, or nine streams of a source, gradually attached to the Shaolin school, was drawn from the essence of the Shaolin martial arts and the formation of a door; or a Shaolin technique by the masters to enhance and internalization, and the gradual formation of a new school. Therefore, it is said that "the world's kung fu comes out of Shaolin".

Shaolin martial arts according to the former conveyed more than 360, another said more than 700 kinds, some have been lost, there are still more than 100 kinds of circulation. The main contents are: Yi Jin Jing, children's kung fu, equipment, light qigong, hard qigong, grappling, sparring combat, 72 arts and prevention of sports trauma, Shaolin orthopedics and traumatology prevention and control techniques and Shaolin treatment of injuries and other secrets. At present, Shaolin Wushu is divided into traditional wugong and competitive wugong, of which traditional wugong is its essence. Traditional Wushu is divided into two parts: "Kungfu" and "Boxing". Kung Fu is aimed at practicing qi and power, which is the art of strengthening the body and the basis of victory. For example, "Mindfulness Handle", "Shaolin Thirteen Trips of Vajra Handle", "Shaolin Luohan Eighteen Hands", "Shaolin Six Harmonies Fist "Shaolin Six Harmonious Fist" and so on. Boxing for defense in battle, the law of combat. Such as "shaolin luohan fist", "through arm fist" and so on. Among them, and Shaolin boxing as a typical representative, which is characterized by robust and powerful, just in the soft, simple, conducive to the actual combat, strokes style is not to fight that is to defend, there is no flowery, not subject to site limitations, there is a "fist fight crouching cow of the ground," it is said. Its style mainly embodies a "hard" word, attack and defense, mainly attack. Boxing style does not emphasize the beauty of the appearance, but only seeks the practicality of the technique. The footwork is flexible, and the eye method emphasizes the eye of the eye, and the luck should sink into the dantian. Its movements are as fast as electricity, turning like a wheel spinning, standing like a nail, jumping like a light fly.

After the reform and opening up, China in order to strengthen the international cooperation and exchange, actively organizing the personnel of this cultural treasure of China to explore and organize, to reproduce the Shaolin Wushu style. Now there are 380 sets of Shaolin Wushu **** organized. Famous boxing routines include Xiao Hong Quan, Da Hong Quan, Luohan Quan, Monkeyish Fist, Tiger Fist, Praying Mantis Fist, Drunken Fist and so on. Instrumental sets include Dharma Sword, Shaolin Stick, Shaolin Qiankun Knife, Plum Blossom Gun and so on.

In the 1980s, due to the screening of the movie "Shaolin Temple", the Shaolin Wushu craze was rapidly set off at home and abroad, and the ancient oriental cultural wonders - Chinese Wushu was rapidly promoted in the world.

When Shaolin Wushu first appeared on the scene 1,500 years ago, people didn't realize that it would have such a profound impact on Chinese martial arts and even traditional Chinese culture as a whole. Today, Dengfeng's martial arts industry continues to thrive, driven by more than 80 martial arts schools, Dengfeng has become the world's largest training base for martial arts talent, and Shaolin disciples are spread all over the world. When people mention Chinese Kung Fu, they always say Shaolin. Shaolin martial arts has become a symbol of Chinese martial arts, but also one of the important cultural symbols of China's foreign cultural exchanges.

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