The influence of Chinese martial arts on the West

The Impact of Wushu on the West:

Wushu has been developed in China for thousands of years, and has been perfected and progressed in the course of continuous development, and developed into a sport with national characteristics. The process is complex, starting from the primitive society, in order to cope with the harsh living environment, in the process of hunting food and fighting with animals mastered some simple means of defense.

One, the cultural characteristics of Chinese martial arts

Chinese martial arts as an organic part of the traditional culture of the Chinese nation and a unique form of expression, on the one hand, with the Chinese classical philosophy, politics and ethics, military thinking, culture and art, medical theory, social customs and so on interconnected, interacting with each other, *** with the composition of the whole of the Chinese culture of the splendor of the whole; on the other hand, it reflects the entire Chinese culture from one side to the other, the basic culture of the entire Chinese culture. The Chinese culture of the whole is reflected in the basic characteristics of the whole Chinese culture.

(I) Philosophy

Chinese Wushu is the sport with the richest national cultural characteristics. Its guiding principle is the traditional Chinese philosophy of "the unity of man and heaven", so it is very philosophical. The concept of "unity of heaven and man" is a manifestation of Taoist philosophical ontology. It believes that human beings and nature are essentially connected, and that human beings should follow nature in order to survive and develop. The idea of "unity of heaven and man" has brought out a series of unity in traditional Chinese philosophy, such as the unity of form and spirit, the unity of subject and object, and the unity of reason and qi....... It also laid the ideological foundation for Chinese martial arts.

First of all, the martial arts practice is to train people as a whole, pay attention to "internal training spirit, external training sinews, bones and skin", "internal and external unity, form and spirit". Moreover, people are put into the nature and their movements are closely linked with the surrounding environment. Wushu practice requires different methods to achieve the purpose of practicing according to different seasons, hours, seasons, etc., and according to the changes in nature and human body functions.

(2) Technique and combat

The core of wushu is technique and combat.

The fitness function, entertainment function, competitive performance function and educational function of wushu are all realized through various offensive and defensive technical movements formed on the basis of the principle of technical combat design.

There are different ways to use the equipment according to different kinds; and there are various ways to fight in the actual combat. Although each school of martial arts has different methods and principles, they all follow the laws of attack and defense and show the characteristics of attack and defense. Therefore, wushu is different from other sports because of the characteristics of attack and defense techniques.

(3) Fitness

People engaged in wushu practice, in general, is the fitness, technical and practical as the main purpose. Chinese Wushu is a form of physical exercise that is part of human science, which is based on traditional medicine - Chinese medicine.

The theory of traditional Chinese Wushu practice is based on the basic theories of Chinese medicine, such as yin and yang, meridians and collaterals, and the theory of organs and images as the basis of physiology.

The theory of traditional Chinese medicine is that a person's body is "only essence, vitality and spirit" as the three treasures.

Essence and spirit are interconnected, "essence is full of gas, gas is full of God, God is full of health; essence is born in the gas, gas in the essence, essence in the gas, gas in the spirit". Wushu practice not only attaches importance to the inner "spirit" exercise, but also emphasizes the internal form in the external, heavy in the external attack and defense techniques and movements of the exercise, and thus receive both internal and external cultivation, health and fitness effect.