Why were Chinese martial arts banned?

Wing Chun was banned after the founding of New China because of its ability to quickly break police takedowns.

Wing Chun is a traditional Chinese martial art, a technique for stopping aggression, an aggressive, streamlined system of self-defense, and a legal use of force. It is more focused on subduing the opponent as quickly as possible than other traditional Chinese martial arts, thus minimizing the damage to the person involved.

Wing Chun is a distinctive Southern boxing art based on the "center line theory", which emphasizes the use of correct concepts, awareness and thinking to derive the flexible application of the body.

The main contents of the art include "Siu Nim Tau", "Seeking the Bridge" and "Marking the Finger", etc. The main practice methods are "Chi Sau" and "Chi Kau", etc., which are practiced by pairs of people; auxiliary equipments include sandbags attached to the wall and three-star stakes, etc.; and training equipments include wooden dummy stakes, knives and sticks.

Wing Chun has three sets of punches, namely Siu Nim Tau, Seek the Bridge and Mark the Finger, as well as the Wooden Man Pile. The basic techniques are mainly the three pong hands, as well as thwarting hands, ruffling hands, breaking rows of hands, sinking bridges, and sticking to the fight. The main steps are four flat horse, three character horse, chase the horse, kneeling horse, independent step and so on.