Wushu is an outstanding Chinese cultuer legacy. It is socially valuavle in terms of promorting health, strengthening will power,refining combat skills and enriching life. Wushu as a sport takes mainly two forms:
the "dance practice" of routine exercises and sparring in duels.
WUSHU routines incorporate kicking ,beating ,throwing ,seizing ,striking and thrusting into set routine exercise, using various combinations of attack and defence, advance and retreat, dynamic and static states, quickness and slowness ,toughness and softness , solidty and emptiness in motion, etc. Free sparring is a dual of wit and skill under certain condttions and according to set rules.
1: The Formation and Development of WUSHU
Chinese wushu has a long taradition in histry. As erly as the time of the clan communes in primitive societies, there appeared the "play" of Jiaodi(wrestling) and the "dance" of Ganchi(axe and shild). these were the earlist embryos of the two forms of wushu,which served as a mean to build up health, cure deseases, temper the figthing will and train military skills for the member of these societies.
TAIJIQUAN
Taijiquan is an internal martial art founded about 300 years ago in
China. It is called an "internal" martial art because its training focuses
on relaxation, alignment, and energy cultivation instead of strength training and athletic conditioning. Once considered one of the supreme combat arts inold China, Taiji has since evolved into an art stressing health and fitness,although the self-defense aspects are still practiced.
"Taijiquan"-A Medical Assessment
Taijiquan is a branch of the traditional sport of wu-shu. AS a means of keeping fit and preventing and curing diseases, it has been widely parctised amaong the people since the 16th century. Its popularity has further increased with the adoption of a sinmplified set of exeercises in1956. Forming an important part of the treatment often prescribed in hospitals and sanatoriums, "taijiquan" has proved its efficasy in treting chronic disease such as hight blood pressure,neurasthenia and pulmonary tuberculosis.
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