Wushu - Chinese Martial Arts

Wushu is a synonym for martial arts (wu = martial, shu = arts) and covers several Chinese martial arts styles, such as taolu (forms) sanda (Chinese kickboxing), shuai jiao (Chinese wrestling) and traditional styles. Learn the basics, wushu jumps, kicks, beginner forms, weapons and traditional styles. Those who are interested in competitive wushu, should also learn some basic artistic gymnastics.

Basics

• Basic Wushu Stances
  • Horse Stance (ma bu)
  • Bow Stance (gong bu)
  • Cat Stance (xu bu)
  • Flat Stance (pu bu)
  • Rest Stance (xie bu)
  
  
  
• Wushu Kicks
  • Front Stretchkick (zheng ti)
  • Side Stretchkick (ce ti)
  • Inside Circle Kick (li he)
  • Outside Circle Kick (wai bai)
  • Slapkick (dan pai jiao)
  • Toe Fist Kick (dan ti)
  • Heel Palm Kick (dan ti chong zhang)
    
    
    
• Basic Wushu Sweeps & Kicks
  • Side Kick (ce shuai tui)
  • Front Sweep (qian sao)
  • Back Sweep (hou sao)
    
    
    
• Basic Wushu Jumps
  • Flying Frontkick - TKFJ (teng kong fei jiao)
  • Whirlwind Kick - XFJ (xuan feng jiao)
  • Lotus Kick - TKBL (teng kong bai lian)
  • Cartwheel without Hands - CKF (ce kong fan)
  • Cartwheel without Hands Twist - CKF360 (ce kong fan zhuan ti san bai liu)
  • Butterfly Kick - XZ (xuan zi)
  • Butterfly Twist - XZZT (xuan zi zhuan ti san bai liu shi du)
    
    
    
• Additional Instructions
  • How to Combine Wushu Jumps
  • How to Learn Wushu Jumps - Training Methods
  • Standing Lotus Kick
  • Split Kick
  • Kip Up (li yu da ting - aka skip up)
  • Front Flip Back Crash (qian ka shuai bei)
  • Flying Cross-Leg Kick 360 to 540 (teng kong pan tui 360 du, 540 du)
  • Flip Flop - Headspring (an tou)
  • Wall Flip (for stuntmen and peking opera artists)
  • Cork Screw (cork twist - Di Tang and XMA tutorial)
  • Back Handspring - Stomach Landing (artistic gymnastics section)
  • Artistic Gymnastics

Styles

• Modern Wushu - Competitive - Hand and Weapon Styles
  • Longfist (chang quan - wushu)
  • Staff (gun shu - wushu)
  • Broadsword (dao shu - wushu)
  • Spear (qiang shu - wushu)
  • Straightsword (jian shu - wushu)
  • Southern Style (nan quan - wushu)
  • Tai Ji (tai ji quan - wushu)
    
    
    
• Traditional Wushu Hand Styles
  • About Traditional Hand Styles (chuan tong quan)
  • Ba Gua Zhang
  • Xing Yi Quan
  • Ba Ji Quan
  • Fan Zi Quan
  • Tong Bi Quan
  • Praying Mantis (tang lang quan)
  • Eagle Claw (ying quan)
  • Monkey Style (hou quan)
  • Crash Style (di tang quan)
    
    
    
• Traditional Wushu Weapons
  • About Traditional Weapon Styles (chuan tong wu qi)
  • 3-Sectional Staff (san jie gun - wushu)
  • Whipchain (jiu jie bian - wushu)
  • Pu Dao
  • Double Straightsword (shuang jian - wushu)
  • Double Broadsword (shuang dao - wushu)
  • Double Hooks (shuang gou - wushu)
  • Double Whipchain (shuang bian - wushu)
  • Ropedart (sheng biao - wushu)
  • Monkey Staff (hou gun - wushu)

Knowledge

• About Wushu
• Wushu Terminology
• Wushu Training Routines
• Warm-Up and Stretching before Training
• Short Exercises (Modern Wushu)
• Wushu Rules
• Short Forms and Exercises (taolu, zuhe, qibengong)

Advice

• In China, everybody starts with Longfist (chang quan). The basic jumps and kicks are the very first things to be learned. After that students either start learning staff and broadsword or spear and straightsword. It usally takes years until students are allowed to learn traditional hand styles and weapons. Even if you are not young enough to start with the acrobatic jumps used in modern wushu, you should practice the basics and know how the jumps work.
• Build up flexibility first. The stretchkicks have to be practiced at least 4 times per week.
• Artistic gymnastics can be very helpful for everybody who is interested in modern wushu.

Suggestions

• Sanda - Wushu Kickboxing
• Shuai Jiao - Chinese Wrestling
• Qi Gong - Internal and External
• Artistic Gymnastics - Acrobatics, Flips, Apparatus
• Stretching
• Weight Training
• Increase Speed and Vertical Leap - Track & Field Section

Videos/Images

• Wushu Video Channel

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