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XingYi Quan |
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XingYi means Form/Mind, the Form of thousands of things that show outwardly and the heart and the thought of the Mind inwardly and is another of the 3 major internal Chinese Martial Arts, Xingyi's attack goes straight through the centre, Bagua goes around the centre and Tai chi gives up the centre.
Xingyi is based on the Taoist concept that natural forces are composed of 5 elements. This view of nature is related to TCM (Traditional Chinese Medicine). In relationship to the Martial Art principles, each of the 5 elements applies to a specific organ as well as to different energies expressed by the forms of balance, and by the cycles of creating and destroying.
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Modern Wushu |
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Wushu is both an exhibition and full-contact sport derived from traditional Chinese martial arts. Created in the Peoples Republic of China after 1949, Wushu has spread globally through the International Wushu Federation (IWUF), which holds the World Wushu Championships every 2 years.
Wushu is composed of two disciplines: Taolu (forms) and Sanda (Chinese kickboxing).
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Fujian Yong Chun Bai He Quan – Yong Chun White Crane Fist |
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Fujian White Crane is the father of all Southern Chinese martial arts meaning it is the original Southern martial art, which originated in Fujian province and is one of seven different kinds of martial arts just in Fujian.
A female martial artist called Fang Qi niang created it, Qi niang's father new other styles of Chinese martial arts and taught them to his daughter when she was young. The Fang family lived in a place where there were many cranes and so the story is Qi niang carefully studied the movements of cranes and combined these movements with the martial arts she learned from her father, creating the White Crane style of Fujian Province.
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