Chinese Kung Fu Uniform: Traditional Chinese silk clothing for Tai Chi and Martial Arts Masters
Traditional Chinese silk clothing has a long history, dating back to the 27th century BC.
Once the skill of spinning silk, or sericulture, was discovered, the Chinese made silk exclusively for 3,000 years without divulging the secret of the process and it [...]
Chinese Martial Arts: External Styles Kung Fu and Shaolin Temple Martial Skills
You should know the Shaolin Temple if you want to learn Chinese Kung Fu. Also, you should learn Shaolin Chuan or Kung Fu if you know the Shaolin Temple.
External Styles (Shaolin White Crane and Long Fist) (白鶴﹐長拳, Bai He, Changquan)
Shaolin White Crane specializes in [...]
Martial Morality, a Required Discipline in Chinese Kung Fu or Chinese Martial Arts Society
Martial morality has always been a required discipline in Chinese martial arts society. Teachers have long considered martial morality to be the most important criterion for judging students, and they have made it the most important part of the training in the [...]
Kung Fu Training: Safest Way to Avoid Common Injuries in Chinese Martial Arts Training
Hand Conditioning: Traditionally, iron sand palm provided a method of conditioning the hands, which, once training was completed, would greatly enhance one’s ability to kill or seriously injure an opponent. Iron sand palm was very popular in ancient times, and almost every [...]
Chinese Kung Fu Preview: Chi Kung or Qigong and Taoism
Qigong is being used as part of the Traditional Chinese Medication (TCM) in preventive and therapeutic health care. Qi is seen as the vital energy in one’s body to maintain life. Qigong will train one to work on physical to control and exercise this energy for [...]
Chinese Kung Fu Generates Martial Power or Jin
Jin or Martial Power, can generally be divided into three categories: Hard Jin, Soft-Hard Jin and Soft Jin. Among these, Hard Jin uses the most muscular power, followed by Soft-Hard Jin and finally Soft Jin. But no matter which Jin, in order to manifest maximum power you must [...]
Ancient Chinese Kung Fu and Its Influence on Tai Chi
Chinese ancient Wushu has been developing in thousands of years of simple weapon age on the basis of the philosophy of “One Yin and one Yang forms Dao”. In the middle age of Ming dynasty, the ancient Wushu reached its peak, yet still adhering to the [...]
Chinese Kung Fu with its principle of “To exercise in accordance with Yin and Yang” firstly appeared in a literature of pre-Qin dynasties. Among which the most characterized ones were “A Yue Woman’s Exposition of Swordplay” in the end of the spring and Autumn Period (770—476 B.C.) after Pa Kua, Hsing I or Zhou Yi [...]
Tai Chi affected and promoted the development of ancient Chinese Kung Fu
Yin and Yang dialectical principles in Tai Chi Diagrams for Tai Chi Devevelopment
The appearance of these Tai Chi Diagrams made the meaning of Tai Chi more intuitive and visualized.
With development of the ancients’ research on the theory and phase of Tai Chi, the had [...]
Chinese Kung Fu in Warsaw - Poland Cup International Wushu Competition Comes to an End - Polish Selected Athletes Get the First Place All-Around
Warsaw, March 14: The 6th Poland Cup International Wushu Competition comes to an end in Warsaw “Kewo” Sports and Entertainment Center on April 14, and Polish selected athletes LEIBODECIJI and TUOPUCAIFUSIJI get [...]