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Chinese martial arts

List of Chinese martial arts
Terms
Kung fu (功夫)
Wushu (武術)
Qigong (氣功)

Historical places
Shaolin Monastery (少林寺)
Wudang Mountains (武當山)
Mount Emei (峨嵋山)
Kunlun Mountains (崑崙山)

Historical people
Five Elders (五祖)
Yim Wing-chun / Yan Yongchun (嚴詠春)
Hung Hei-gun / Hong Xiguan (洪熙官)
Fong Sai-yuk (方世玉)
Dong Haichuan (董海川)
Yang Luchan (楊露禪)
Wu Quanyou (吳全佑)
Ten Tigers of Canton (廣東十虎)
Chen Fake (陈发科)
Chan Heung / Chen Xiang (陳享)
Wong Fei-hung / Huang Feihong (黃飛鴻)
Huo Yuanjia (霍元甲)
Yip Man / Ye Wen (葉問)
Bruce Lee / Li Xiaolong (李小龍)

Legendary figures
Bodhidharma / Putidamo / Damo (菩提達摩)
Zhang Sanfeng (張三丰)
Eight immortals (八仙)

Related
Hong Kong action cinema
Wushu (sport)
Wuxia (武俠)


Wushu
Traditional Chinese 武術
Literal meaning martial art
[show]Transliterations
Mandarin
- Hanyu Pinyin wǔshù


Chinese martial arts, also referred to by the Mandarin Chinese term wushu (simplified Chinese: 武术; traditional Chinese: 武術; pinyin: wǔshù) and popularly as kung fu (Chinese: 功夫 pinyin: gōngfu), are a number of fighting styles that have developed over the centuries in China. These fighting styles are often classified according to common traits, identified as "families" (家, jiā), "sects" (派, pài) or "schools" (門, mén) of martial arts. Examples of such traits include physical exercises involving animal mimicry, or training methods inspired by Chinese philosophies, religions and legends. Styles which focus on qi manipulation are labeled as internal (内家拳, nèijiāquán), while others concentrate on improving muscle and cardiovascular fitness and are labeled external (外家拳, wàijiāquán). Geographical association, as in northern (北拳, běiquán) and southern (南拳, nánquán), is another popular method of categorization.


Kung-fu and wushu are terms that have been borrowed into English to refer to Chinese martial arts. However, the Chinese terms kung fu (Chinese: 功夫; pinyin: gōngfū) and wushu (simplified Chinese: 武术; traditional Chinese: 武術; pinyin: wǔshù listen (Mandarin) (help·info); Cantonese: móuh-seuht) have very different meanings;[1] the Chinese literal equivalent of "Chinese martial art" would be zhongguo wushu (traditional Chinese: 中國武術; pinyin: zhōngguó wǔshù).

Wǔshù literally means "martial art". It is formed from the two words 武術: 武 (wǔ), meaning "martial" or "military" and 術 (shù), which translates into "discipline", "skill" or "method." The term wushu has also become the name for a modern sport involving the performance of Chinese bare-handed and weapons forms (tàolù 套路) adapted and judged to a set of contemporary aesthetic criteria for points.