Wushu rules pdf

Other box- bear , birds eagle, crane, or chicken , or insects praying mantis. The ing fights are depicted in the Ramayana. Among the various Indian reason for imitating the animals' fighting was that it was believed martial arts, Malla-yuddha was regarded as prominent in that era.

It that, in order to survive in the harsh natural environment, all the ani- is a form of combat wrestling codified into four forms which is mals still maintained a natural talent and skill for fighting.

The best described in the ancient Indian epics as the fighting style of warriors way to learn the fighting techniques was by studying and imitating such as Bhima. Each region in copied. India practices its own unique martial arts discipline with great vig- our and enthusiasm. Broadly speaking, we can categorise them into Since the martial techniques first developed in very ancient times, the styles of Northern and Southern India. In northern India we see gradually they became part of Chinese culture.

In the these fighting arts and culture has in turn been influenced by other ele- south, the most popular martial art forms are Kalairpayattu, ments of Chinese culture. These martial arts have own place. For generations, the techniques and knowledge relied largely on their Silambam skills in their rebellion against the of Shaolin Kung-Fu were handed down and preserved by guardian British. The various styles range from wrestling techniques like those warrior-monks known as the Sangha.

Today, Shaolin Kung-Fu is rec- found in the Pehlwani, to a complete martial discipline, like that ognized as an invaluable and unique cultural heritage not only in found in Kalaripayattu, originating from Kerala.

With the advent of China but for the whole of humanity. There was seen a gradual decline of the traditional 76 A. Several hundred years after this, as several emperors Indian art forms during the British era. It is estimated that by A. In order to absorb more Modern Asian Martial Arts: Buddhist philosophy during these five hundred years, some monks The foundation of modern Asian martial arts is likely a blend of early were sent to India to study Buddhism and bring back Buddhist clas- Chinese and Indian martial arts.

During the warring states period of sics. Naturally, some Indian monks were also invited to China for Chinese history BC extensive development in martial phi- preaching. Deng Feng was the county where the Shaolin Temple was eventually located. Therefore, Batuo Buddhism emphasizes the role of an individual seeking to attain self- can be considered the first chief monk of the Shaolin Temple.

Taoism seeks the use of certain physical exercises and breathing disciplines to attain simi- However, the most influential person in this area was the Indian lar enlightenment. The martial arts viewed in East Asia. Many people monk whose last name was Sardili and who was also known as believe that what we today regard as the oriental martial arts have Bodhidarma in India Da Mo or Ta Mo in Chinese and Bodai Daruma their roots in India , looking at such disciplines as yoga and breathing or Daruma in Japan.

He was once the prince of a small tribe in south- techniques that originated in India which have great similarity ern India. He was of the Mahayana school of Buddhism, and was con- between those and many of the modern martial arts systems. It is so sidered by many to have been a bodhisattva, or an enlightened being noted that the evolution of karate began over a thousand years ago as who had renounced nirvana in order to save others.

Bodhidharama's early as the 5th and 6th Centuries BC. Bodhidharama was the 28th patriarch or Actually if we try to see the whole Asian martial arts scenario, we successor to Buddha.

At the end of the of the 5th Century would find that it was greatly influenced by the spiritual preaching of Bodhidharma on Prapyatara's influence a women who was enlight- Buddhism. It is good to say by some extent that Asian martial arts ened and also initiated him on the path of Gautama Buddha travelled were greatly modified and manifested by Buddhist monks. As Bud- from India to China were he is accredited with bringing Zen Bud- dhism spread over the large Asian region and Buddhist monks had to dhism to China.

He arrived in China at Canton in AD. From there travel to remote regions to spread the message of Lord Buddha so they he travelled to Nanjing were the Imperial Court stayed. He was adopted this defence mechanism of martial arts to defend themselves greeted by the emperor Liang Wu who had thousands of scholars from robbers.

The emperor had built thousands of temples and monasteries and donated large History of Chinese Martial Arts and Wushu amounts of his wealth towards promoting the ideas and philosophies Wushu is the national game of china. It is one of the disciplines of of Buddha.

Emperor Wu was only promoting these deeds for self-gain Asian Games and Wushu is on the docket to become an Olympic sport in the hope of one day being reborn as a God in Heaven. After a dis- and it was also an exhibition sport in Beijing Olympic Games. Most the 17th October A. Bodhidharma took sail in the Yang Tze probably it all started as tribal skirmishes or battles which, eventu- river towards North, to the Song mountain the home of the Shao Lin ally modifies and various techniques were introduced to make it more Monastery.

When Bodhidharma arrived he saw that the priests were effective and complex. From these battles, experiences were accumu- weak and sickly, so he shut himself away to ponder the problem. When lated and new techniques were discovered which were passed down he emerged after nine years of self-seclusion and meditation, he wrote generation to generation. The Yi Jin Jing taught the Development of weapons definitely gave a sharp edge to these tech- priests how to build their Qi to an abundant level and use it to improve niques.

Different types and shapes of weapons were invented, until health and change their physical bodies from weak to strong. After the eventually metal was discovered.

Following the advancement of priests practiced the Yi Jin Jing exercises, they found that not only did weapon fabrication, new fighting techniques were created. Different they improve their health, but they also greatly increased their schools and styles originated and tested one another. Many of these strength. When this training was integrated into the martial arts schools or styles created their forms by imitating different types of forms, it increased the effectiveness of their martial techniques.

Da Mo died in the Shaolin Temple in A. Because the Xi Sui Jing Martial arts as a performance of strength and vigour were entered at was hard to understand and practice the training methods were sports arena since the beginning of ancient Olympics games.

In mod- passed down secretly to only a few disciples in each generation. The ern Olympics games they were further enhanced and motivated. Fenc- Chinese fighting styles of the five animals emerged with the ing and Greco-Roman wrestling was included in the Summer Kalaprayat aryan style of martial arts, which is known today as Tai Olympics.

Summer Olympics were introduced in The tradition of award- ing championship belts in wrestling and boxing can be traced to the During the revolutionary period between the Sui dynasty and the Lonsdale Belt, introduced in Later, Li Shi-Ming became the and Helio Gracie, who restructured the art into a sport with a large first emperor of the Tang dynasty A.

Jiu-Jitsu gained fame quickly in Brazil because Shaolin Temple with 40 Qing about acres of land donated to the of the popular fights with Capoeira fighters. He also permitted the Temple to own and train its own sol- diers. At that time, in order to protect the wealthy property of the As Western influence grew in Asia a greater number of military per- Shaolin Temple from bandits, martial art training was a necessity for sonnel spent time in China, Japan, and South Korea during World the monks.

Their responsibility, other than studying Bud- Jujutsu, judo and karate first became popular among the mainstream dhism, was training martial arts to protect the property of the Shaolin from the ss. Due in part to Asian and Hollywood martial arts Temple. For hundreds of years, the Shaolin Temple legally owned its movies, most modern American martial arts are either Asian-derived own martial arts training organization, and continued to absorb mar- or Asian influenced.

The term kickboxing was created by the Japa- tial skill from outside the temple into its training system. Later, when nese boxing promoter Osamu Noguchi for a variant of Muay Thai and Manchuria took over China and became the Qing dynasty, in order to Karate that he created in the s.

American kickboxing was devel- prevent the Han race pre-Manchurian Chinese from rebelling oped in the s, as a combination of boxing and karate. Taekwondo against the government, martial arts training was forbidden for a was developed in the context of the Korean War in the s.

In order to preserve the arts, The later s and s witnessed an increased media interest in Shaolin martial techniques spread to layman society. All martial arts the Chinese fighting systems, influenced by martial artist and Holly- training in the Shaolin Temple was carried out secretly during this wood actor Bruce Lee.

Jeet Kune Do, the system he founded, has its time. Moreover, the Shaolin monk soldiers had decreased in number roots in Wing Chun, western boxing, savate and fencing.

Bruce Lee is from thousands to only a couple of hundred, all trained secretly. World Judo Championships have been held since After , the Qing dynasty fell in a revolution led by Dr. Sun Yat- , Judo at the Summer Olympics was introduced in Karate Sen. At this time, the value of traditional Chinese martial arts was re- World Championships were introduced in During the s Bra- evaluated, and the secrets of Chinese martial arts were revealed to zilian Jiu-Jitsu became popular and proved to be effective in mixed the public.

From the 's to the 's, many martial arts books martial arts. In , Wushu as Sports: there was a battle in the area of the Shaolin Temple.

The Temple was Amidst of all these martial arts Wushu has been at its own place. The burned for the last time by Warlord Shi You-San's military. Thus Wushu is a collective of all Chinese destroyed. The most priceless books and records on martial arts were martial arts; in some parts of the world it is also known as Kung-Fu. In also burned and lost.

The Chi- It was also during this period that, in order to preserve Chinese mar- nese State Commission for Physical Culture and Sports took the lead tial arts, President Chiang Kai-Shek ordered the establishment of the in creating standardized forms for most of the major arts. For this insti- period, a national Wushu system that included standard forms, teach- tute, many famous masters and practitioners were recruited.

The tra- ing curriculum, and instructor grading was established. This was the first time in Chinese history that under task force to teaching and practice of Wushu. Wushu literally means the government's power, all the different styles of Chinese martial "martial methods". In , the Chinese National Research Institute arts sat down and shared knowledge together. Unfortunately, after of Wushu was established as the central authority for the research only three generations, World War II started in A.

Changing government policies and Master Yanlong Li atti- tudes towards sports in general lead to the closing of the State Sports Martial Arts as World Sports: Commission the central sports authority in This closure is The mid to late 19th century marks the beginning of the history of mar- viewed as an attempt to partially de-politicize organized sports and tial arts as modern sports developed out of earlier traditional fighting move Chinese sport policies towards a more market-driven approach.

In Europe, this concerns the developments of boxing and fenc- As a result of these changing sociological factors within China, both ing as sports. In Japan, the same period marks the formation of the traditional styles and modern Wushu approaches are being promoted modern forms of judo, jujitsu, karate, and kendo among others based by the Chinese government.

The sport of Wushu is both an exhibition on revivals of old schools of Edo period martial arts which had been and a full-contact sport derived from traditional Chinese martial arts. In China, the modern history of martial arts begins attempt to nationalize the practice of traditional Chinese martial in the Nanjing decade s following the foundation of the Central arts. Most of the modern competition forms Taolu were formed from Guoshu Institute in under the Kuomintang government.

West- their parent arts by government-appointed committees. The rest of ern interest in Asian martial arts arises towards the end of the 19th world recognized Wushu for the first time when Chinese Wushu team century, due to the increase in trade between the United States with gave a demonstration in Berlin Olympics in Since then it has China and Japan. Relatively few Westerners actually practiced the spread like wild fire across the globe with many International Associ- arts, considering it to be mere performance.

Edward William Barton- ations and Championships. Today Associations are working for Wright, a railway engineer who had studied jujitsu while working in International Wushu Federation for their countries. Wushu is a roleplaying game where groups of friends sit safely on their asses and tell each other a shared story of high-flying, hyper-stylized action.

The emphasis is always on entertainment; this isn't a game where smart tactics and careful resource management lead to clearly-defined victories. It's more like improv theater or a radio play or a drunken bullshit session. The only way to win is to make sure everyone has a good time. This omnibus edition includes new and improved core rules, expanded advice for Directors, and three sample settings for zero-prep play.

It also compiles the four Wushu Guides, which provide voluminous examples of play for everything from car chases to ritual magic. It's "pay what you want," which is a great way to support the author. Character creation methods, character development, and wuxia archetypes from the Warring States to modern day. How to stunt like a pro with anything that chops, stabs, or slices.

Sound advice on bringing knives to gunfights. How to use Wushu for magic, from hoodoo to hermeticism, plus virtual animism and non-euclidean geomancy.

Prepare yourself for kung-fu scientists, cyborg swordsmen, and Zen psychologists in an alternate history America.