Chines Kung Fu Outline

Chinese Martial Arts Outline

1. Introduction

            Chinese Martial Art, also referred to by the Mandarin Chinese term Wu-Shu, and popularly as Kung Fu, are a number of fighting styles that have developed over the centuries in China.

Thesis Statement

          Chinese Martial Arts, which popularly known as Kung Fu and considered as being one of the most precious traditional Chinese culture, has been developing for thousands of years and are becoming more and more popular in a worldwide area because of its usefulness, benefits on human body health, variety of forms and weapons and its elegance and so on. 

2. Body

1. History

          The genesis of Chinese martial arts has been attributed to the need for self-defense, hunting techniques and military training in ancient China. Hand-to-hand combat and weapons practice were important in training ancient Chinese soldiers.

2. Variety of Style

    a. Forms

         Modern Competition Form

         Taiji

         Bagua

    b. weapons

         18 different weapons (sword, spear and staff and so on)

3. Its influence in China

     a. Its influence in ancient China

          Self-defense

          War

          Ethics

     b. its influence in modern China

          Self-discipline

          Self-defense

          Finding inner self

          Culture

          Body health

4. Its acceptance and influence in the world

     a. It is a new style of fighting associated with art and elegance compared to Karate and Judo and other Martial Arts that are mainly focusing on strength and battling.

     b. Its benefits to our health make it more attractive for everybody to learn.

     c. We can almost find Chinese Kung Fu teacher in every country in the world

3. Conclusion

    As being one of the Chinese traditional cultures, Chinese Kung Fu has a dramatic impact on our society, and it is becoming more and more famous in the world because of its ability of self-defense, improving mentality and benefit on our body and so on.

    

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