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List of Chinese martial arts information


This article contains a concise listing of individual systems of Chinese martial arts. Listings of various branches of a martial art system are located on a corresponding Wikipedia page which details the history of the system. The following list of Chinese martial arts is by no means exhaustive.

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List of Chinese martial arts

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article contains a concise listing of individual systems of Chinese martial arts. Listings of various branches of a martial art system are located on a...

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Chinese martial arts

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Chinese martial arts, often called by the umbrella terms kung fu (/ˈkʌŋ ˈfuː/; Chinese: 功夫; pinyin: gōngfu; Cantonese Yale: gūng fū), kuoshu (國術; guóshù)...

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List of martial arts

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schools of martial arts. Sometimes, schools or styles are introduced by individual teachers or masters, or as a brand name by a specific gym. Martial arts can...

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Animal styles in Chinese martial arts

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Ng Ying Kung Fu (Chinese: 五形功夫) Chinese: 五形; pinyin: wǔ xíng; lit. 'Five Forms')—Tiger, Crane, Leopard, Snake, and Dragon. The five animal martial arts styles supposedly...

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Origins of Asian martial arts

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origins of Asian martial arts are diverse and scattered, having roots in various regions of Asia. Various Asian martial arts reference the study of animal...

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List of martial arts weapons

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Weapons used in the world's martial arts can be classified either by type of weapon or by the martial arts school using them. List of melee weapons Bladed weapons...

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List of martial arts films

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incomplete list of films, ordered by year of release, featuring depictions of martial arts. Combat in film Kalaripayattu in popular culture List of films featuring...

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Korean martial arts

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Korean martial arts (Korean: 무술 or 무예) are fighting practices and methods which have their place in the history of Korea but have been adapted for use...

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Okinawan martial arts

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needed] The Okinawans combined Chinese martial arts with the existing local variants to form Tōde (唐手, Tuudii, Tang hand, China hand), sometimes called Okinawa-te...

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Neijia

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Neijia (內家) is the collective name for the internal Chinese martial arts. It relates to those martial arts occupied with spiritual, mental or qi-related aspects...

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Martial arts film

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Martial arts films are a subgenre of action films that feature martial arts combat between characters. These combats are usually the films' primary appeal...

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Chinese swordsmanship

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kendo), but many eclectic schools of Chinese martial arts include instruction for using one or two-handed versions of the single-edged sword (dao) and...

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Martial arts

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while the term Chinese boxing was also used to refer to Chinese martial arts up until then. Some authors have argued that fighting arts or fighting systems...

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Martial arts manual

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specific techniques of martial arts are often erroneously called manuals but were written as treatises. Prose descriptions of martial arts techniques appear...

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Outline of martial arts

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Mixed martial arts Stick-fighting Wushu Wrestling Martial arts by region Chinese martial arts European martial arts Filipino martial arts Indian martial arts...

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Indonesian martial arts

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Indonesian martial arts includes a variety of fighting systems native to or developed in the archipelago of Indonesia, both the age-old traditional arts, and...

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Japanese martial arts

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Japanese martial arts refers to the variety of martial arts native to the country of Japan. At least three Japanese terms (budō, bujutsu, and bugei) are...

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Wudangquan

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Wudangquan (Chinese: 武當拳; pinyin: Wǔdāngquán) is a class of Chinese martial arts. In contemporary China, Chinese martial arts styles are generally classified...

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Indian martial arts

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Indian martial arts refers to the fighting systems of the Indian subcontinent. A variety of terms are used for the English phrases "Indian martial arts", deriving...

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List of mixed martial arts films

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popularity of mixed martial arts (MMA) as an athletic sport, numerous MMA films have come to theaters, television, and DVDs. The following is a list of live...

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Shifu

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is a Chinese title meaning "skilled person", "teacher", or "master" that is most often used in English to address a teacher of Chinese martial arts. It...

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Shaolin kung fu

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Records of the Grand Historian, and other sources document the existence of martial arts in China for thousands of years. For example, the Chinese martial art...

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Northern Shaolin kung fu

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Shaolin (Chinese: 北少林; pinyin: Běishàolín; Cantonese Yale: Bak-siu-làhm) is the external (as opposed to internal) martial arts of Northern China, referring...

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Hong Kong action cinema

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14–15) (Chute & Lim, 2003, 2) (Logan, 1995) "Chinese Martial Arts: Philosophical influences"Chinese martial arts (Chute and Lim, 2003, 8 & 15) Shuk-ting,...

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Qinggong

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surfaces from the Chinese martial arts. One way of training is to run up a slightly inclined ramp, gradually increasing the steepness of the incline until...

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Ip Man

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Chinese martial artist. He became a grandmaster of the martial art of Wing Chun when he was 20. He had several students who later became martial arts...

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