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Wushu Styles (01)
In modern wushu
there are different styles of fist- and weaponforms. The weaponforms consist of
the stick, the spear, the straightsword, and the broadsword, devided in the
southern and the northern styles, as you will see in the section on wushu
weapons.
The fistforms in
wushu consist of Chang Quan, Nan Quan, and Taiji Quan.
Chang Quan
Chang Quan means
'Longstyle Boxing', and is a northern style of fistplay. It consists of
techniques from Hua Quan ('Flowerstyle Boxing'), Cha Quan ('Cha
Family Boxing'), Fanzi Quan ('Tumbling Boxing'), Shaolin Quan ('Shaolin
Temple Boxing'), and a few more northern styles. It is probably the most popular
one of the modern wushu styles, widely played in competition worldwide.
The most popular
form these days is the standardised form, which you see very often, and its
older version, which was very popular in the 80's and throughout the 90's.
Chang Quan
stresses on simple positions, and long, direct handblows, and kicks to the
adversary. It is especially known for it's jumpkicks, meaning the butterfly-
whirlwind- lotus- and front-kick.
Nan
Quan
Nan Quan means
'Southern Fist', meaning that it consists of many southern Chinese boxing styles,
as the wellknown styles from the Cai-, Liu-, Mo-, Li-, and Hong Family, aswell
as the less known 'Black Tiger Boxing', the 'Five Ancestor Boxing', and a few
other styles.
It's a style
that's known for it's forceful arm-swings, and fist-blows. It's a style that
uses a lot of low stances, short movements, and loud shouting, that combined
with breathing techniques is used to generate power.
Taiji Quan
In traditional Taiji Quan (which means 'supreme boxing') there are five styles; the
Wu, Chen, Wu (different character), Sun, and Yang styles.
In wushu
competition one uses a contemporary form, which is shorter to execute, which
probably makes it more attractive for a larger group of practitioners.
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