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List of Chinese martial arts

Index List of Chinese martial arts

This page contains a concise listing of individual systems of traditional Chinese martial arts (传统中国武术 chuántǒng Zhōngguó wǔshù). [1]

67 relations: Bafaquan, Baguazhang, Bajiquan, Bak Mei, Changquan, Chāquán, Chin Woo Athletic Association, Chinese martial arts, Choy gar, Choy Li Fut, Chuōjiǎo, Ditangquan, Duan Quan, Eagle Claw, Emeiquan, Fanzi, Feng Shou, Five Ancestors, Five Animals, Fu Jow Pai, Fujian White Crane, Fut Gar, Heihuquan, Huaquan, Hung Fut, Hung Ga, Jeet Kune Do, Jow-Ga Kung Fu, Kunlunquan, Lai Tung Pai, Leopard Kung Fu, Li (Lee) Family, List of martial arts, Liu Seong Kuntao, Liuhebafa, Luohan (martial arts), Martial arts, Meihuaquan, Mian Quan, Mizongyi, Mok Gar, Monkey Kung Fu, Nanquan, Northern Praying Mantis, Northern Shaolin (martial art), Pào Chuí, Piguaquan, Pinyin, Sanshou, Shaolin Kung Fu, ..., Shuai jiao, Sic, Snake Kung Fu, Southern Dragon Kung Fu, Southern Praying Mantis, Tai chi, Tán Tuǐ, Tien Shan Pai, Tongbeiquan, Wade–Giles, Wing Chun, Wudang quan, Xing Yi Quan, Yau Kung Moon, Yiquan, Yuejiaquan, Zi Ran Men. Expand index (17 more) »

Bafaquan

Ba Fa, or Eight Methods, is a Chinese martial art developed by Li De Mao (李德茂) during the Qing dynasty.

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Baguazhang

Baguazhang is one of the three main Chinese martial arts of the Wudang school, the other two being Taijiquan and Xing Yi Quan.

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Bajiquan

Bajiquan is a Chinese martial art that features explosive, short-range power and is famous for its elbow and shoulder strikes.

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Bak Mei

Bak Mei ("Bak Mei" comes from the Cantonese pronunciation) is said to have been one of the legendary Five Elders — survivors of the destruction of the Shaolin Monastery by the Qing dynasty (1644–1912) — who, according to some accounts, betrayed Shaolin to the imperial government.

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Changquan

Chángquán refers to a family of external (as opposed to internal) martial arts (kung fu) styles from northern China.

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Chāquán

Chāquán (Hanyu Pinyin: Zhāquán) is a Chinese martial art that features graceful movements and some acrobatic aerial maneuvers.

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Chin Woo Athletic Association

Jing Wu is an international martial arts organisation founded in Shanghai, China, on July 7, 1910, but some sources cite dates in 1909.

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Chinese martial arts

Chinese martial arts, often named under the umbrella terms kung fu and wushu, are the several hundred fighting styles that have developed over the centuries in China.

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Choy gar

Choy Gar, also Caijia Quan (Chinese: 蔡家拳, Choy family fist) is a Chinese martial art deriving its name from the Cantonese-born founder, Choy Gau Lee (蔡九儀) (Choy Tsing Hung) and is one of the five main family styles of Kung Fu in Southern China.

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Choy Li Fut

Choy Li Fut (Cantonese), also spelled Choy Lay Fut and Choy Lee Fut or Cai Li Fo (Mandarin) (aka Choy Lee Fut Kung Fu) is a Chinese martial art founded in 1836 by Chan Heung (陳享).

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Chuōjiǎo

Chuōjiǎo is a Chinese martial art that comprises many jumps, kicks, and fast fist sequences.

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Ditangquan

Ditangquan, (literally "ground tumbling boxing") is a category of martial art that originated in the Shandong Province of China during the Song Dynasty (960–1279).

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Duan Quan

Duan Quan, also known as Short-Range Boxing, is a form of kung fu practiced primarily in the Hebei Province of China.

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Eagle Claw

Eagle Claw (pinyin: yīng zhǎo pài) is a style of Chinese martial arts known for its gripping techniques, system of joint locks, takedowns, and pressure point strikes, which is representative of Chinese grappling known as Chin Na.

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Emeiquan

Emeiquan is a style of Chinese martial art.

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Fanzi

Fānziquán (literally "Rotating fist") is a Chinese martial art that emphasizes offense and defense with the hands.

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Feng Shou

Feng Shou (風手) is a Chinese Martial Arts style associated with Taoist Arts of the Lee-style as taught by Chee Soo, President of the International Taoist Society.

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Five Ancestors

Five Ancestors Fist (Wuzuquan or Ngo-cho Kun) is a Southern Chinese martial art that consists of principles and techniques from five styles.

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Five Animals

In the Chinese martial arts, imagery of the Five Animals—Tiger, Crane, Leopard, Snake, and Dragon—appears predominantly in Southern styles, especially those associated with Guangdong and Fujian Provinces.

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Fu Jow Pai

Fu Jow Pai (Cantonese Jyutping: Fu2 Zaau2 Pai3, Mandarin, literally "Tiger Claw School", also "Tiger Claw System" or "Tiger Claw Style"), originally named "Hark Fu Moon" (Cantonese Jyutping: Hak1 Fu2 Mun4, Mandarin, literally "Black Tiger School", also "Black Tiger System"), is a Chinese martial art that has its origins in Hoy Hong Temple.

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Fujian White Crane

White Crane Style (in) is a Southern Chinese martial art that originated in Fujian (福建) province.

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Fut Gar

Fut Gar Kuen or Buddhist Family Fist is a relatively modern Southern Shaolin style of Kung Fu devised primarily from the combination of Hung Ga Kuen 洪家 and Choy Gar 蔡家 Kuen.

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Heihuquan

Black Tiger Fist (Chinese: 黑虎拳 Heihuquan) is a northern Chinese martial art originating in Shandong Province.

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Huaquan

Huaquan (simplified Chinese: 华拳; traditional Chinese: 華拳) is a style of Long Fist Kung Fu (Changquan) which is believed to have originated in the Former Song Dynasty (420–479 AD) around the Hua Shan (Hua Mountain) area of Shaanxi Province.

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Hung Fut

Hung Fut (Chinese: 洪佛; pinyin: hóng fó) is a southern style of Chinese martial art, first developed in the early 1800s by Lei Jou Fun 李祖寬 and widely practiced today.

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Hung Ga

Hung Ga (洪家), Hung Kuen (洪拳), or Hung Ga Kuen (洪家拳) is a southern Chinese martial art (Cantonese, to be more specific), which belongs to the southern shaolin styles and associated with the Cantonese folk hero Wong Fei Hung, who was a master of Hung Ga.

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Jeet Kune Do

Jeet Kune Do, abbreviated JKD, is a hybrid philosophy of martial arts heavily influenced by the personal philosophy and experiences of martial artist Bruce Lee.

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Jow-Ga Kung Fu

Jow Ga Kung Fu (Chinese: 周家) (or Jow Gar, Zhou Jia, or other forms of romanisation) is a form of Kung Fu.

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Kunlunquan

Kunlunquan (昆仑拳, Kunlun Fist) is a style of Chinese martial arts popular in the province of Guangdong.

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Lai Tung Pai

Lai Tung Pai黎峒派 (sometimes spelled Lai Tong Pai, also known as Panquan 蟠拳, Poon (Pun) Kuen 盤拳 or encircle or coiling fist) is a martial art of Chinese origin, coming from the Sil Lum (Mandarin Shaolin) tradition in the Guangdong providence of China.

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Leopard Kung Fu

Tiger Kung fu is style of southern Chinese martial arts and is one of the Five Animal styles.

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Li (Lee) Family

The Li or Lee family Kung Fu 李家功夫 is commonly known as one of the five famous family styles of Southern Chinese martial arts.

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List of martial arts

There are a large number of distinct styles and schools of martial arts.

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Liu Seong Kuntao

The Liu Seong System is one of the many styles of Kuntao, which are hybrid martial arts systems derived from the cultures of Chinese Indonesia.

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Liuhebafa

Note: The art is commonly abbreviated as LHBF, and often referred to by its Cantonese name: Lok Hap Baat Faat Liuhebafachuan 六合八法拳; Pinyin: liùhébāfǎquán) (literally Six Harmonies Eight Methods Boxing) is a form of internal Chinese martial arts. It has been called "Xinyi Liuhebafa-" 心意六合八法拳 and is also referred to as "Water Boxing" (shuǐ quán 水拳) due to its principles.

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Luohan (martial arts)

Luohan quan, which means "Arhat fist", is a general name for all the styles of Chinese martial arts that are named after the Arhats, the holy Buddhist figures.

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Martial arts

Martial arts are codified systems and traditions of combat practices, which are practiced for a number of reasons: as self-defense, military and law enforcement applications, mental and spiritual development; as well as entertainment and the preservation of a nation's intangible cultural heritage.

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Meihuaquan

Meihua Quan (literally "Plum-blossom Fist") is a common term used to name styles or exercise sets of kung fu.

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Mian Quan

Mian Quan (literally "Cotton Fist") is a northern Chinese martial arts style which most likely originated in the province of Hebei.

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Mizongyi

Mízōngyì, or simply Mízōng, is a style of Chinese martial art based on deception and mobility.

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Mok Gar

Mok Gar (莫家) is one of the five major family styles of Southern Chinese martial arts.

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Monkey Kung Fu

Monkey Kung Fu, or Monkey Fist (猴拳), is a Chinese martial art which utilizes ape or monkey-like movements as part of its technique.

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Nanquan

Nanquan refers to a classification of Chinese martial arts that originated south of the Yangtze River of China with emphasis on "short hitting" on the arms movement predominantly on southern styes such as Hung Kuen, Choi Lei Fut, Hak Fu Mun, Wuzuquan, Wing Chun and so on.

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Northern Praying Mantis

Northern Praying Mantis is a style of Chinese martial arts, sometimes called Shandong Praying Mantis after its province of origin.

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Northern Shaolin (martial art)

In its broadest sense, Northern Shaolin refers to the external (as opposed to internal) martial arts of Northern China referring to those styles from the Northern Shaolin Monastery in Henan.

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Pào Chuí

Sān Huáng Pào Chuí is a Chinese martial art attributed to the Three August Ones: Fuxi, Shennong, and Gonggong.

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Piguaquan

Piguaquan (Traditional Chinese: 劈掛拳, literally "chop-hanging fist"), also known as Piguazhang (劈掛掌, "chop-hanging palm") due to its emphasis on palm techniques, is often practiced along with Bajiquan (八極拳, literally "eight extremes fist") and is a style of wushu (Chinese martial arts) that features explosive, long-range power.

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Pinyin

Hanyu Pinyin Romanization, often abbreviated to pinyin, is the official romanization system for Standard Chinese in mainland China and to some extent in Taiwan.

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Sanshou

Sanshou (Wushu Sanshou), also known as Sanda (Wushu Sanda), Chinese boxing or Chinese kickboxing, is a Chinese self-defense system and combat sport.

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Shaolin Kung Fu

Shaolin Kung Fu, also called Shaolin Wushu or Shaolin quan, is one of the oldest, largest, and most famous styles of wushu or kungfu.

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Shuai jiao

Shuai jiao is the term pertaining to the ancient jacket wrestling Kung-Fu style of Beijing, Tianjin and Baoding of Hebei Province in the North China Plain which was codified by Shan Pu Ying (善撲营 The Battalion of Excellency in Catching) of the Nei Wu Fu (内務府, Internal Administration Unit of Imperial Household Department).

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Sic

The Latin adverb sic ("thus", "just as"; in full: sic erat scriptum, "thus was it written") inserted after a quoted word or passage indicates that the quoted matter has been transcribed or translated exactly as found in the source text, complete with any erroneous or archaic spelling, surprising assertion, faulty reasoning, or other matter that might otherwise be taken as an error of transcription.

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Snake Kung Fu

There are several Chinese martial arts known as Snake Boxing or Fanged Snake Style which imitate the movements of snakes.

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Southern Dragon Kung Fu

The movements of the Southern Dragon style of Shaolin Boxing are based on the mythical Chinese dragon.

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Southern Praying Mantis

Southern Praying Mantis is a Chinese martial art originating with the Hakka people.

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Tai chi

Tai chi (taiji), short for T'ai chi ch'üan, or Taijiquan (pinyin: tàijíquán; 太极拳), is an internal Chinese martial art practiced for both its defense training and its health benefits.

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Tán Tuǐ

Tán Tuǐ may refer to a particular style of Chinese martial arts bearing the name Tantui, or as forms found in many different styles.

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Tien Shan Pai

Tien Shan Pai (天山派, pinyin Tiānshān pài) is a northern style of Kung-fu which stresses rhythm, the demonstration of power accentuated by solid thuds made by the hands, the emitting of power from the entire body, the coordination of the hands and feet as well as blocks and strikes, high kicks and low sweeps, as well as locking and throwing techniques.

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Tongbeiquan

Tongbeiquan (通背拳 tōngbèiquán; literally "Spreading Power from the Back Boxing", as tong means "through," bei means "back" and quan means "fist") is a school of martial arts popular in northern China, known for engaging opponents from maximum distance.

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Wade–Giles

Wade–Giles, sometimes abbreviated Wade, is a Romanization system for Mandarin Chinese.

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Wing Chun

Wing Chun is a traditional Southern Chinese Kung fu (wushu) specializing in close range combat.

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Wudang quan

Wudang quan is a class of Chinese martial arts.

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Xing Yi Quan

Xing Yi Quan is classified as one of the Wudang styles of Chinese martial arts.

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Yau Kung Moon

Yau Kung Mun (also Yau Kung Moon) 柔功門 is a Shaolin martial art.

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Yiquan

Yi quan, also known as Dacheng quan, is a martial art system founded by the Chinese Xingyiquan master Wang Xiangzhai (王薌齋).

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Yuejiaquan

Yuejiaquan (岳家拳, literally Yue Family Fist, alternately Yue Ch'uan) is a style of Chinese martial arts attributed to Yue Fei, a noted General and patriot from the Song Dynasty.

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Zi Ran Men

Ziranmen or Zi Ran Men, also known as Natural Boxing, is a Northern internal style of kung fu that is taught in conjunction with Qigong breathing techniques.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Chinese_martial_arts

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