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Wudang quan

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Wudang quan is a class of Chinese martial arts. [1]

36 relations: Aikido, Baguazhang, Bajiquan, Bow-sim Mark, Boxer Rebellion, Buddhism, Central Guoshu Institute, Cheng Tinghua, Chinese martial arts, Chinese swords and polearms, Dantian, Dong Haichuan, Donnie Yen, Fu Zhensong, Huang Zongxi, Kuomintang, Li Jinglin, Liaoning, Manchu people, Neidan, Neijia, Qi, Qigong, Qing dynasty, Shaolin Kung Fu, Shaolin Monastery, Sung Wei-I, Tai chi, Tao Te Ching, Taoism, Temple of the Five Immortals (Shiyan), Wudang Mountains, Wudang Sword, Xing Yi Quan, Yang Luchan, Zhang Sanfeng.

Aikido

is a modern Japanese martial art developed by Morihei Ueshiba as a synthesis of his martial studies, philosophy, and religious beliefs.

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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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Bow-sim Mark

Bow-sim Mark is a martial arts master (or sifu) who lives in Newton, Massachusetts, US.

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Boxer Rebellion

The Boxer Rebellion (拳亂), Boxer Uprising or Yihetuan Movement (義和團運動) was a violent anti-foreign, anti-colonial and anti-Christian uprising that took place in China between 1899 and 1901, toward the end of the Qing dynasty.

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Buddhism

Buddhism is the world's fourth-largest religion with over 520 million followers, or over 7% of the global population, known as Buddhists.

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Central Guoshu Institute

The Central Guoshu Institute; was established in Nanjing by the Kuomintang government of the Republic of China in 1928 for the propagation of Chinese martial arts, and was an important center of martial arts during the Nanjing decade.

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Cheng Tinghua

Cheng Tinghua (also known as Cheng Yingfang) (1848–1900) was a renowned master of Chinese Neijia (internal) martial art Bagua Zhang.

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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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Chinese swords and polearms

The Chinese classify all swords into two types, jian (劍) and dao (刀).

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Dantian

Dantian, dan t'ian, dan tien or tan t'ien is loosely translated as "elixir field," "sea of qi," or simply "energy center." Dantian are the Qi Focus Flow Centers, important focal points for meditative and exercise techniques such as qigong, martial arts such as t'ai chi ch'uan, and in traditional Chinese medicine.

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Dong Haichuan

Dong Haichuan (13 October 1797 or 1813 – 25 October 1882) is regarded as a skillful martial artist and is widely credited to be the founder of Baguazhang.

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Donnie Yen

Donnie Yen Ji-dan (甄子丹; born 27 July 1963) is a Hong Kong actor, martial artist, film director, producer, action choreographer, and multiple-time world wushu tournament champion.

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Fu Zhensong

Fu Zhensong (1872–1953), also known by his courtesy name Fu Qiankun, was a grandmaster of Wudangquan martial arts.

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Huang Zongxi

Huang Zongxi (September 24, 1610 – August 12, 1695), courtesy name Taichong (太冲), was a Chinese naturalist, political theorist, philosopher, and soldier during the latter part of the Ming dynasty into the early part the Qing.

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Kuomintang

The Kuomintang of China (KMT; often translated as the Nationalist Party of China) is a major political party in the Republic of China on Taiwan, based in Taipei and is currently the opposition political party in the Legislative Yuan.

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Li Jinglin

Li Jinglin, also known as Li Fangchen (1885 – 1931) was a deputy inspector-general and later army general for the Fengtian clique during the Chinese warlord era.

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Liaoning

Liaoning is a province of China, located in the northeast of the country.

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Manchu people

The Manchu are an ethnic minority in China and the people from whom Manchuria derives its name.

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Neidan

Neidan, or internal alchemy, is an array of esoteric doctrines and physical, mental, and spiritual practices that Taoist initiates use to prolong life and create an immortal spiritual body that would survive after death (Skar and Pregadio 2000, 464).

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Neijia

Neijia is a term in Chinese martial arts, grouping those styles that practice neijing, usually translated as internal martial arts, occupied with spiritual, mental or qi-related aspects, as opposed to an "external" approach focused on physiological aspects.

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Qi

In traditional Chinese culture, qi or ch'i is believed to be a vital force forming part of any living entity.

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Qigong

Qigong, qi gong, chi kung, or chi gung is a holistic system of coordinated body posture and movement, breathing, and meditation used in the belief that it promotes health, spirituality, and martial arts training.

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Qing dynasty

The Qing dynasty, also known as the Qing Empire, officially the Great Qing, was the last imperial dynasty of China, established in 1636 and ruling China from 1644 to 1912.

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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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Shaolin Monastery

The Shaolin Monastery, also known as the Shaolin Temple, is a Chan ("Zen") Buddhist temple in Dengfeng County, Henan Province, China.

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Sung Wei-I

Sung Wei Yi (宋唯一) was born in Liaoning Province in 1855.

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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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Tao Te Ching

The Tao Te Ching, also known by its pinyin romanization Daodejing or Dao De Jing, is a Chinese classic text traditionally credited to the 6th-century BC sage Laozi.

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Taoism

Taoism, also known as Daoism, is a religious or philosophical tradition of Chinese origin which emphasizes living in harmony with the Tao (also romanized as ''Dao'').

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Temple of the Five Immortals (Shiyan)

The Temple of the Five Immortals or Five Immortals Temple (Chinese: 庙, p Wuxianmiao)Lindsey Wei(2009), "The Valley Spirit", Singing Dragon Publications is a Daoist temple located in Shiyan's Zhangwan District in China's Hubei Province.

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Wudang Mountains

The Wudang Mountains consist of a small mountain range in the northwestern part of Hubei, China, just south of Shiyan.

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Wudang Sword

Wudang Sword is a body of Chinese straight sword (jian) techniques—famous in China—encompassed by the Wudang chuan or internal 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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Yang Luchan

Yang Lu-ch'an or Yang Luchan, also known as Yang Fu-k'ui or Yang Fukui (1799–1872), born in Kuang-p'ing (Guangping), was an influential teacher of the internal style martial art t'ai chi ch'uan (taijiquan) in China during the second half of the 19th century.

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Zhang Sanfeng

Zhang Sanfeng was a legendary Chinese Taoist purported to have achieved immortality.

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References

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

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