(College of Physical Education, Henan University, Kaifeng 475001,China)
Abstract: The author defined the concept of competitive Wushu as a Wushu sport that is developed on the basis of traditional Wushu, bases its subject on professional players, carries out intensified training in accordance with the requirements of competition events and competition rules and regulations, and exerts and enhances individual or collective sports competitive level to a maximum extent, so as to achieve excellent sports performance. Its sports forms mainly include routines, Sanda, and join hands in shadowboxing. In accordance with Lie Ning’s and Mao Zedong’ expatiations on essence, the author set forth that the essence of Wushu is provided with two levels, namely, general essence and special essence, and further came up with that the essences of keeping fit, national culture and martial art are the general essence of competitive Wushu in terms of sports, national traditional sports and Wushu, while competitive essence is the special essence of Wushu.
Key words: competitive Wushu; Wushu concept; Wushu essence; national traditional sports |
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