Please enlight me on wushu( chinese martial arts)?

i had been learning bei quan dao which i think is the same as chang quan. I learnt long fist, basic 5 stance.. etc. I had not learnt any self-defence skill in this martial arts stance or isit i need to pick up some skill from those stances and defence my self? Guys please enlight me...





PS: sorri for my bad english and sorri if i had offended you in aniwae

Please enlight me on wushu( chinese martial arts)?
Wow... everytime someone answers a question like this they have to bring up the UFC or MMA... hahahaha What do you think TRADITIONAL Chinese Warriors did for years?? Use martial arts as dance moves? To dazzle their friends with their high kicks?? No- to survive when they fought for their lives. Done that lately, dpcemker?? It's a little different with a referee.





Anyways...


Wushu is a little on the overexcessive side for me personally. I would highly recommend Wing Chun if you want to learn fighting for real life situations. Excellent in close quarters combat. I don't think the style is really important truthfully. If you enjoy it and it works for you- that is the most important part of martial arts. It really depends on the Chnese art... I have never taken Bei Quan Dao so I cant really comment on that. Some styles of Chinese martial arts teach you stances just to train in to strengthen important fundamentals. (example: standing on 1 foot in White Crane) Wushu normally has the philosophy that a strong tree starts with strong roots. If your stance is strong then it will be hard to knock you down. Stick with the basics and take them very seriously... You can build a million dollar home on a weak foundation and it will crumble- or a $50k home on a strong foundation and it should stand for a long time. Stances and defense normally come before excesive training in striking. I wish you the best- stick with it and you should get the training your looking for with time.





Be sure to explore other options as well to see what martial art you might be able to pick up quickly because it works for you. Good luck!!
Reply:That the the art of kicking as in movies, as you can see none of the asians martial arts are good at all when it come to real fighting. Check out the UFC!
Reply:There actually is a web site designed specifically for Wushu. Lots of info.
Reply:Your style is more about tradition and "arts". It depends on yur teacher. Perhaps he is very traditional and knows that if a fight comes up, you will react with your skills and fight back, perhaps he is waiting to teach you how to use it in a real fight. But if your goal is truly to win fights, you are in the wrong style.
Reply:Wushu is simply the chinese word for martial arts.It sounds like you are being taught the basic skills,which all traditional martial arts schools begin with.You have to get the basic skills down before you can properly execute the fighting skills of the art.I think most people are like yourself and want to learn self defense skills right away.I teach mixed martial arts in my Street Martial Combatives school.Along with work on the basics,I teach body targets,body weapons and some simple self-defense techniques from the very first class and build upon that in each class that follows.It at least gives them some advantage that they didn't have when they walked in if they find themselves in a situation that they are not allowed to walk away from.As a U.S.Marine,I was given basic fighting skills in boot camp that would better my chances of coming home alive if I were called to war before I could recieve advanced training and practice those skils in war games.
Reply:I'm guessing you have been practicing just the routines so far.





You can't really pick up any Self defense skills from these stances as they are just stances. Please approach your instructor and ask where and when you will be practicing the "Martial" instead of just "Arts".





Or ask if there will be any sparring if you are too shy.
Reply:There are some mis-understanding here about Chinese martial arts. Simply, there are two main branches of Chinese martial arts - the traditional arts and the contemporary style arts called Wu Shu.





Originally, Wu Shu (Way of Martial) is the unified name for all Chinese martial arts since there are probably hundreds if not thousands of different styles in China. However, the People's Republic China government wanted to promote Chinese martial arts as a sport after 1950 and started to create a series of standard martial arts forms from some of the most popular traditional Chinese martial arts such as long fist, Southern fist, Tai Chi quan, etc. They called the new, contemporary forms "Wushu" to separated from the traditional Chinese martial arts.





The contemporary forms (Wu shu taolu) emphasize on the sports element of the original arts (making sure all pastures are correct and looks good) . Even the applications are still hidden in the moves, most of the time they are not taught to the practitioners.





In general, it will be easy for a Wu shu practitioner to learn the application if he/she wants to since they learn the basic movement already. For those who want to learn more about application instead of just a sport, it would be best to study traditional Chinese martial arts instead because it was designed for real life combat.
Reply:Phrenitus said all there is to say.