Why do many people hate contemporary Wushu?

Let me tell you why....I have lived in China, Hong Kong, and Taiwan from 1991-2000 (with short visits to the USA). Contemporry Wushu is NOT Kung Fu. These froms were made in the 1950's%26amp;1960's. They do not exist in Hong Kong or Taiwan unless an outsider breings them in. It is flashy, useless, running, jumping, body slapping nonsense....Real Kung Fu teachers from Hong Kong and Taiwan (Republic of China) consider it trash. Many wushu people are talented and desrve respect but I hope they will reurn to real Kung Fu, if a form has fast running steps, then it is wushu, don't practice that junk. I am a teacher of Praying Mantis the old forms not wushu, i know some wushu and don't like it. Traditional kung fu helps in a real fight better than runny, slappy wushu...the only awesome "wushu" style is sanshou which was around before contemporary wushu....I hope more martial artists will embrace the real true forms...

Why do many people hate contemporary Wushu?
I know little of wushu, but my guess would be a combination of ignorance of the haters, and improper training of the practioners
Reply:At my dad's school we teach functional and meditative taichi and we call the form wushu, it's not what most people refer to as wushu--I hate that flashy, for-show, no-good-in-real-life crap they are calling wushu, it is not real anyway. We teach for self-defense and exercise and we don't teach anything that is not beneficial in real life. That showy stuff is a waste of time and energy if you think it's going to help you out in a dark alley.
Reply:WUSHU or WU SU it's old name literally means war skill or art.It is going to depend on who is doing the teaching how closely this idea will be followed.


I see it as being a prepratory art to teach balance speed and flexibility before going on to the real combatives.
Reply:That's interesting. I have been doing MMA and kickboxing for a while, but went to a couple of wushu lessons recently as I am of Chinese heritage and thought I should try it out.





I did notice that it seemed quite flashy and not practical compared to what I was used to but thought it must be just not what I'm used to.





Considering that the foundations martial arts originated in Chinese kung fu... or at least had some of its beginnings there, its sad that it seems to have moved away from its true forms as you say.





Where in Australia can one learn real kung fu?

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