WUSHU

Nov. 16, 2019

India's Wushu World Championships medal winners Praveen, Yumnam Sanathoi Devi, Poonam Khatri and Vikrant Baliyan were felicitated by Union Sports Minister Kiren Rijiju in New Delhi.

About:

  • Wushu, or Chinese Kungfu, is a hard and soft and complete martial art, as well as a full-contact sport.

  • In contemporary times, Wushu has become an international sport through the International Wushu Federation (IWUF), which holds the World Wushu Championships every two years.

  • Competitive Wushu is composed of two disciplines: taolu (forms) and sanda (sparring).
    • Taolu involves martial art patterns, acrobatic movements and techniques for which competitors are judged and given points according to specific rules.

    • Sanda is a modern fighting method and a full contact sport. Sanda contains boxing, kicks (kickboxing), and wrestling.