What is Chin Woo? (martial arts)?

Question

I can't find much info about it......... Is it the same as Wushu?

Chin Woo Wushu...? I'm a little confused.

Im 20. Been looking for a kung fu school nearby, this is the only place i found, called chin woo.... i guess ill know more about it when i try it out. But for now... i'm just curious.

Answer 1

Not exactly what you are asking  but this may help Try the martialarm Here is a quote from their site: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9A36HDEmT...

Answer 2

Have a read of this.

http://www.chin-woo.com/chinwoo.html

Answer 3

Not exactly what you are asking  but this may help Ive trained on the wooden dummy, bob and also the martialarm. The martialarm was the numerous effective. Here is a quote from their site: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9A36HDEmT...

Answer 4

easy to research,i understand its just another way of describing wu-shu. lots of high kicks and showy techniques. i would think good fun .

Answer 5

Chin Woo Athletic Association (traditional Chinese: 精武體育會; simplified Chinese: 精武体育会; pinyin: Jīngwǔ Tǐyùhuì; lit. Elite Martial Athletic Association) is a Chinese martial arts association founded in Shanghai on July 7, 1910, but conflicting sources also cite dates in 1909. It can be found spelled in many ways - Jing Mo, Ching Wu, Jing Wo, etc.

Many sources say that Chin Woo was founded by Huo Yuanjia[1] (霍元甲), the famed challenge fighter who died within months of its establishment. This gives the false impression that only one person founded the entire association when in reality it was founded by a committee of people. Due to Huo Yuanjia's popularity and recent death, the committee had decided that he should be the "face" of Chin Woo, resulting in his strong association with it.

Because Huo was widely admired as a Chinese national hero, a series of other masters agreed to teach at the school including Eagle Claw (鷹爪派) master Chen Zizheng (陳子正), Seven Star Praying Mantis (七星螳螂拳) master Luo Guangyu (羅光玉), Xingyi (形意拳) master Zhao Lianhe (趙連和), and Wu Jianquan (吳鑑泉), the founder of Wu style Taijiquan (吳式太極拳).Master Chao Lianhe,a master of Northern Shaolin Bizong Style became the Chief Instructor after the sudden death of Huo.

One of the first major public martial arts schools in China, Chin Woo was intended to create a more open environment for teaching and learning martial arts as opposed to the secretive training that had been common in the past. By doing so, the founders felt that this would keep alive traditions that secrecy and social change would otherwise doom. The basic curriculum drew from several styles of martial arts, giving practitioners a well-rounded martial background in addition to whatever they wished to specialize in. The Chin Woo Association inspired the ecumenism seen in the Chinese martial arts community during the Republic of China giving rise to such efforts as the National Martial Arts Institutes. Sun Yat Sen (孫逸仙), founder of the Republic of China, attended the third annual event held by Chin Woo in 1915, giving a speech of encouragement to the attendees.[2] When Sun Yat Sen attended again at the 10th annual event in 1920, he also wrote for a special Chin Woo newsletter and made a plaque with the engraving "martial spirit".[2]

Shut down by the government of the People's Republic of China in 1966[3], the Chin Woo Association was allowed to re-open after the Cultural Revolution, and currently has more than 150 branches around the world.

During the early days of Ching Wu (Jing Mo) in Shanghai, chief instructor, Chao Lianhe developed a curriculum that became the standard Chin Woo sets(Fundamental Routines).

Twelve Rows of Tan Tui (Spring Leg)

Gong Li Quan (Power Fist)

Jie Quan (Connecting Fist)

Da Zhan Quan (Big Battle Fist - Upper & Lower)

Ba Gua Dao (Eight Diagram Broadsword)

Qun Yang Gun (Shepherd Staff)

Wu Hu Qiang (Five Tiger Spear)

Jie Tan Tui (Tan Tui Sparring)

Tao Quan (Set Fist)

Dan Dao Chuan Qian (Broadsword versus Spear)

Styles taught varied from school to school, depending on the local Masters, i.e. Northern Mantis, Northern Shaolin Lo Han, Mizong,Eagle Claw,Bizong,Mizongyi and etc. The standard curriculum, however, was universally in all Chin Woo Associations.

PS: If you watch fearless by Jet Li and jin woo men by bruce lee , you would notice that the founder huo yuan jia is considered a supreme martial artists in his time and has defeated many others types of ma.