Why was Kung fu not shown in the Olympics opening cermony

Question

I was under the impression that kungfu orginated in China and they might show a display of it in the olympic Opening ceremony but there was nothing ..I know Tai Chi was shown and its considered to a form of Kung Fu but is it that famous or is there some history I am missing here..

Answer 1

They could show it in the closing ceremonies.

Answer 2

China's govt has requested that Kung Fu (really WuShu) be an olympic event.  When Korea hosted the Olympics Tae Kwon Do was made into an Olympic event - When Japan hosted, Judo was made into an Olympic event.  

China did not include WuShu in the Opening Ceremonies because there are so many styles (weapon, non weapon, etc.) that they could not adequately represent the art, but they ARE trying to get some form of WuShu made into an Olympic event.  

FYI - part of the arguement is that many of the other martial arts (Judo, Karate, TKD, etc.) acknowledge that they were derived from WuShu, or that Chinese boxing heavily influenced them.  China says Wu Shu should be included just like the track and field events - it is one of the mothers where other martial arts came from.

Answer 3

Kung fu has religious (Buddhist) implications.

Religion has been outlawed under the Communist regime.

Only Wu Shu is permitted by the state these days.

Answer 4

You could find the idea for Olympics opening cermony by zhangyimou in this website(http://olympic.chinaassistor.com)