Wushu Martial Art Applique III

Wushu is a Chinese martial art practised both as a traditional martial art and as a competitive sport. It encompasses various styles and techniques, including striking, kicking, throwing and grappling techniques, as well as acrobatics and weapon fighting. Wushu has a long history in China and is practised worldwide today.

Martial art is a technique to protect oneself from enemy attacks. The decisive factor here is not the actual practicality of the respective techniques, but their subjective conceptual utility in a specific application scenario. This can be, for example, a sports fight, a martial duel or a self-defense situation. Accordingly, overcoming the opponent can translate into, among other things, a points victory, eliminating the opponent's ability to attack, ensuring one's own physical integrity, or, in extreme cases, killing the opponent. Some fighting systems are based on or tolerate the use of weapons, particularly striking and thrusting weapons and certain projectile weapons. Commonly, systems that use weapons augmented beyond one's own physical strength (e.g., by chemicals, motors, compressed air, computer technology) do not count as martial arts/martial arts.