About the Book
Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 44. Chapters: Grappling, Wushu, Breaking, Chokehold, Roundhouse kick, Touch of Death, Pressure point, Front kick, Throw, 540 kick, Butterfly kick, 360 Crescent kick, Kip-up, Clinch fighting, Aliveness, Blocking, Compression lock, Eye-gouging, Ground fighting, Groin attack, Pin, Joint lock, Fish-hooking, Double Leg, Sode guruma jime, Kata guruma, Arm triangle choke, Foot sweep, Maipayat, Kata gatame, Deashi harai, Aerial cartwheel, Kara-Ho Kempo, Crucifix position, Icepick grip, Corkscrew, Harai goshi, Hane goshi, Karate techniques, Ippon seoi nage, Open-hand strikes, Gyaku J ji-jime, Figure-four, Kata ha jime, Hiza guruma, Ashi garami, Hane goshi gaeshi, Hikikomi gaeshi, Daki wakare, Ashi guruma, Tsubame gaeshi, Kata juji jime, Over-under position, Bridge, Collar-and-elbow position, Jump inside kick, Harai goshi gaeshi, Kawazu gake, Harai tsurikomi ashi, Transition, Ashi-Hishigi, Lotus kick, Spinning heel kick, Hane makikomi, Rubber guard, Do-Jime, Harai makikomi, Daki age, Kata te jime, Ganseki otoshi, Ao muke gata ude hishigi, Spin up, Hammerblow, Hasami jime, Mukido. Excerpt: The sport of wushu is both an exhibition and a full-contact sport derived from traditional Chinese martial arts. It was created in the People's Republic of China after 1949, in an attempt to nationalize the practice of traditional Chinese martial arts. Most of the modern competition forms ( taolu) were formed from their parent arts (see list below) by government-appointed committees. In contemporary times, wushu has become an international sport through the International Wushu Federation (IWUF), which holds the World Wushu Championships every two years; the first World Championships were held in 1991 in Beijing and won by Yuan Wen Qing. Competitive wushu is composed of two disciplines: taolu (; forms) and sanda (; sparring) Taolu involve martial art...
