Short Weapons

Short-weapon sport refers to the combating athletic sport in which two athletes holding short weapons conduct actual combat or competition to demonstrate and compete sword attacking and defending skills of Wushu in a plot of field in compliance with certain rules.Through the exercise of short-weapon sports,one may cultivate his or her competences such as witness,flexibility,courage,perseverance,etc.,and may strengthen his or her combat skills,and may also improve his or her overall health level and physical capability.

Wushu short-weapon sport is a newly established athletic event with unique traditional Chinese characteristics.The Central Martial Arts Academy set up in 1927 used to arrange Wushu short-weapon subject.Short-weapon games were twicely arranged in the national Wushu examination held in 1928 and 1933.

Since PRC was founded in 1949,the National Sports Committee has been attaching great importance to Wushu.Wushu short-weapon sports was arranged in "Tianjin Folk-style Sports Performance and Competition"in 1952 (At that time the only protection kit was a chest protector.)and in "All China Folk-style Sports Preformance and Competition" in 1953(Five-round match,cotton sports suit,and no protection kits).Later the short-weapon sport had been listed as a curriculum in sports school and institutions,but it had not been regarded as an athletic event.In 1979 combat sports were were again concerned by the national authorities during the process of discovering and finding upon Wushu.Sanda,short-weapon combat and Taiji Push-hand were specially reserched and studied.Moreover,relevant experiments were conducted in Beijing Sports University and Wuhan Institute of Physical Education.In 1979,the performance of Sanda and short-weapon combat was held openly in the Wushu Competition Zone during the 4th National Athletic Game in 1979.Then another game was held for internal exchange in 1981 in Shenyang.The Wushu Administration Centre of the General Administration of Sports of China issued in the February of 2001 an administrative document entitled as "The Reply and Approval Concerning Carrying on the Reserch and Pre-test of Wushu Short-weapon Combat Sport by Xi'an Institute of Physical Education" in Qingdao City of Shandong Province in the August of the same year.Those experts and professionals thoroughly discussed relative articles of the competition rules and reached common understanding,and they determined the initial framework for the further development  of Wushu short-weapon sport.

 

 

 

Fu Biao demonstrating short weapon:sword

 

 

Fu Biao's Pupils showing short weapons together