Martial morality has always been a required discipline in Chinese martial arts. Before you learn any martial techniques, you should first understand this subject.

In Chinese martial arts society, it is well known that a student’s success is not determined by external appearance, nor by how strong or weak that person is, but rather by the student’s way of thinking and morality. Chinese martial artists have a saying: “A student will spend three years looking for a good teacher, and a teacher will test a student for three years.” A wise student realizes that it is better to spend several years looking for a good teacher than to spend the time learning from a mediocre one. A good teacher will...

Author: Tyler J Rowe

Tyler is a fully qualified instructor in Wushu at Taichi For Life, Frankston. You can find this article, and read more about him at his website: www.chinadragon.com.au

Within the rich history and vast family tree of Chinese Martial arts there exists both 'hard' and 'soft' styles, both 'external' and 'internal' arts. The incorrect assumption is often made that all internal styles are slow, such as Taijiquan (Taichi), and that all the remaining faster styles are external. Also the term Wushu is often mistakenly applied to only these 'faster external styles'.

In fact the term Wushu is all encompassing and...