（Physical Education Research Base of the key Research Base of Humanities and Social Sciences in Shanghai Colleges and Universities，School of Physical Education and Health，East China Normal University，Shanghai 200241，China) Abstract: Firstly the authors reviewed traditional Wushu boxing ability weakening process, then analyzed main factors that currently restrict traditional Wushu boxing ability improving, and lastly put forward specific strategies for improv-ing traditional Wushu boxing ability. The authors drew the following conclusions: 1) since Wushu varieties’ techniques present such undiversified characteristics as “partial to one aspect” and “good at one aspect”, it is very difficult for its practicers to participate in technique relatively comprehensive competitive combat competition; 2) Traditional Wushu’s boxing ability already started weakening at the end of the Qing dynasty at the latest, was restricted due to special social environment from the end of the 1950s to the end of the 1970s, was left out due to the establishment of such a subject objective as “Wushu for the Olympic Games” at the country level in recent 30 years, these reasons caused traditional Wushu developed up to this day is indeed lacking of boxing ability; 3) Wushu boxing ability improvement should be carried out from two aspects: on the one hand, various varieties establish corresponding competition rules for competi-tive games according to their own boxing characteristics; on the other hand, make appropriate improvements to tradi-tional Wushu’s boxing techniques, and apply them to modern sports competitive combat.
Key words: traditional Wushu；boxing ability；Wushu training；Wushu competition |
