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Learn more about Wushu on the IWUF website.
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Wushu – Chinese-style combat routines and fight bouts
Disciplines at The World Games 2025: Sanda, Taolu
Wushu, also known as Kungfu, is the collective term for the martial art practices that originated and developed in China. Wushu refers to the culture and the image of Chinese Martial Arts; the sport has great TV and spectator appeal. A very wide variety of martial arts techniques is employed by practitioners.
The Sanda (Free-fighting) Events comprise three women’s and three men’s weight classes. Bouts are refereed as in boxing.
The Taolu Events (Routines competitions) are: Men’s: Changquan, Daoshu and Gunshu Combined, Nanquan and Nangun Combined, Taijiquan and Taijijian Combined, and Women’s: Changquan, Jianshu and Qiangshu Combined, Nanquan and Nandao Combined, Taijiquan and Taijijian Combined.
The routines in Changquan, Nanquan-Nandao/Nangun, Jianshu-Qiangshu and Daoshu-Gunshu must last no less than 1 minute and 20 seconds. The routines of Taijiquan-Taijijian last between 3 and 4 minutes.
In the routines, athletes demonstrate aerial techniques such as 540 and 720-degree jumps and kicks to add more difficulty to their forms. These include hand techniques, leg techniques, jumps, sweeps, footwork, seizing, throwing and wrestling. The winner is decided by the highest score after completion of the routine(s). The scores are given by 3 judges.
Federation: International Wushu Federation (IWUF), https://iwuf.org
