The Chinese Wushu Association (CWA) is the governing body of wushu in all of its forms throughout

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. Since its founding in 1958, it has been credited with the development and standardization of

modern wushu ''Wushu'' (), or ''Kung fu'', is a hard and soft and complete martial art, as well as a full-contact combat sport. It has a long history in reference to Chinese martial arts. It was developed in 1949 in an effort to standardize the practi ...

and sanda throughout the world.

History

The

Central Guoshu Institute The Central Guoshu Institute () was established in Nanjing by the Kuomintang government of the Republic of China in March 1928 for the propagation of Chinese martial arts, and was an important center of martial arts during the Nanjing decade. ''Gu ...

was created in 1928 by the

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as a means of standardizing the practice of wushu throughout China. It closed in 1948 due to a lack of funding. In 1958 under the

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, the Chinese Wushu Association was founded in Beijing. The first chairman was Li Menghua. That year, the first

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was held and wushu was an official event. In the mid to late 1980s, the CWA organized a series of competitions known as the International Invitational Wushu Championships which included 1985, 1986, and 1988 renditions for taolu competition, as well as a sanda competition in 1988. At the 1985 competition held in Xi'an, a preparatory committee for the formation of the

International Wushu Federation The International Wushu Federation (IWUF) is an international sport organization and is the governing body for wushu in all its forms worldwide. The IWUF is recognized by the International Olympic Committee (IOC), and is also a member of the ARI ...

was formed by the CWA which included other international promoters and practitioners. Since the formation of the IWUF, the CWA continued to be a major influence on the progression of wushu worldwide in the creation of competition regulations, routines, and standards. In 2020, amid criticism of traditional martial arts, the CWA ordered practitioners not to self-appoint themselves as masters.

Organization

The CWA is the official national wushu federation of China which is recognized by the

. It is also part of the Wushu Federation of Asia (WFA), a continental organization of the IWUF. The CWA is a part of the

General Administration of Sport of China The General Administration of Sport () is the government agency responsible for sports in mainland China. It is subordinate to the State Council of the People's Republic of China. It also administers the All-China Sports Federation and Chinese Oly ...

All-China Sports Federation The All-China Sports Federation () is a national non-governmental, non-profit sports organization in China. It oversees a wide array of sports associations in the country. It is responsible to the State General Administration of Sports and the Mini ...

, and the

Chinese Olympic Committee The Chinese Olympic Committee (; IOC code: CHN) has been the officially designated body of the People's Republic of China (PRC) regarding the Olympic Games and other affiliated international sport federations since 1979, when the Nagoya Resolu ...

. The CWA consists of various technical committees for various styles of wushu as well as other committees dedicated to promotion, management, and research. The current chairman is Zhang Qiuping who is also the IWUF Secretary General.

List of Chairmen

* Li Menghua, 1958 * Dong Shouyi, 1964 * Zheng Huaixian, 1980 * Huang Zhong, 1982 * Zhang Yaoting, 1992 *Li Jie, 1996 * Wang Xiaolin, 2005 * Gao Xiaojun, 2010 * Zhang Qiuping, 2014

References

External links

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