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Chinese martial arts Chinese martial arts, often called by the umbrella terms Kung fu (term), kung fu (; ), kuoshu () or wushu (sport), wushu (), are Styles of Chinese martial arts, multiple fighting styles that have developed over the centuries in Greater China. Th ...

. Listings of various branches of a martial art system are located on a corresponding Wikipedia page which details the history of the system. The following list of

is by no means exhaustive.

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* Babu Lian Huan Quan (8-step chained boxing) * Ba Fa (Eight Methods) * Ba Gua Zhang (Eight Trigrams Palm) * Ba Ji (Eight Extremities) * Bai Mei (White Eyebrow) * Bei Tui (Northern Legs) * Chang Quan (Long Fist) * Cha Quan *

Chin Na Qinna () is the set of joint lock techniques used in the Chinese martial arts to control or lock an opponent's joints or muscles/tendons so they cannot move, thus neutralizing the opponent's fighting ability. ''Qinna Shu'' ( meaning "technique") ...

Chow Gar Tung Kong Chow Gar Tong Long (; East River Chow Family Praying Mantis), or simply Chow Gar (周家), is a southern Chinese martial art of the Hakka (客家) people. It is one of the four major schools in Southern Praying Mantis, the other school ...

* Choy Gar *

Choy Li Fut Choy Lee Fut is a Chinese martial art and wushu style, founded in 1836 by Chan Heung (陳享). Choy Li Fut was named to honor the Buddhist monk Choy Fook (蔡褔, Cai Fu) who taught him Choy Gar, and Li Yau-San (李友山) who taught him ...

* Chuo Jiao (Strike Foot) * DiSom * Di Tang Quan *

Drunken Monkey Drunken Monkey Form or Drunken Monkey Pole Form of Kung Fu is a fictional Chinese martial art, a variation of the Monkey Style. This style is different from Zui Quan (Drunken Fist), as the practitioner is imitating gestures of an intoxicated ...

Drunken Fist Drunken boxing () also known as Drunken Fist, is a general name for all styles of Chinese martial arts that imitate the movements of a drunk person. It is an ancient style and its origins are mainly traced back to the Buddhist and Daoist relig ...

* Duan Quan (Short-range Fist) *

Eagle Claw Eagle Claw (; pinyin: yīng zhǎo pài; ''eagle claw school'') is a style of Chinese martial arts known for its gripping techniques, system of joint locks, takedowns, and pressure point strikes, which is representative of Chinese grappling kn ...

* Emei Quan * Fanzi (Rotating) * Feng Shou (Wind Hand) *

Five Ancestors Five Ancestor Boxing (''Wuzuquan'' or ''Ngo-cho Kun'') is a Southern Chinese martial art that consists of principles and techniques from five styles: * the breathing methods and iron body of Bodhidharma (達尊拳) * the posture and dynamic ...

Five Animals In Chinese martial arts, there are fighting styles that are modeled after animals. In Southern styles, especially those associated with Guangdong and Fujian provinces, there are five traditional animal styles known as Ng Ying Kung Fu (Chines ...

Fujian White Crane Fujian White Crane, also known as White Crane Style () is a Southern Chinese martial arts, Chinese martial art that originated in Yongchun County, Fujian () province. According to oral tradition, the style was developed by Fang Qiniang (方七 ...

* Guzhuangquan * Fu Jow Pai (Tiger Claw Style) * Fut Gar (Buddhist Family) * Hei Hu Quan (Black Tiger Fist) * Hua Quan *

Hung Fut Hung Fut () is a southern style of Chinese martial art, first developed in the early 1800s by Lei Jou Fun, also known as Shaolin Buddhist Master Wun Lei and is a system that is widely practiced today. System Hung Fut is considered to be a hyb ...

Hung Gar Hung Ga (), Hung Kuen (), or Hung Ga Kuen () is a southern Chinese martial art belonging to the southern Shaolin styles. The hallmarks of Hung Ga are strong stances, notably the horse stance, or "si ping ma" (), and strong hand techniques, not ...

Jow-Ga Kung Fu Jow Ga Kung Fu ( Chinese: 周家) (or Jow Ga Kuen, Zhou Jia Chuan, or other forms of romanisation) () is a form of Kung Fu. It was founded by Jow Lung who was born in 1891, on the eleventh day of the third lunar month (April 16, 1891) in Sa Fu V ...

* Kong-Dao * Kunlun Quan * Lai Tung Pai * Leopard Style * Li Gar Quan (Li Family Fist) * Lian Huan Quan (Chained Punches) * Luohan Quan (Arhat Fist) * Mei Hua Quan (Plum-blossom Fist) * Mian Quan (Cotton Fist) * Mi Zong *

Mok Gar Mok Gar () is one of the five major family styles of Southern Chinese martial arts. It was developed by a Shaolin monk named Monk Mok Ta Shi () as an inheritance of the Southern Shaolin Fist in Guangdong province in China. It gained fame three ...

* Monkey Style * Nan Quan * Ng Ying (Five Animals) * Northern Praying Mantis Style *

Northern Shaolin In its broadest sense, Northern Shaolin () is the external (as opposed to internal) martial arts of Northern China, referring to those styles from the Northern Shaolin Monastery in Henan and specifically to the style practice by ''Gù Rǔzhāng ...

Pao Chui ''Pao Chui'' ( zh, c=三皇炮捶, p=Sān huáng pào chuí, l=Three Emperor Cannon Punch) is a Chinese martial art attributed to the Three August Ones: Fuxi, Shennong, and Gonggong. The spread of ''Pao Chui'' was due in part to its early associ ...

* Pi Gua Quan (Chop-Hanging Fist) *

Pushing hands Pushing hands, Push hands or tuishou (alternately spelled ''tuei shou'' or ''tuei sho'') is a two-person training routine practiced in internal Chinese martial arts such as Baguazhang, Xingyiquan, Taijiquan (tài jí quán), and Yiquan. It is ...

* San Da (Chinese Kick-boxing) *

Shaolin Kung Fu Shaolin Kung Fu (), also called Shaolin Wushu (), or Shaolin quan (), is one of the oldest, largest, and most famous styles of wushu, or kung fu of Chan Buddhism. It combines Ch'an philosophy and martial arts and originated and was developed i ...

* Shuai Jiao (Chinese Wrestling) * Shui Quan (Water Fist) * Snake Style * Southern Dragon Style * Southern Praying Mantis Style *

Tai chi Tai chi (), short for Tai chi ch'üan ( zh, s=太极拳, t=太極拳, first=t, p=Tàijíquán, labels=no), sometimes called "shadowboxing", is an neijia, internal Chinese martial art practiced for defense training, health benefits and medita ...

Tan Tui Tan Tui () may refer to a particular style of Chinese Martial Arts (commonly called Kung Fu or Gung Fu (), but more accurately called Wushu () bearing the name Tantui, a form(s), set(s) or routine(s) – popularly known by the Japanese term Kat ...

* Tien Shan Pai * Tong Bei Quan *

Wing Chun Wing Chun (Chinese: 詠春 or 咏春, lit. "singing spring"), sometimes spelled Ving Tsun, is a concept-based fighting art, form of Nanquan (martial art), Southern Chinese kung fu and close-quarters system of self-defense. In Mandarin, it is ...

* Wu Dang Quan *

Xing Yi Quan Xing Yi Quan is classified as one of the internal styles of Chinese martial arts. The name of the art translates approximately to "Form-Intention Fist", or "Shape-Will Fist". Xing Yi is characterized by aggressive, seemingly linear movements ...

Yau Kung Moon Yau Kung Mun (also Yau Kung Moon) 柔功門 is a Shaolin martial art. The Chinese term, 柔功門, can be roughly translated as "the style of flexible power". The Hong Kong and US schools usually use the romanization "Yau Kung Moon" or "Yau Kung M ...

* Yi Quan * Yue Jia Quan *

Zi Ran Men Ziranmen or Zi Ran Men (), also known as Natural Boxing, is a Northern internal style of kung fu that is taught in conjunction with Qigong breathing techniques. The style traces its lineage to Dwarf Xu, who based it on ancient Taoist philosophy ...

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