Serious measures needed to revive real martial arts
China DailyStudents of Beijing Academy, a middle school, practice martial arts during PE class in December. Continuing his focus on people's changing lifestyle and sports, a veteran journalist with China Daily analyzes the development of martial arts. To ensure its employees get some much-needed exercise during the COVID-19 pandemic, when many gyms, swimming pools and jogging tracks were closed, China Daily invited a wushu, or kung fu, master to teach them Baduanjin－a martial arts form that combines tai chi and qigong. The absence of real masters and real kung fu has also created opportunities for swindlers who claim to be the inheritors of some long-lost martial arts schools. Some experts have suggested a double-track approach to develop martial arts: continuing the promotion efforts because it helps popularize wushu at home and abroad; and issuing supportive policies to encourage real masters to do more to pass down their skills by operating schools and taking in disciples.
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