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Related Ditangquan, (Chinese: 地趟拳, literally "ground tumbling boxing") is a category of martial art that originated in the Shandong Province of China during the Song Dynasty (960-1279).
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Style
The major characteristic of ditangquan is the ability to perform tumbles, falls, turns, somersaults and aerial acrobatics using those techniques for both offense and defense.
Since the time of its origin, this martial art has spread throughout China and has been incorporated into other martial arts styles.
Although ditangquan exists as a traditional style, extant versions of it were unknown to the Chinese modern wushu coaches and players of the 1970s; as a result, a "new" version of ditangquan was created based on the tumbling techniques of monkey and drunken styles, but without the characteristic monkey or drunken movements[1]. Today, traditional versions of ditangquan can still be found included as parts of other styles, such as in chuojiao, or as separate martial arts, such as Fujian góuquán (dog style); in the traditional styles, there is less emphasis on tumbling and more emphasis on attacking and defending while falling on the ground. In modern wushu, however, the "new" ditangquan remains a common style used in competition today.
Examples
Examples of the varieties of Ditangquan that now exist include, among others:
- Moving-on-the-Ground Boxing (地行拳);
- Plum Blossom Ground Tumbling Boxing (地躺梅花拳);
- Shaolin Earth Dragon Boxing (少林地龙拳);
- Flying Dragon Ground Tumbling Boxing (飞龙地躺拳);
References
- ^ Where Wushu Went Wrong, Origins of Modern Ditang.
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