Kung Fu from Wudang Mountains

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Updated: 2012-10-09

Wudang Mountain wushu, noted for its exercise of the internal organs and breathing techniques, developed along with Wudang Mountain Taoism. Taoist priests put equal emphasis on religious practice and promotion of the health.

They derived the principles of wushu from Taoist theories and applied Taoist practical approaches to wushu skills, thus gradually developing Wudang Mountain wushu which integrates ancient Chinese philosophy with extraordinary wushu skills.

In the Ming Dynasty, Wudang Mountain wushu reached its height through the outstanding efforts of a Taoist priest named Zhang Sanfeng, and gradually became one of the major schools of Chinese wushu.