What is the purpose of practicing martial arts?

The purpose of practicing China Kung Fu (martial arts) is threefold: 1, fitness. 2. Improve the attack ability. 3. Inherit and develop Wushu. As we all know, practicing martial arts can keep fit. This is why fitness is the first purpose of practicing martial arts. Wushu pays attention to both internal and external cultivation, and achieves the profound realm of "invisible and unintentional" through both internal and external cultivation. So first of all, we must reconcile yin and yang and keep fit. Only by "combining yin and yang" can we gradually move towards "invisible and unintentional". So fitness has become the first goal of martial arts practitioners, and it is also a primary stage that martial arts practitioners must go through.

Wushu is formed by human beings' continuous accumulation and summary of experience in the struggle against fierce birds and beasts and between people in order to survive. In the era of cold weapons, fighting is the standard to measure the level of kung fu, so fighting has become the essence of martial arts. Since ancient times, martial arts practitioners have taken it as their duty to protect themselves and help others, punish evil and promote good, so improving their fighting ability has become an indispensable second purpose for martial arts practitioners. Wushu is an excellent and valuable cultural heritage of the Chinese nation. Wushu practitioners should take the inheritance and development of Wushu as their own responsibility. They should not only study hard, but also inherit the kung fu handed down by Master as much as possible. They should also persist in diligent practice, lay a solid foundation for the development of Wushu, and pay attention to finding successors so that Wushu can be passed down from generation to generation. Martial arts masters often say that it is difficult for a fighter to find a good master, and it is even more difficult for a famous teacher to find a good apprentice who can inherit and carry forward martial arts.