Wushu is a system of all exercises that we are accustomed to calling Chinese gymnastics. Absolutely all the complexes created in China are called Wushu. That is, for Chinese, the word "wushu" means the same as for us the word "gymnastics".
Chinese exercises, like the Chinese highly developed civilization, have a history of thousands of years. Probably, it is due to this antiquity that the Chinese do not represent their life without wushu. Being in China you can see how people of all ages are engaged in the morning in numerous parks, repeating exercises for wushu masters, the number of which can not be counted. At the same time, we Europeans need to understand and realize that exercises of Chinese gymnastics for the Chinese people are not a cult of a healthy lifestyle , a demonstration of their "advancement" or something else, it's just a very old habit.
Benefit
First of all, Chinese exercises are useful for joints. The basis of joint gymnastics is a static training, when the load is given to the muscles and ligaments, while the joints rest. It is the joint gymnastics that is the basics of wushu. These are numerous stands in which beginners need to stand for about a minute, but real masters can keep them immobile for days.
Exercises
We will perform basic Chinese exercises that are useful for weight loss, and for harmony of spirit and body.
- Rider - legs wider than shoulders, knees bent at right angles. Hands in front of the chest, buttocks "pulled", the back and the pelvis should form a straight line. The knee does not stand for a socks. We imagine that we are sitting on a chair. This is a great Chinese exercise for the spine, which relieves stress, since the weight from the upper half of the body is transferred through the pelvis to the legs, which causes the beginners to have an unusual sense of heaviness in the limbs.
- Archer - unfolding from the rider. The knee of the front leg is bent at right angles, the hind leg is stretched, the nosochek looks at an angle of 45 °.
- Dragon - unfold the body from the archer in the direction of a straight leg. Squat down, the toe of a straight leg looks forward, the bent knee turns at an angle of 45⁰. One hand is stretched along the leg, the second one is bent half-bent, and a "hook" is formed with a brush.
- Crane - get up, resting on an elongated leg. The bent leg is lifted, the foot rests against the hip of the straight leg, we grab it with our hands. The second hand is stretched over your head, the wrist is unfolded like a shield.
- Mantis - the weight remains on a straight leg, the knee is half bent. The second leg is lowered to the floor, we keep on the toe "empty" - the weight is completely on the second leg. Hands in front of him in the fighting stance.
- Returning to the rider's rack, we perform all the racks on the second leg.