The Study On Boxing Of The Jianghan Plain

Martial art origins from production in daily life and has a long history with varies of forms. It is estimated that there are129kinds of boxing which can find their origins. Jianghan plains are abundant in resources, which make convenience for forming the boxing. There are many kinds of boxing appeared form these areas as a result of their importance between the south and north on geography as well as culture. Besides, the boxing takes advantage of other kinds of boxing and always develops.Being affected by the western physical education, the martial arts pays much more attention on its skills instead of the protection and development of traditional arts, and this leads to the disappearance of plenty of boxing gradually. Although it was in Chin that the boxing had turned up in Jianghan plains, the boxing has met numbers of difficulties in recent years. Because of less protection of it, the local people become unfamiliar about it actually. Thus, we feel serious about its development actually. The boxing in Jianghan plains is an important part of the traditional culture and it is necessary for us to give further study on it.This paper is based on many resources, such as, the researches of famous documents, the interviews of experts, the investigations of certain fields and the studies of examinations papers. Firstly, it analyzes the natural cultural and martial art environment of the Jianghan plains and finds that it has a number of advantages for these places to develop martial mart. Secondly, it points out three representative boxing, including the Zimen boxing which is non-native, the Yumen boxing which originates from Wudang and the Xiongmen boxing that comes from the Jianghan plains. The study is about their origins, spread fields, features, methods and skills. Lastly, it gives a detail introduction about the main boxing in the plains of Jianghan plains. The introduction starts from the following aspects:the common features of the boxing in the plains of Yangtze River and Han River and the value of boxing. According to the analysis, we can infer that the boxing in Jianghan plains has a long history with numerous types and it is deeply affected by the Jingchu culture. The boxing forms its own style by taking full use of the martial art in north and south and its major feature is the integration with martial art. When practicing it, we should pay much attention on the zhuanggong, skills and breath’s control. The main values of boxing are shown in attacking, culture, physical condition, economy and education. The development of boxing is not optimistic and we should take more measures to protect it.