Study Of Folk Practioners’ Martial Arts Identity

Traditional Folk Wushu martial arts foundation, the folk martial arts is more important practicing martial arts groups, however, the current research on folk learning groups rarely. This study attempts to gain experience and learn martial arts, boxing content identity realization examines the dynamic process of Folk Wushu learners martial arts identity, to explore the folk martial arts is the martial arts identity issues, and with the social identity theory to analyze the construction mechanism of Folk Wushu practicers Xi Wu identity. This paper takes a practice group in Beijing Linqing tan as survey objects, mainly through interviews, observation, literature research methods to obtain research data, through the collation and analysis of the collected data, draw a conclusion. The conclusion of the paper are as follows:1 The ceremony masters is a sign of Folk Wushu practicers of identity, through the ceremony masters, the relationship between the establishment of practitioners within groups and their members and its position. But at martial arts identity has not yet been completed, also need to continuously construct in the future in the martial arts activities.2 According to the dividing point of different, can be divided into folk martial arts groups of different internal and external groups; the folk martial arts have identity, identity Boundary Consciousness clear, know who they are, which belong to the group.3 Folk Wushu learners martial arts identity process including cognition, identity, experience obtained boxing, identity of four processes.4 Folk Wushu practitioners identity through the main construction of group identity and self identity construction. Group identification mainly on group division, the comparisons among groups, groups such as the distinction between several aspects to construct self identity; several aspects mainly through character identity, the individual role, in the population of its change to construction. There is no strict boundaries between group identity and self-identity, occur at the same time.5 After the Folk Wushu practitioners identity, will have a strong sense of belonging, sense of responsibility and sense of value. The folk martial arts groups in the strong cohesion, accompanying the exclusivity is also very strong.6 In the folk martial arts in the process of practice, also when long disparaged other sects of the phenomenon, the significance of these remarks for the maintenance of the door reputation, group internal unity and cohesiveness of the Group actively to improve self-esteem, the group also has certain function. But there is no parochial prejudice, Folk Wushu practicers can equal treat every martial art, just in the emotion will identify more with the door Kung fu.