Research On The Present Situation And Countermeasures Of Kunming Traditional Martial Arts

The traditional martial arts was created by the Chinese nation and is a precious cultural heritage that has been passed down for thousands of years.It reflects the deep connotations of the Chinese nation’s values,aesthetic orientation,and ethics.With a broad base of the masses and a distinct national style,Traditional martial arts is deeply loved by the broad masses of people around the world.However,with the development of modern society and the change of people’s life outlooks,the momentum of traditional martial arts has waned.What is more,western strike technology has seized the market that originally belonged to Chinese traditional martial arts.As a result,the number of participants has decreased year by year,the atmosphere of martial arts is getting worse and worse.The transmission of traditional martial arts has been hindered,and the phenomenon of stagnation and even retrogression has appeared.Research purposes and methods:Kunming,as the capital city of Yunnan,brings together the traditional martial arts of various ethnic minorities in Yunnan Province.The various types of martial arts are exchanged and developed here.As a result,Kunming traditional martial arts plays an important role in the whole province and even the whole country.Therefore,this thesis takes Kunming traditional martial arts as the object of investigation,and uses research methods such as documentary research method,mathematical statistics method,expert interviews method,and questionnaires to study the historical evolution and development of traditional martial arts in Kunming to find out the influencing factors that affect the development of traditional martial arts in Kunming,and propose countermeasures and suggestions for the development of traditional martial arts in Kunming.Research conclusions and recommendations:(1)The mass traditional martial arts in Kunming has been well developed.The scale of martial arts competitions has increased year by year,and the number of participants has increased year by year.The proportion of men and women participating in the mass martial arts is close to 1: 1.There is a difference in the choice of Wushu sorts of Quan between men and women.Men mostly choose fast,agile and powerful Quan,while women choose Quan with soft and slow movements.Most of the participating ages are mainly middle-aged and elderly people,and the number of people who have participated in martial arts competitions is not large,but most of them are willing to participate.(2)The mass traditional martial arts participants in Kunming have the following characteristics: long hours for sport,high weekly participation frequency,less restricted and widely distributed practice places.Participants’ motivations are mainly for physical fitness,physical and mental enjoyment,and enriching their spare time.Most of them have participated in martial arts theory lectures and have relatively satisfactory gains.(3)The present situation of traditional martial arts trainers in Kunming has an uneven distribution of male and female genders;the ages of them are generally too old,have lower academic qualifications and lower levels of martial arts research;and some of them lack theoretical teaching in the teaching process and focus only on practice teaching.(4)The development of Kunming’s traditional martial arts has been affected by many factors,including historical reasons,the lack of traditional martial arts theory,some practitioners’ lack of knowledge of martial arts theory,a single government support project for martial arts,and compared to competitive martial arts,the government’s emphasis on traditional martial arts is insufficient,and inadequate publicity of traditional martial arts,etc.(5)According to the development status of traditional martial arts in Kunming,this thesis proposed the following suggestions to promote the development of traditional material arts in Kunming: based on the National Fitness Program(2016-2020)released in 2016 as a guide,deeply implement the martial arts “six-into” policy,development the modern martial arts by using the modern technical theories to explore its new values,use new media and other means to do more publicity,learn from the excellent development experience of other traditional sports,establish and improve traditional martial arts cultural exchange platforms,and co-development traditional martial arts and competitive martial arts,etc.