Modern Wushu

[yohankoe]

Greetings ! So currently I'm practicing modern Wushu my style is the acrobatic and graceful ChanQuan. So I came here to ask one of the most common question in this forum.

Can Wushu be used in a fight effectively ? I asked my coaches if it can but obviously they would say yes as the obvious answer I asked guys who don't even know once form of martial art arrogantly replying "No" and advising me to go learn boxing or anything similar to it.

Note I'm talking about modern not traditional.

[jayson34]

wait for the answer/

[kingoftheforest]

Wushu is not for fighting it is acrobatics. The power generated but wushu movements doesn't translate to an attack very well. Also spinning in a circle in the air on the same plane several times just leaves you more susceptible to being hit.