Wudang quan
In contemporary China, Chinese martial arts styles are generally classified into two major groups: Wudang (Wutang), named after the Wudang Mountains; and Shaolin, named after the Shaolin Monastery.Wudang quan (Chinese: 武当拳; pinyin: Wǔdāng quán; Wade–Giles: Wu3-tang1 ch'üan2) translates as "Wudang fist." Whereas Shaolin includes many martial art styles, Wudangquan includes only a few arts that utilize the focused mind to control the waist, and therefore the body; this typically encompasses T'ai chi ch'uan, Xing-Yi chuan and Bagua zhang, but must also include Baji chuan and Wudang Sword. The name Wudang simply distinguishes the skills, theories and applications of the "internal arts" from those of the Shaolin styles and suggests these arts originated at the Wudang Mountains. The name Wudang comes from a popular Chinese legend which describes the genesis of Tai chi chuan and Wudang Sword by an immortal, Taoist hermit named Zhang Sanfeng who lived in the monasteries of Wudang Mountain.
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