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    Foshan Jingwu Association

    佛山精武體育會
    Association · 1920
    Foshan China
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    Description

    Foshan branch of the Jingwu Athletic Association, founded in 1920. From 1923 to 1937 it ran schools and placed martial arts coaches across the town; the Japanese used its new building as a granary.

    Founded

    1920
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    “The Foshan Jingwu Association was established in 1920, shortly after the creation of the Guangdong branch, but it appears that classes may not have actually started until 1921.”
    — Judkins, Benjamin N.; Nielson, Jon. (2015). The Creation of Wing Chun: A Social History of the Southern Chinese Martial Arts link info

    Affiliations (1)

    • corporate_fareBranch ofJingwu Athletic Association Probable
      Probable
      Single source.
      The evidence favours the claim and nothing credible contradicts it, but it falls short of establishing it.
      1920
      fact_checkassessed by FSMverified
      Frederico Muñoz
      Researcher, Martialis
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      fact_check
      Single source.
      “The success of the Guangdong Jingwu Association created demand for additional branches within the province. Additional chapters were subsequently established in Foshan (1920), Shantou (1923), and Guangzhou (1925).”
      — Judkins, Benjamin N.; Nielson, Jon. (2015). The Creation of Wing Chun: A Social History of the Southern Chinese Martial Arts link info

    Locations (1)

    • Foshan China
      warning No sources cited

    Tags

    chinese-martial-arts

    Sources

    Judkins, Benjamin N.; Nielson, Jon. (2015). The Creation of Wing Chun: A Social History of the Southern Chinese Martial Artslink info

    Cite and reuse

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    Plain text
    Muñoz, Frederico (YEAR_PLACEHOLDER). Foshan Jingwu Association. In Martialis: Martial Arts Lineage Database. https://martial.is/entity/01M69YRP15FA56V49REZTMT1DJ - CC BY-SA 4.0. Accessed ACCESSED_DATE_PLACEHOLDER.
    BibTeX
    @incollection{martialis_01M69YRP15FA56V49REZTMT1DJ, author = {Muñoz, Frederico}, title = {Foshan Jingwu Association}, booktitle = {Martialis: Martial Arts Lineage Database}, year = {YEAR_PLACEHOLDER}, url = {https://martial.is/entity/01M69YRP15FA56V49REZTMT1DJ}, urldate = {ACCESSED_DATE_PLACEHOLDER}, note = {CC BY-SA 4.0} }
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    https://martial.is/entity/01M69YRP15FA56V49REZTMT1DJ

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