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Jingwu Athletic Association

精武體育會
Association · [1909,1910]
Shanghai China

Description

Martial arts association founded in Shanghai with Huo Yuanjia as a founding member. In the 1920s it spread across China, promoting a modern, nationalist, middle-class vision of the martial arts; its branches included Guangdong (1919) and Foshan (1920).

Also known as

Chin Woo Athletic Association

Founded

[1909,1910]
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“In 1909 or 1910 (accounts vary) he was approached by a group of individuals (including Lu Wei Chang, Yao Chan Bo, Chen Gong Zhe, Zheng Zhou Chen, and Chen Tie Sheng) to became a founding member”
— Judkins, Benjamin N.; Nielson, Jon. (2015). The Creation of Wing Chun: A Social History of the Southern Chinese Martial Arts link info

Locations (1)

  • Shanghai China
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Affiliated organizations (1)

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

Identifiers

https://martial.is/entity/01M69YRP110BTRWV9Y8K6WY2FA
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Muñoz, Frederico (YEAR_PLACEHOLDER). Jingwu Athletic Association. In Martialis: Martial Arts Lineage Database. https://martial.is/entity/01M69YRP110BTRWV9Y8K6WY2FA - CC BY-SA 4.0. Accessed ACCESSED_DATE_PLACEHOLDER.
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@incollection{martialis_01M69YRP110BTRWV9Y8K6WY2FA, author = {Muñoz, Frederico}, title = {Jingwu Athletic Association}, booktitle = {Martialis: Martial Arts Lineage Database}, year = {YEAR_PLACEHOLDER}, url = {https://martial.is/entity/01M69YRP110BTRWV9Y8K6WY2FA}, urldate = {ACCESSED_DATE_PLACEHOLDER}, note = {CC BY-SA 4.0} }
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