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Foshan Jingwu Association

佛山精武體育會
Association · 1920
Foshan China

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
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    Frederico Muñoz
    Researcher, Martialis
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    “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
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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

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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.
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@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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