Central Guoshu Institute

Description

National martial arts institution of the Nationalist government, launched in Nanjing in 1928 under Zhang Zhijiang as the Guoshu Research Academy and renamed later that year. It ran the National Guoshu Exams of 1928 and 1933 and sought to standardise the Chinese martial arts.

Also known as

Central Guoshu Academy

Founded

1928

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“The idea gained the immediate support of other high ranking officers in Nanjing and in 1928, by government decree #174, the Guoshu Yanjiuguan (Guoshu Research Academy) was launched with Zhang at the helm.”

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

Locations (1)

Nanjing
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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/01M69YRP17FG82KQYJR5QG63QE

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Muñoz, Frederico (YEAR_PLACEHOLDER). Central Guoshu Institute. In Martialis: Martial Arts Lineage Database. https://martial.is/entity/01M69YRP17FG82KQYJR5QG63QE - CC BY-SA 4.0. Accessed ACCESSED_DATE_PLACEHOLDER.

BibTeX

@incollection{martialis_01M69YRP17FG82KQYJR5QG63QE, author = {Muñoz, Frederico}, title = {Central Guoshu Institute}, booktitle = {Martialis: Martial Arts Lineage Database}, year = {YEAR_PLACEHOLDER}, url = {https://martial.is/entity/01M69YRP17FG82KQYJR5QG63QE}, urldate = {ACCESSED_DATE_PLACEHOLDER}, note = {CC BY-SA 4.0} }

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