![]() When saluting a practitioner from other martial arts disciplines it displays mutual respect for each other’s skills and abilities. It also demonstrates your respect for the space in which you train which from a Chan perceptive reflects self respect as we are a part of everything and everything is a part of us. When you salute before entering the training area you show respect to the schools ancestral history which represent the sacrifices that your grand teachers made for the discipline. When saluting to your partner the salute shows the intention not to hurt the partner, but to help him or her to progress to help hone each other’s skills. It is customary that the student should salute before the master. When saluting to your teachers this shows your respect for his (or her) teachings. The action must have genuine intention of what one feels at the bottom of his or her heart. When the fist and the palm come together it displays the union of sharing skill and martial arts practice around the world and amongst each other as friends in all martial arts community.Īs we can already see the salute ceremony has a deep philosophical meaning and therefore should not be practiced as a mere formality.The four fingers stacked straight symbolize uniting Wushu across the four seas (or directions). Therefore, the bent thumb means that that you are not number one.Įven if you are, proper martial etiquette would demand that you remain humble and not show off. Chinese people will point to themselves with their thumb instead of their index finger, as westerners do.Ī straightened thumb, like the western thumb’s up gesture means “I’m number one!” to a Chinese. The left hand thumb is bent out of humility.The fist represents martial arts ability and using the right fist demonstrates that you are pledged to the cultivation of the martial arts, and are using martial arts to make friends.The posture is erect and the eyes are focused on the person who is being saluted.The feet are together with the knees straight. ![]() Both fist and palm are about 20 to 30 cm from the chest, with both elbows bent and the arms forming a circle.The palm of the left hand is placed over the fist.The left hand thumb is bent, and the four fingers are stacked and straight.It is a form of respect that we show when entering or leaving your place of practice, it is used to greet you master or coach and or other practitioners therefore it is very important to understand what it means. The hand salute is the most basic kung fu etiquette that any practitioner must understand before they begin there practice. It is no surprise then that the modern wushu salute today should be taken from the oldest and most honourable origin. It is said that all Chinese Martials arts originate from Shaolin and still even hundreds of years later the Shaolin monks still maintain this high level of expertise’s of physical and spiritual attainment from there practices. The salute was chosen due to its long history in wushu kung fu. The modern wushu salute that we practice today it taken from the North Shaolin Temple Salute and it was then standardised by the people’s republic of china in 1986. The wushu salute, which we perform at the beginning and at end of class, has a very deep philosophical meaning and a long cultural and ancient Chinese traditional history. ![]() In martial arts there are many different types of salutes.
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