Retrospection on the Contemporary Significance of the "Shape-Methods Integration" of Wushu

As the nation attach much more importance to its excellent traditional culture, Wushu's research paradigm is also quietly changing with one of the important trends being that Wushu research has gradually returned to Wushu itself, through turn-back-to oneself, realiziong the fall-held-firm of Wushu's self-awareness. Mainly by research methods of literature review and comparative analysis, this paper retrospects on the contemporary value of the "Shape-Methods Integration" of Wushu. It concludes that the shape of movement is only the shell of Wushu while the method of movement is the soul of WuShu. The "behind leaders" which determine the unique trend of Wushu's movements, are the unique methods of attack and defense of Wushu. Other derived functions in addition to Wushu's combat function, also get distinctive features because of Wushu's unique technical methods. The regulation of the "Shape-Methods Integration" of Wushu has been broken by the decomposed "project" form since the competitive process of Wushu whic