CHANQUANSHU


Updated 15 Feb 05 martial health spiritual
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Chanquanshu is a school that teaches techniques based upon Daoist principles of ‘Internal Energy’.

The name Chanquanshu is composed of three elements.

  Chan     meditation
  Quan     boxing or fist
  Shu        art

Therefore Chanquanshu can be translated as:
THE ART OF THE MEDITATIVE FIST.

Branches of the Daoist Arts

Daoist Arts covers a range subjects such as:

  • Martial Art Practices
  • Health Preservation Practices
  • Spiritual Practices

As you can see from the diagram there is a great deal of overlap between the three different branches of the school.

 

The purpose of the system is to train the whole person, both physically and psychologically (psychophysical training) to arrive at a central equilibrium - a state of total harmony and balance within oneself and with the world at large. This understanding is achieved through a combination of the above subjects.

Chanquanshu is associated with the following 

British Council for
Chinese Martial Arts
  Wudangshan Sanfeng Academy
Hubei, China