Written by personnel from the Wushu Research Institute of China, an authoritative body for conducting Chinese Wushu research. The authors give a simple and clear introduction to the history and characteristic features of Chinese Wushu: its health benefits and entertainment value; various schools and styles of Chinese boxing; weapons; and Chinese Wushu's morality, etiquette and competition rules. It also introduces over 30 different schools of Chinese boxing and almost the same number of apparatus, including short, long, hard and soft apparatus and hidden weapons used in ancient China. Readers will gain a general understanding of Chinese Wushu, its history and its current state.