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source : wikipedia.org Kungfu and wushu are popular terms that have become synonymous with Chinese martial arts. However the Chinese terms kungfu and wushu have very different meanings. Wushu can describe greatly varying martial arts traditions. Kungfu can be used in a context without any martial arts whatsoever. Colloquially, kungfu (or gungfu) alludes to any individual accomplishment or cultivated skill obtained by long and hard work. In contrast, wushu is a more precise term that refers to general martial activities. The term wushu has also become the name for a modern sport similar to gymnastics involving the performance of adapted Chinese bare-handed and weapons forms (tàolù) judged to a set of contemporary aesthetic criteria for points. Wushu, also known as modern wushu or contemporary wushu, is both an exhibition and a full-contact sport derived from traditional Chinese martial arts. It was created in the People's Republic of China after 1949, in an attempt to nationalize th...