Wushu for children

Today, one of the popular sports can be called wushu for children. This ancient oriental kind of single combat develops not only the physical component, but also the spiritual one, and in this connection it is a rare opportunity to strengthen not only the child's body, but also his spirit.

Use Wushu

Wushu lessons are able to comprehensively develop a child and make it more successful, strong and self-confident. The benefits of attending such classes are very significant:

1. Unlike many other sports, Wushu is not traumatic, which is often one of the decisive factors when it comes to this sport.
2. The need to remember and practice complex sequences of movements accustoms the child to a high concentration of attention, which ultimately manifests itself in the form of developed memory and spatial thinking.
3. The technique of wushu involves several muscle groups at once, which promotes the development in the shortest possible time of such useful qualities as endurance, plasticity, swiftness and accuracy of movements and strength.
4. Wushu training is one of the best ways to develop a vestibular apparatus, which allows the child to precisely coordinate movements and develop an impeccable sense of balance.
5. Each movement in the Wushu system is combined with a certain breathing technique - which allows us to develop the right breathing, which is capable of providing oxygen to the whole organism.
6. A child attending such classes becomes more disciplined, responsible and developed.

Despite the fact that martial arts are more often chosen by boys, wushu for girls is also an excellent way of developing the body and spirit. For young martial artists developed a special program, which reduced the load and the number of repetitions. Often girls show the same good results in this sport as boys.

Wushu lessons for children

There are a lot of Wushu styles (by the way, this sport has another popular name - kung fu, which children know from the cartoon about the panda). They have been tried many times to classify, but usually the variety does not fit into the classifications. Among the most popular can be identified as follows:

1. Wushu-Taolu, or "Wushu Complexes" is a kind of wushu competition that consists of performing full-fledged sets of movements that combine different styles of wushu and some acrobatic elements.
2. Sanda, or sanshou - a contact duel, in which athletes are fully equipped to protect the body from blows. The combat skills shown are evaluated.
3. Tuishou - a kind of gymnastics wushu, in which sensitivity develops. The bottom line: without using blows or captures, provoke the enemy to leave the circle.

The list is not limited to this, and different sections of Wushu for children offer a different approach. You can find those where the development of plastic is, and there are no fights at all, but you can, on the contrary, choose a more aggressive direction (for example, if the child is hyperactive, it can help to temper his temper). The main thing is to be guided not only by your ideas, but also by the opinion of the child.

According to the most popular opinion, it's best to start studying wushu at the age of six and older: at this time the child is already becoming a "small adult", he needs to get used to the responsibility and self-discipline required by school classes. Training will help not only interesting and useful to spend your free time, but also develop the necessary features and quickly fit into the school system, which will provide attention to lessons and excellent academic performance.