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Curated by: Augustus Roe (148 videos)
When the Qing Dynasty fell in 1911, China’s martial arts entered a dramatic new era. Former imperial wrestlers moved into civilian life and began teaching publicly, while the new Republic looked to martial arts to build physical education, national identity and a modern Chinese martial culture. This was a crucial period in the development of modern Shuai Jiao — and in the changing relationship between Chinese wrestling and Kung Fu.