Your current location:HOME >style >Shaolin Kung Fu competition enthralls martial arts enthusiasts in Oceania 正文
TIME:2024-05-09 04:46:03 Source: Internet compilationEdit:style
A participant demonstrates Kung Fu during the 2023 Oceania Shaolin Games held in Sydney, Australia,
A participant demonstrates Kung Fu during the 2023 Oceania Shaolin Games held in Sydney, Australia, Dec. 2, 2023. (Photo by Hu Jingchen/Xinhua)
by Liang Youchang
SYDNEY, Dec. 4 (Xinhua) -- A Shaolin Kung Fu games competition was recently held in Sydney and attracted more than 300 martial arts enthusiasts from Australia, New Zealand and other regional countries.
The 2023 Oceania Shaolin Games include various Kung Fu styles and weapon categories such as Shaolin Fist, Animal Styles and Seven Star Fist.
"Shaolin Kung Fu is a world-renowned intangible cultural heritage and an important cultural heritage shared by mankind," Shi Yongxin, abbot of the Shaolin Temple, told the opening ceremony of the competition at the Quaycenter in the Sydney Olympic Park.
Once a year, the abbot would assess and confirm the Shaolin disciples' eight kinds of practice such as preaching, chanting and etiquette. The Shaolin Kung Fu games competition is part of these contents.
"The contest has enhanced understanding, friendship and cooperation among Shaolin disciples around the world, and also reflects Shaolin Kung Fu's core values of strengthening the body and clarifying the mind," Shi said.
Blake Brown, a 22-year-old man who achieved a high score of 9.05 with a spectacular set of monkey fist, told Xinhua that Shaolin Kung Fu gave him the meaning of life and dreams.
"I found my purpose in life, my dreams. I was a bit lost beforehand and Kung Fu training told me to find peace," said Brown from Brisbane, Australia, who was elected as one of 10 Shaolin Kung Fu stars at the games.
So far this year, the Shaolin Temple has held Kung Fu games in Africa, Asia, Latin America, North America and Europe. The Oceania competition was the final one.
According to the organizers, more than 2,300 Shaolin disciples from more than 100 countries and regions participated in the examination contests this year.
"This competition serves as a testament to the universal appeal and profound impact of Shaolin martial arts," Wang Shuyu, consul for cultural affairs at the Chinese Consulate General in Sydney, said at the opening ceremony.
"In seeing participants from different cultural backgrounds, we recognize the unique opportunity this competition presents for cultural exchange and collaboration," she said.
Riley Greenland from Sydney told Xinhua that he had practised martial arts for more than 20 years since he was three years old and he went to China three times to learn Kung Fu.
"Kung Fu for me is everything. Everything, no just training," Greenland said. "I love the way it makes me feel. The energy, the power, the mental strength, everything."
(Editor:Fu Bo)
Neighbour, 33, admits killing girl, 11, with poisonous gas used to kill bed bugs2024-05-09 04:20
Marcus Rashford cannot be painted as an innocent victim when he is looking like the brash £315k2024-05-09 04:18
Ryan Giggs' ex2024-05-09 04:08
The REAL reason Garden Rescue host Charlie Dimmock never shows her own home's garden on screen2024-05-09 03:55
Pregnant Lala Kent goes make2024-05-09 03:39
Area 51 has ultra2024-05-09 03:34
Inside the head2024-05-09 03:02
Long lines form and frustration grows as Cuba runs short of cash2024-05-09 02:49
New Jersey deadbeat dad's final sickening act as strangers fought to save his six2024-05-09 02:29
Forget Mars, are there aliens on… K22024-05-09 02:17
Pennsylvania sees fewer mail ballots rejected for technicalities, a priority for election officials2024-05-09 03:56
Ditching the lift and taking the stairs can reduce your risk of dying by a QUARTER2024-05-09 03:30
Indiana voters to pick party candidates in competitive, multimillion dollar primaries2024-05-09 02:55
2024 NFL draft: Browns' draft picks from Michigan2024-05-09 02:53
The opening round of the Wells Fargo Championship is delayed with rain in the forecast2024-05-09 02:35
Trump VP candidate Kristi Noem reveals she shot and killed her 142024-05-09 02:32
Joey Ortiz homers, drives in 4 runs, including winner in the 11th inning, as Brewers top Yankees 72024-05-09 02:29
A former Democratic Georgia congressman hopes abortion can power his state Supreme Court bid2024-05-09 02:27
Andy Murray to return from ankle injury at Geneva Open this month2024-05-09 02:10
Sacré blown! French police use knives to sink asylum seekers' boat in Dunkirk2024-05-09 02:09