Contestants Said the Competition Made Them Love Traditional Chinese Martial Arts Even More

US contestant Ye Zhiming, competing in the Nan Quan (Southern China Style Boxing) Group, performs a Wuxing Quan routine of the Cai Lifo faction, in the second round of the 2022 (7th) NTD International Traditional Chinese Martial Arts Competition, on Aug. 27, 2022. Zhang Jingyi/Epoch Times

In the recent 2022 (7th) NTD International Traditional Chinese Martial Arts Competition, almost all the contestants expressed one understanding—the competitors in this contest are “not enemies,” but “friends,” or even “family members.”

Some contestants said that this was an “invaluable” and “precious” gain for them from the competition. Others said that by participating in this competition, they became more in love with traditional Chinese martial arts. In particular, many agreed that the spirit of using martial arts as a way to learn from each other, rather than being rivals or enemies, is exactly part of the “grand virtue” of martial arts.

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In this competition, there was a bald “monk” in a Buddhist cassock, who performed the aptly named “Great Arhat Boxing.” He made people think that he might really be a monk. However, he admitted afterwards that he is just a believer in Buddhist philosophy, and so he practises the Buddhist style boxing. He is not a monk in the usual sense.