Wudang Mountain is famous for its spectacular peaks and beautiful scenery. It is even more dangerous and strange than Mount Tai. Wudang Mountain, located in a remote place, has always been one of the holy places of Taoism. According to legend, Emperor Zhenwu once practiced here. After a long time, his Tao soared. Wudang boxing aims at benefiting qi and strengthening the body, and defending against the enemy and self-defense. The principle of attack and defense is to attack the enemy first, to brake quietly, to wait for success, to arrive at the enemy's rear first, to take advantage of the situation, to fight for wisdom without fighting, and to have more interest than ability. When facing the enemy, it is required to remove the strength of the other side, not to fight hard (expensive or not); Take an arc (circle step) and enter a side door (grab from the enemy side); Move like a snake, better than a silkworm, cling to each other, show off and take it skillfully.
Wudang boxing's technique is changeable, mainly turning over the drill, using his palm more than his fist, unlike Shaolin Boxing, which mostly punches directly. Wudang boxing has few jumps and low steps. Multi-purpose palm, related to focusing on structure; Less jumping is related to concentrated practice; Low step type is related to emphasizing grasping; Walking in circles is related to paying attention to the falling method, which forms wudang boxing's unique style.
Taoist priests live a quiet life, so the purpose of practicing wudang boxing is self-defense. Unless there is an emergency, you are not allowed to start work, but once you start work, you will be both rigid and flexible, both rigid and flexible, energetic and powerful. At the beginning of Qing Dynasty, wudang boxing was once circulated in Ningbo, and there appeared masters such as Zhang Songxi, Ye Jinquan, Shan Sinan and Wang Zhengnan. Huang Zongxi's son, Huang Baijia, is a disciple of Wang Zhengnan.
Wudang boxing's popularity is not wide because Wu Tang Gang is secretive about his own skills, very strict in choosing disciples and never likes to show off. After Huang Baijia, wudang boxing seemed to suddenly disappear. People thought it was lost, but it wasn't.
Around the middle of the Ming Dynasty, wudang boxing was divided into two branches, one of which stayed in Benshan, and the other was said to have spread from Zhangsongxi to Sichuan. During the Guangxu period in the late Qing Dynasty, Deng Zhongshan, a descendant of Wudang Mountain Taoist, started a school in Jiangning, Jiangsu (now Nanjing), and wudang boxing spread eastward to Jiangsu. Sichuan and Jiangsu branches have flourished so far. The one who stayed in Wudang Mountain has not been lost, and Wudang Taoist priests still maintain the tradition of practicing martial arts. According to rough statistics, there are no fewer than 60 kinds of boxing styles of Wu Tang nationality, including Taiyi Wuxing, Chunyang, Taihe, Wudao, Liubu, Qiqi, Guangming, Kansai, Tanma, Qicubit, Qixing, Liangyi, Finger Fan, Kite, Changquan, Liudao, Octupole, Zuibaxian, Yun Zhou, Gangquan and Wumei. There are also six guns, four guns, Yanmen magic gun, Yuejia gun, Longmen thirteen guns, reed stick, easy stick to shake the mountain, Xuanwu stick, iron stick, Wudang sword, Eight Immortals sword, three-way knife, four-door knife, Buddhist monk's knife, spring and autumn broadsword, goose's tail single knife, tiger's tail whip, serial mace, bench boxing and other dozens of martial arts school equipment routines. The wudang boxing School also includes many techniques, among which the famous ones are living qigong (similar to the technique of "sticking a cloth shirt"), nourishing blood (paying attention to health preservation), construction technology, Hunyuan Yin and Yang five elements technology, black sand hook technology, red sand hook technology, five thunder lightning technology and so on.
The formation time of wudang boxing School was probably in the late Ming and early Qing Dynasties, which was similar to that of Shaolin Boxing School. As far as the current influence is concerned, wudang boxing's influence is far less than Shaolin Boxing, and it is the least among the seven boxing systems.