wushu

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· Willy Wang - He won for the Philippines a gold medal for wushu, a demonstration sport at the 2008 Beijing Olympics.

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  • · Willy Wang - He won for the Philippines a gold medal for wushu, a demonstration sport at the 2008 Beijing Olympics. —  Bulatlat
  • Anyone who's seen the Shaolin performing troupe would see that qigong and wushu are really part of Chinese culture and could rival the performances at the Olympics. —  Imagethief
  • He said he would stop doing traditional chinese martial arts movies (wushu) after Fearless and he kept his word (so far). —  digg.com: Stories / Popular
  • Contemporary wushu, once seen only in exotic imports from Mainland China (see part 4), has proven to be a major influence on modern action cinema. —  Kung Fu Cinema
  • Jet Li is well known for his wushu skills, but some of the hottest … —  Kung Fu Cinema
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  1. Chinese (Mandarin) wǔ shù : wǔ, martial + shù, skill, art.
 

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