Do you think wushu should be an olympic sport? Wushu practitioners from around the world have vied for a spot for this sport to be added to the summer olympics.
Personally I think it should be added, however, I think some people would find it to be biased in favor of the country that invented it (China), since they train far more (usually-not always) than their counterparts in other countries. Some feel that the martial aspect of wushu would be lost, as people try to get the larges 720 jumps and backflips etc. Wushu has been an international sport for sometime and martial art.
What do you think?
2007-01-09 05:31:17 · 4 answers · asked by Lichen360 1 in Sports ➔ Olympics
Yes, look at some of the other Olympic sports. Wushu requires more skill and is far more aesthetic than some dude throwing a hammer.
To the first answer, Judo is already an olympic sport dumbass.
2007-01-10 03:42:57 · answer #1 · answered by Billy Dee 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
it'd be difficult to justify making one martial art an olympic event but denying the rest of the martial arts.. and there are too many martial arts to make each one an individual sport, so really the only fair way to do it would be to make MMA an olympic event.. then Wushu masters could compete and so could practitioners of any other martial art..
2007-01-09 13:40:40 · answer #2 · answered by Byakuya 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Anything that requires judging is not a sport, eg. gymnastics and synchronized swimming.
If that's how "Wu Shu" is decided, by judging, then it doesn't belong. If it's a combat sport decided by points, pins or knockouts (eg. Tae Kwon Do, Wrestling) then it belongs.
There is no such thing as a "judged sport". They are at best described as "events" and more accurately, a bad joke.
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2007-01-14 03:54:45 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
ya. It is very competitive and just as cool as any other sport
2007-01-09 20:44:27 · answer #4 · answered by tennismaster 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋