The ERICMA 's homepage
European Research Institute on Chinese Martial arts

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The Chinese martial arts (wushu) are divided into about 80 classical styles which are themselves often subdivided into many well-individualized branches, giving a total of several hundreds distinct fighting systems. Each system has its own original strategies and techniques for bare hand fighting and traditional weapons. The extraordinary variety of Chinese weapons is also well-worth mentioning. This diversity of styles, weapons and the sophistication reached by some fighting systems allow one to state that the Chinese civilisation is arguably the one that has contributed the most to the world cultural heritage in the field of martial arts.

The ERICMA is a non profitable organization composed of amateur and professional sinologists whose goals are the study and the conservation of these Chinese cultural assets. In particular, the ERICMA is active in:

  constituting a library devoted to the Chinese martial arts and connected fields (traditional medecine, qigong, ...)
  funding research trip on the field in various parts of China
  inviting researchers and foreign masters to visit and share their knowledge
  spreading the informations gathered by means of all sorts of publications
  assisting other organizations which would like to benefit from its expertise in its field of investigations
  conserving the traditional practices it studies by keeping them alive within the organization members.

The ERICMA is also the French representant of the Qingdao Taiji Tanglang quan club
and of the European Praying Mantis Boxing Association.

For all inquiries, Tel. : +33 6 82 64 31 77, E-mail : tanglang@free.fr

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