Chin Woo Athletic Association is a Chinese martial arts association founded in Shanghai on July 7, 1910, but conflicting sources also cite dates in 1909. It can be found spelled in many ways - Jing Mo, Ching Wu, Jing Wo, etc. Many sources say that Chin Woo was founded by Huo Yuanjia, the famed challenge fighter who died within months of its establishment.

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  • Chin Woo Athletic Association is a Chinese martial arts association founded in Shanghai on July 7, 1910, but conflicting sources also cite dates in 1909. It can be found spelled in many ways - Jing Mo, Ching Wu, Jing Wo, etc. Many sources say that Chin Woo was founded by Huo Yuanjia, the famed challenge fighter who died within months of its establishment. This gives the false impression that only one person founded the entire association when in reality it was founded by a committee of people. Due to Huo Yuanjia's popularity and recent death, the committee had decided that he should be the "face" of Chin Woo, resulting in his strong association with it. Because Huo was widely admired as a Chinese national hero, a series of other masters agreed to teach at the school including Eagle Claw master Chen Zizheng, Seven Star Praying Mantis master Luo Guangyu, Xingyi master Zhao Lianhe, and Wu Jianquan, the founder of Wu style Taijiquan . Master Chao Lianhe, a master of Northern Shaolin Bizong Style became the Chief Instructor after the sudden death of Huo. One of the first major public martial arts schools in China, Chin Woo was intended to create a more open environment for teaching and learning martial arts as opposed to the secretive training that had been common in the past. By doing so, the founders felt that this would keep alive traditions that secrecy and social change would otherwise doom. The basic curriculum drew from several styles of martial arts, giving practitioners a well-rounded martial background in addition to whatever they wished to specialize in. The Chin Woo Association inspired the ecumenism seen in the Chinese martial arts community during the Republic of China giving rise to such efforts as the National Martial Arts Institutes. Sun Yat Sen (孫逸仙), founder of the Republic of China, attended the third annual event held by Chin Woo in 1915, giving a speech of encouragement to the attendees. When Sun Yat Sen attended again at the 10th annual event in 1920, he also wrote for a special Chin Woo newsletter and made a plaque with the engraving "martial spirit". Shut down by the government of the People's Republic of China in 1966, the Chin Woo Association was allowed to re-open after the Cultural Revolution, and currently has more than 150 branches around the world. (en)
  • La Jingwu Tiyu Hui (精武体育会, Associazione Sportiva dell’ Essenza Marziale) è una associazione delle arti marziali cinesi che ha avuto un ruolo eminente nell’evoluzione moderna del Wushu. Famosissima nel mondo anche grazie a numerosi film, il suo nome è reso con molte traslitterazioni: Ching Wu; Jing Mo; Chin Woo; Jing Wo. In alcuni contesti si parla anche di Jingwumen (精武门) ovvero la Scuola dell’Essenza Marziale. Il nome di questa associazione si è legato in maniera indissolubile con la figura di Huo Yuanjia a cui spesso viene attribuita la fondazione dell’associazione stessa. (it)
  • 精武体育会是1910年由霍元甲在上海创立的武馆，霍元甲在创立精武体育会之后数月内即逝世。由于霍元甲被公认为民族英雄，因此很多其他著名武术家同意在精武体育会传授武艺，包括鹰爪门宗師陳子正，七星螳螂拳門宗師羅光玉，迷綜拳名師赵连和，以及吴氏太极拳创立人吳鑑泉。 (zh)
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  • Chin Woo Athletic Association is a Chinese martial arts association founded in Shanghai on July 7, 1910, but conflicting sources also cite dates in 1909. It can be found spelled in many ways - Jing Mo, Ching Wu, Jing Wo, etc. Many sources say that Chin Woo was founded by Huo Yuanjia, the famed challenge fighter who died within months of its establishment. (en)
  • La Jingwu Tiyu Hui (精武体育会, Associazione Sportiva dell’ Essenza Marziale) è una associazione delle arti marziali cinesi che ha avuto un ruolo eminente nell’evoluzione moderna del Wushu. (it)
  • 精武体育会是1910年由霍元甲在上海创立的武馆，霍元甲在创立精武体育会之后数月内即逝世。由于霍元甲被公认为民族英雄，� 此很多其他著名武术家同意在精武体育会� 授武艺，包括鹰爪门宗師陳子正，七星螳螂拳門宗師羅光玉，迷綜拳名師赵连和，以及吴氏太极拳创立人吳鑑泉。 (zh)
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  • Chin Woo Athletic Association (en)
  • Jingwu Tiyu Hui (it)
  • 精武体育会 (zh)
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