It appears, that about three years ago, sometime in 2000, the Chinese government came up with a new ranking system for Chinese martial artists, in the system of "Wushu". There are nine levels, called "duan"s" (or, the English translation, "dan", same as the Japanese denominations). All students, practitioners, and monks were given the opportunity to test for various levels. For example, my qi gong master, Shi De Hong, attained 6th dan; Shi Xing Wei attained 5th dan. As expected, Shi De Cheng did not bother applying for this new ranking system (he's a traditionalist at heart).
There are no belts associated with this new ranking system, only certificates from what I can tell. It's interesting that China now adopts a ranking system similar to the long held system in Japan and Okinawa. It goes hand in hand with the Chinese governments moves over the past decade to formalize wushu in their country.
There are no belts associated with this new ranking system, only certificates from what I can tell. It's interesting that China now adopts a ranking system similar to the long held system in Japan and Okinawa. It goes hand in hand with the Chinese governments moves over the past decade to formalize wushu in their country.
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