Zhang Zhijiang himself is a master of martial arts, devoted to physical education, led many delegations to study abroad, promoted Chinese martial arts, advocated equal emphasis on martial arts and morality, advocated learning from others' views; He is the author of Thoughts on Traveling to the East, Martial Arts and Sports, Martial Arts and National Disaster, etc.

When Zhang Zhijiang was a child, he went to a private school, studied poetry books with his grandfather and practiced martial arts. He graduated from Wujiang Guild Hall in the three northeastern provinces and the regular class of the Army University of the National Government. 190 1 year, Zhang Zhijiang was recruited into the new army of Qing dynasty. At first, he was a cavalry, and participated in the Luanzhou Uprising which overthrew the corrupt imperial system of the Qing Dynasty and the Yunnan Uprising which opposed Yuan Shikai's claim to be emperor. In the Nankou War in the suburbs of Beijing, he served as the commander-in-chief of the national army, paid for the warlords' melee, and effectively cooperated with the victorious March of the Northern Expeditionary Army. Later, he was promoted to general of the army. Zhang Zhijiang attached great importance to martial arts when he was in charge of the Northwest Army, and stipulated that all the Northwest Army must pass four major subjects: boxing, chopping, stabbing and gymnastics. It is said that he suffered a stroke due to working day and night while commanding operations in Nankou, and both Chinese and western medical treatments failed. His bodyguard Yu Guodong taught him to practice Tai Ji Chuan, and his health recovered quickly. He firmly believed that Wushu was the quintessence of China, and applied to the Central Committee for renaming it as "National Wushu" to enhance the importance of Wushu.

1927, when the situation changed suddenly, Zhang Zhijiang quickly retreated. He was appointed Minister of Military and Political Affairs of the National Government, but he left the army and military circles and only served as a member of the National Government, devoting himself wholeheartedly to advocating martial arts. He believes that "Wushu is the quintessence of the Chinese nation and should be pushed from the folk to the upper level" and began to organize a Wushu research museum. The purpose of the National Wushu Institute is to set up students' Wushu training teams (classes) to train Wushu teachers in addition to managing and editing textbooks and books, so as to promote Wushu education. This kind of educational institution with academic qualifications should apply to the Ministry of Education for filing, but the Ministry of Education made things difficult and refused to support it. They believe that Wushu has long been eliminated, and claim that if this "old thing" must be promoted, it will only belong to mass organizations and will not be included in the education system. Zhang Zhijiang had no choice but to find Li Liejun, an old friend of the Yunnan Uprising during the Revolution of 1911 and then a member of the Standing Committee of the National Government. Li Liejun immediately made a decision: "Since the Ministry of Education does not recognize it, it will be directly led by the National Government and funded by the State Treasury." The Central Wushu Museum was finally established in March 1928, located in Mentoutou Lane, Xihua, Nanjing. The curator is Li, the former deputy curator. During the warlord melee, he and Li were enemies on the battlefield twice. But I know that Li is proficient in Wudang sword and internal boxing, so I don't remember my previous hatred. He devoted himself to revitalizing martial arts and selecting talents. He invited Li three times and finally invited him to be an important leader of the martial arts school.

The martial arts school began to set up Shaolin and Wudang schools: Shaolin Gate mainly includes Shaolin Boxing, Tea Boxing, Bouncing Leg, Baji Boxing and Guagua Boxing, and the gate length is Wang Ziping; Wudang Gate mainly includes Tai Ji Chuan, Xingyiquan and Baguazhang. The length of the door is Gao Zhendong.

Shortly after the establishment of the Central Martial Arts School, the National Government ordered administrative regions at all levels to set up corresponding institutions. Therefore, in the early 1930s, local Wushu museums were established in various provinces and cities.

At the beginning of the establishment of the Central Martial Arts School, there were abundant teachers: Ma Yingtu served as the training section chief. Besides Prince Ping, there are also (Xingyiquan), Liu Yinhu (Ji Chuan), Yang Fawu (Wrestling), Ma (Wrestling), Zhu Guozhen (Fighting), (Opening), Sun (Yanqing Boxing and Sticking), Sun Lutang, Yang Chengfu, Chen Zirong and Zhang Wuxiang. In terms of training teachers, the main courses of the martial arts museum include the origin and development of martial arts, rules of martial arts, boxing and equipment routines, wrestling, short-armed soldiers, long-armed soldiers, Sanshou, boxing and so on. It has been held for six times in succession, and students can apply to be martial arts teachers or coaches in various places after graduation. There are not many people in each period, ranging from a dozen to more than a hundred; The training period ranges from several months, one year to three years. The Wushu Museum also holds competitions. For example, in Nanjing in 1928 and 1933, two "martial arts examinations" were held to compete in short-term, long-term, wrestling and Sanshou (including women's Sanshou). 1936 organized "Wushu Team" to perform in Hong Kong, Singapore, Malaysia, Philippines and other places. 1928 10, the Central Wushu Museum held its first Wushu examination. The purpose of this national examination is to select cutting-edge Wushu talents, enrich the Central Wushu Museum and further promote the cause of Wushu. The content of the exam is quite comprehensive. Participants must first take part in the preliminary examination, which includes knives, guns, swords, sticks and fists. Only by passing the preliminary test can you participate in the subsequent competitions, which are divided into wrestling, Sanda, long weapons and short weapons. Regardless of age and weight, the competition is decided by lottery. Hit your opponent with your fist to score, and hit your opponent to win. Finally, the oral exam: "Three People's Principles". It can be seen that martial artists at that time paid great attention to martial arts, not just routine shows. However, because the problems of rules and protective gear were not solved at that time, broken bones and tendons were often brewed in sparring competitions. However, the scoring standards of regular competitions are not clear and unified, and referees are often influenced by portal opinions and other factors, resulting in injustice.

In order to improve students' cultural knowledge, Zhang Zhijiang also hired Zhang Hongzhi, a former academician of the Qing Dynasty, as a professor of Yijing in the National Art Museum. After the Japanese invaded the three northeastern provinces of China, Qi Youliang was hired to explain the military tactics course in order to meet the needs of combat readiness.

At the beginning of the establishment of the martial arts museum, there were many contradictions in the martial arts museum because of the sectarian views of Wang Pingping and Gao Zhendong. 1928 ended, and the contradiction intensified and became a contest. Therefore, Zhang Zhijiang decided to cancel Shaolin Gate and Wudang Gate and replace them with the Academic Affairs Office. In order to eliminate stereotypes, the Central Martial Arts School integrated all the families and factions, and called it "Martial Arts School", which is the origin of the name "Martial Arts School". Especially after attending the 9th Far East Games in Du Dong, Japan, Zhang Zhijiang wrote his masterpiece Impression of Traveling to the East and strongly advocated Japanese Wushu. In this book, he declared that "the opinions of various sects in China are harmful to academic progress", and it has become a top priority to eliminate the bad habits of Wulin and revitalize the country. And stressed: "If I can't improve myself, the whole world will treat me as the best meat and get it." Call on Chinese people to take moral culture as the body and martial arts as the purpose, and * * * encourage each other. Zhang Zhijiang also set an example by insisting on learning gossip from Wu Junshan for more than 30 years.

The first phase of the Central Martial Arts School only enrolls 56 students in one class. This is because the requirements for students to enter the library are very strict. It requires students to have a certain martial arts foundation. When recruiting, in addition to testing the candidates' four major equipment drills, such as guns, knives, swords and clubs, students are also required to tell the essentials of various equipment through oral examination.

The admitted students not only don't charge any tuition and fees when they study in the martial arts school, but all their food and clothing needs are supplied by the martial arts school. After entering the library, the students wear school uniforms, and the front and back of the school uniforms have eight characters, namely "saving the country and saving the country" and "fighting in self-defense". The slogan put forward by the martial arts school at that time was: "strengthen my family, strengthen my soul, wash away the sick man of East Asia and revitalize the descendants of the Chinese people." The motto of the museum is "self-improvement".

There are fewer and fewer portals in the Central Wushu Museum, but the martial arts atmosphere is completely new. Various martial artists learn from each other and learn from each other's strengths. For example, Master Sun is eager to learn with an open mind and learn from hundred schools of thought with an open mind. He has been a disciple of Wang Yunpeng, studied Yang Songshan's Three Talents Sword, and also learned the techniques of Eight Diagrams Palm, Split Hanging, Xingyiquan and Taiji, which not only deepened his kung fu skills, but also made his teaching more handy. He has also participated in international Wushu exchanges on behalf of China for many times, winning honors for the Wushu Museum and the country. Another example is Guo Changsheng, a master of Tongbi Boxing, who passed a rigorous examination and entered the martial arts hall to teach. He keeps forging ahead and innovating. He created "two-way Miao Dao", "crazy stick" and "split hanging knife". The most noteworthy is Ma Ying-jeou, who has been taking it as his duty to promote the cause of Wushu since the Northwest Army broadsword team gained great prestige. His representative boxing, Bajiquan, is a treasure in China Wulin. The core of octupole is six major openings, among which there are attacks and defenses, attacks and defenses, coherent strokes, three sets of combo attacks, fierce efforts, rapid progress, and endless mysteries. Bajiquan is a martial arts boxing with strong offensive and defensive ability. After it is born, it will not be easily passed on. However, Ma Yingtu is well versed in the national righteousness, focusing on promoting the cause of martial arts and selflessly dedicating all Bajiquan, making Bajiquan one of the compulsory courses in martial arts schools.

After the establishment of the Central Wushu Museum, in order to make China Wushu more prosperous, Wushu Weekly magazine was founded, and famous Wulin scholars were invited to introduce their Wushu skills. From the origin of Wushu to the application of its achievement method, from attack and defense tactics to cracking, from boxing to boxing theory, from long soldiers to short soldiers and other Wushu problems, a systematic study and arrangement have been carried out. Academic papers published by masters of various schools in weekly magazines, such as Jia, the master of Qing Ping Sword Generation, and Mirjianke, a famous martial arts master in the late Qing Dynasty, greatly promoted China martial arts culture and had a great influence at that time. 1936, the 10 Olympic Games was held in Berlin, Germany. Zhang Zhijiang initiated and presided over the selection of national Wushu artists, and organized Wushu teams to participate in performances. China's students, Wen Jingming, Fu, are all students of the Central Wushu Museum, and their martial arts performances in Germany have caused a sensation in the world sports. The western world also began to pay attention to the mysterious and broad China Wushu. At that time, local newspapers praised Wushu as having three values: sports value, offensive and defensive value and artistic value. The media even said: "China Wushu has three characteristics: art, dance and struggle, which embodies the long history, culture and martial spirit of the Chinese nation."

For this reason, Zhang Zhijiang won the commemorative medallion marked by the "Five Rings" in this Olympic Games, and was praised as "the first person in China Wushu to enter the international sports arena".

1937 When War of Resistance against Japanese Aggression broke out, Zhang Zhijiang went to the Fifth Theater as a senior consultant at the invitation of the commander of the Fifth Theater, Li Zongren, to assist Li Zongren in commanding Taierzhuang operations. At this time, he was too busy to attend to library affairs. At that time, with the development of the war situation, Nanjing was afraid of being destroyed by war sooner or later, so the Central Martial Arts School moved out of Nanjing and arrived in Beibei, Chongqing on 1940 via Changsha, Guilin and Kunming. During this period, the funding source of the Central Martial Arts School has been cut off, most of the students have left, and the Central Martial Arts School can be said to exist in name only.

1945 After the victory of the Anti-Japanese War, the country was in a hurry. The Central Martial Arts School is also busy with the restoration of the museum, but the site of Nanjing Museum has been destroyed by the war. At that time, the Ministry of Education made things difficult for Zhang Zhijiang to apply for resumption of classes, and neither the funds for resumption of classes nor the school buildings were allocated.

Zhang Zhijiang ran around and finally found the Tianjin-Hebei Gymnasium as a venue, and raised funds to change the martial arts school into a private one. 1946, Zhu Jiahua, Minister of Education, learned that the Central Martial Arts School was reopened in Tianjin and changed to a private school, and immediately proposed that the Ministry of Education allocate funds to change the Central Martial Arts School back to China. 1948, the Central Martial Arts School raised120,000 yuan from the big capitalists in Tianjin to build the museum, but before this donation came to hand, Tianjin was captured by the People's Liberation Army, and the history of the Central Martial Arts School ended here.

In the nearly ten years from the establishment of the Central Martial Arts School in 1928 to the outbreak of the Anti-Japanese War in 1937, * * * accepted five students, with an estimated total number of no more than 500. After the outbreak of War of Resistance against Japanese Aggression, many students devoted themselves to the cause of the Anti-Japanese War and were assigned to various units as martial arts instructors. After War of Resistance against Japanese Aggression and the civil war, many martial arts teachers on both sides of the Taiwan Strait were born in the Central Martial Arts Museum. The Central Wushu Museum has made an indelible contribution to the development of modern Wushu in China.