Talk:Central Guoshu Institute

Wrong informations?

this information is wrong: "In October 1928, the Central Guoshu Institute held another national examination in Nanjing. This event came to be regarded as one of the most significant historic gatherings of Chinese martial arts masters. The tournament was presided by generals Zhang Zhijiang, Li Liejun, and Li Jinglin, who separated the 600 participants into two categories: Shaolin and Wudang.[4] " It was not the tournament that was divided into Shaolin and Wudang, but the institute. I also went to see the book mentioned and on page 31 there is no mention of the tournament in any way. Wanglun1774

Heads of Institute

I am happy to clear up the first paragraph, as it lists both "winners" of the competition, and some of the guys who organized it. Both together cannot be correct. TommyKirchhoff (talk) 14:58, 31 March 2010 (UTC)

Article needs clean up and more information

"In October 1928, the Central Guoshu Institute held another national examination in Nanjing. This event came to be regarded as one of the most significant historic gatherings of Chinese martial arts masters. The tournament was presided by generals Zhang Zhi Jiang, Li Lie Jun, and Li Jing Lin, who separated the 600 participants into two categories: Shaolin and Wudang.[3] After the first several days of competition, the fighting competitions had to be halted because two masters were killed and many more seriously injured. The final 12 contestants were not permitted to continue for fear of losing traditional knowledge of martial arts by killing off the experts and the overall winner was voted on by a jury of his peers. Many of the "Top 15" finishers (some being Xingyi boxers) went on to teach at the institute.[4]"

The 1928 national examination was the first and in 1933 the academy organized a second national examination. There is a two series article in Classical Fughting Arts that has a lot of information for this wiki entry. Tianshanwarrior (talk) 14:58, 11 May 2011 (UTC) —Preceding unsigned comment added by 161.19.64.243 (talk)

"In 1929, the governor of Guangdong Province invited some of the institutes's masters (including some of those that had competed in the 1928 lei tai) to come south to establish a "Southern Kuoshu Institute". General Li Jinglin chose five masters to represent northern China: BaguaZhang master, Fu Chen Sung; Shaolin Iron Palm master, Gu Ru Zhang; Six Harmony master Wan Lai Shen; Tam T'ui master, Li Shan Wu; and Cha Chuan master, Wang Shao Zhao. These men were known as the Wu hu xia jiangnan (五虎下江南 - "Five tigers heading south of Jiangnan"). In 1933, the institute again hosted the national competition. The rules said, "...if death occurs as a result of boxing injuries and fights, the coffin with a body of the deceased will be sent home."[6]

The source is not a scholarly one. Please include a reliable one