Chinese martial arts   zhōng guó wǔ shù
　              中　 国   武 术
Chinese martial arts, also known as Wu Shu and popularly as Kung Fu, consists of a number of fighting styles that were developed over the centuries, including Ba Gua(八卦), Drunken Boxing（醉拳zuì quán）, Eagle Claw（少林鹰爪拳shǎo lín yīng zhǎo quán）, Five Animals（boxing that imitate actives of animals that can improve health五禽戏wǔ qín xì）, Hsing Yi Quan(形意拳xíng yì quán), Hung Gar Kuen（洪家拳hóng jiā quán）, Lau Gar（刘家拳liú jiā quán）, Monkey（猴拳hóu quán）, Bak Mei Pai（白峨嵋派bái é méi pài）, Praying Mantis（螳螂拳táng láng quán）, Fujian White Crane（福建白鹤拳fú jiàn bái hè quán）, Wing Chun（咏春拳yǒng chūn quán） and Tai Chi Chuan（太极拳tài jí quán）. Those fighting styles can be classified according to common themes that are identified as "families" (家, jiā), "sects" (派, pai) or "schools" (門, men) of martial art.
Some styles has their training focus on the harnessing of qi(气)power and are labeled internal(内家拳nèi jiā quán), while others concentrate on improving muscle and cardiovascular fitness and are labeled external (外家拳wài jiā quán). Geographical association, as in northern (北拳běi quán) and southern (南拳nán quán), is another popular method of categorization. Each fighting style offers a different approach to the common problems of self-defense, health, and self-cultivation from a Chinese perspective.

Martial arts and morality
Traditional Chinese schools of martial arts, such as the famous Shaolin monks, often dealt with the study of martial arts not just as a means of self-defense or mental training, but as a system of ethics. Wude (武德) can be translated as "martial morality" and is constructed from two Chinese characters, "wu" (武) which means martial and "de" (德) which means morality. Wude (武德) deals with two aspects; "morality of deed" and "morality of mind". Morality of deed concerns social relations;
morality of mind means to cultivate the inner harmony between the emotional mind (Xin, 心) and the wisdom mind (Hui, 慧). The ultimate goal is reaching no extremity (Wuji, 无极) (closely related to the Taoist concept of Wuwei, 无为), where both wisdom and emotions are in harmony with each other.

Use of qi
The concept of qì or ch'i (氣/气), the inner energy or "life force" which is said to animate living beings, is encountered in almost all styles of Chinese martial art. Internal styles are reputed to cultivate its use differently than external styles.
One's qi can be improved and strengthened through the regular practice of various physical and mental exercises known as qigong. Though qigong is not a martial art itself, it is often incorporated in Chinese martial arts and, thus, practiced as an integral part to strengthen one's internal abilities.
There are many ideas regarding controlling one's qi energy to such an extent that it can be used for healing oneself or others: the goal of medical qigong. Some styles believe in focusing qi into a single point when attacking and aim at specific areas of the human body. Such techniques are known as Dim Mak（点穴） and have principles that are similar to acupressure.