Yindong Li is Professor, Doctoral Supervisor, and Director of the Wushu Culture Research Center at Beijing Sport University, as well as an international Sanda referee. He is the founder of the Eastern Capturing Technique and has long been engaged in teaching, training, research, and practical work related to traditional Wushu health and fitness.Professor Li has participated in and led numerous Wushu research projects, published dozens of academic papers, and contributed to or edited key textbooks such as Chinese Wushu Sanda. His monographs include Interpretation of Wushu: The Essence and Its Functional Value System and Wudao Shenyi: Chinese Wushu, among others. His extensive scholarship and practical experience have significantly informed the development of this volume.

• 1. Introduction.- 2. The Influence of Social Changes at the End of the Qing Dynasty on Wushu in the Republic of China Period.- 3. The Emergence of Wushu in the Early Republic of China.- 4. Wushu Movement in the Middle Period of the Republic of China.- 5. Wushu Movement from the War of Resistance against Japanese Aggression (July, 1937) to the Eve of the Founding of the People’s Republic of China（September, 1949).

Yindong Li is Professor, Doctoral Supervisor, and Director of the Wushu Culture Research Center at Beijing Sport University, as well as an international Sanda referee. He is the founder of the Eastern Capturing Technique and has long been engaged in teaching, training, research, and practical work related to traditional Wushu health and fitness.Professor Li has participated in and led numerous Wushu research projects, published dozens of academic papers, and contributed to or edited key textbooks such as Chinese Wushu Sanda. His monographs include Interpretation of Wushu: The Essence and Its Functional Value System and Wudao Shenyi: Chinese Wushu, among others. His extensive scholarship and practical experience have significantly informed the development of this volume.

• 1. Introduction.- 2. The Influence of Social Changes at the End of the Qing Dynasty on Wushu in the Republic of China Period.- 3. The Emergence of Wushu in the Early Republic of China.- 4. Wushu Movement in the Middle Period of the Republic of China.- 5. Wushu Movement from the War of Resistance against Japanese Aggression (July, 1937) to the Eve of the Founding of the People’s Republic of China（September, 1949).

Yindong Li is Professor, Doctoral Supervisor, and Director of the Wushu Culture Research Center at Beijing Sport University, as well as an international Sanda referee. He is the founder of the Eastern Capturing Technique and has long been engaged in teaching, training, research, and practical work related to traditional Wushu health and fitness.Professor Li has participated in and led numerous Wushu research projects, published dozens of academic papers, and contributed to or edited key textbooks such as Chinese Wushu Sanda. His monographs include Interpretation of Wushu: The Essence and Its Functional Value System and Wudao Shenyi: Chinese Wushu, among others. His extensive scholarship and practical experience have significantly informed the development of this volume.

• 1. Introduction.- 2. The Influence of Social Changes at the End of the Qing Dynasty on Wushu in the Republic of China Period.- 3. The Emergence of Wushu in the Early Republic of China.- 4. Wushu Movement in the Middle Period of the Republic of China.- 5. Wushu Movement from the War of Resistance against Japanese Aggression (July, 1937) to the Eve of the Founding of the People’s Republic of China（September, 1949).