Neihuang Plum Blossom Boxing
Plum Blossom Boxing is the only boxing emphasizing scientific training and martial training as well. In Hancheng Olympic Games in 1988, its plum-blossom stake exercise gave a show as the only representative of Chinese folk sports and received a widely welcome.
According to researches, Plum Blossom Boxing originates from the end of Ming Dynasty and Qing Dynasty. Yang Bing, born in Neihuang in Qing Dynasty, was the first master of Plum Blossom Boxing recorded in document. He set up 12 martial rules and five-warning and five-demanding doctrines, which provided an explicit standard for moral martial actions. Pitifully, as the birth-land of plum blossom boxing, Neihuang is facing the problem of passing it on.
Plum Blossom Boxing is called Plum Boxing for short and plum-blossom stake because it's trained on wood stake. However, for this training means is very expensive and troublesome, it develops into being trained on bricks and finally on ground. Plum Blossom Boxing is a famous excellent one in Chinese martial art and has functions of strengthening physique, relaxing veins, heightening bones and prolonging life. Besides, it also contains martial virtue like respecting the old, caring the young, being modest and noble and so on. All these characteristics make it a magnificent treasure in Chinese martial art.