Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs)

General
1. What are the various things that I can purchase online?
2. What is the Wushu profile of the instructor?
3. What are the past activities of the center?
4. What services do your centre provides?
5. What to wear for Taiji/Wushu lesson?

Wushu
6. What are the preferred age for learning Wushu?
7. What are the benefits of learning Wushu?
8. What are the available Wushu courses?
9. What are taught in the Wushu courses?

Taiji
10. What is Taijiquan?
11. What is the difference between Wushu and Taijiquan?
12. How many styles of Taijiquan are there? Which style is better?
13. How does Taijiquan promote health?
14. What are the preferred age for learning Taiji?
15. What are the available Taiji courses?

General

Q1.	What are the various things that I can purchase online?
A1.	Please refer to http://www.singapore-wushu.com/eshopping
Q2.	What is the Wushu Profile of the instructor?
A2.	Please refer to http://www.singapore-wushu.com/instructors
Q3.	What are the past activities of the center?
A3.	Please refer to http://www.singapore-wushu.com/centre
Q4.	What services do your centre provides?
A4.	We offer Wushu and Taiji course for individual, school, corporate, country club , condominiums and lion and dragon dance performance for school or corporate. Email for more info.
Q5.	What to wear for Taiji/Wushu lesson?
A5.	Xinying T-shirt, long pants and canvas shoe. The instructor can help to order for you the preferred canvas shoe and pants of Taiji/Wushu upon knowing your size of t-shirt/pant/shoe.

Wushu

Q6.	What are the preferred age for learning Wushu?
A6.	As young as 6 years old to 40 years old.
Q7.	What are the benefits of learning Wushu?
A7.	-To get to know Chinese culture and language.  -To improve students' agility, physical and co- ordination ability.  -To built student determination, confidence, learning & analytical ability. -To built student leadership capability or team spirit with fellow teammates.  -To gain exposure through competition and performance
Q8.	What are the available Wushu courses?
A8.	Please refer to http://www.singapore-wushu.com/lesson for more information. Register on the commencing date for the lesson at the lesson venue. No prior registration is needed.
Q9.	What are taught in the Wushu courses?
A9.	The basic of Changquan which consist of hand/leg movement, punches, kicks and basic changquan routines.

Taiji

Q10.	What is Taijiquan?
A10.	Taijiquan is a famous form of Chinese martial art. The term "Taiji" means "the cosmos", and "quan" is the short form for "quan fa" which means "fist techniques". It could be said that Taijiquan is an internal martial arts. It is a fighting style that was developed after generations of scientific study in the martial arts, and is still developing today.
Q11.	What is the difference between Wushu and Taijiquan?
A11.	Wushu is a term use to classify all the Chinese martial arts style under one name. Taijiquan is a style of martial art under the classification.
Q12.	How many styles of Taijiquan are there? Which style is better?
A12.	Five major types of taijiquan had been evolved. There are Chen style, Yang style, Wu style, Sun style, Wu style (he two Wu's are pronounced and written differently in Chinese). There is no one style that is really better than another, it depends on personal taste, and body type.
Q13.	How does Taijiquan promote health?
A13.	If practice properly, Taijiquan is a sport for training of body,  energy and mind. Body (jing), energy (qi) and mind (shen) are the "three treasures" of human. If any one of these treasures is not in order, he (or she) becomes sick, leading to physical, functional or mental illness. In Chinese medical philosophy, health and illness belong to the same continuum; health is when the three treasures operate naturally, illness when one or more of them are out of order. Practicing Taijiquan enhances the natural operation of body, energy and mind. It had been proven that it is especially good for people who have chronic disease such as high blood pressure, high cholesterol, obesity etc.
Q14.	What are the preferred age for learning Taiji?
A14.	As young as 6 years old to 70 years old.
Q15.	What are the courses available for Taiji?
A15.	Please refer to http://www.singapore-wushu.com/lesson  for more information. Register on the commencing date for the lesson at the lesson venue. No prior registration is needed.