Martial Art Combined with Witchcraft: A Study on Influence of Witchcraft in Secret Association of Martial Arts

Secret association often use popular martial arts, scrawl, cursing witchcraft practice such as witchcraft rituals and practicing orvis rod and other martial arts, features to create a confluence of Wu Wu. Martial arts secret association tissue types can be divided into: the secret religion Wenwu Fen Chang, secret party forgeries of gods, folk boxing will set the altar and seance. In the development process of martial arts, many martial arts and martial origin to add a legend, the origin of Wushu routine may begins with "imitative witchcraft". Martial arts theory of Yin and Yang, five elements and the eight diagrams and other metaphysics also has a mystery. Especially in Ming and Qing dynasties social unrest, the boxer as the representative of the martial arts secret organizations, interdependence and witchcraft. Boxer, such as the association with witchcraft rituals of rapid expansion of the scale, to attract members, the use of martial arts moves and witchcraft ceremony grafting, with dance of martial arts fighting collective ecstasy state excitation. Secret societies witchcraft characteristics of organization of development of Wushu effect include: to promote the popularization and spread of martial arts, gave birth to the formation of numerous martial arts, promote the perfection of the internal and external power law, the remnants of the feudal dross and false factors.In the face of the ancient martial arts association organization in the witchcraft beliefs should actively guide and mining its academic and social value;for in the name of martial arts, the witchcraft of“cancer”should be resolutely banned and the relevant responsibility should be investigated.