Manners and Behaviors of Kungfu

There are various rules for manners and behaviors before or after the exercises. They embody the modesty and manners of the performers, mark a good start of a practice routine to be executed, demonstrate the aims of the different schools of Chuan, and give an outline of its soul and spirit.
It is the long tradition of Chinese Wushu to have correct guiding thoughts and noble morality, stress civilization and manners, and learn hard to improve one's skills and cultivate moral character.Etiquette means a salute or greeting before a martial arts routine. Their forms vary in different schools but they have one thing in common-unity and modesty.
Bowing, as generally used by ancient Chinese martial artists of all schools. It's serious, solemn, but simple, and it can be taken by performers with or without a weapon in hand.Palms joining is a basic greeting form mainly taken by Buddhists, and Buddhist followers, but is also popular among Wushu performers due to the influence of the Shaolin school.Among the greeting forms are Hand-raising, Palming and Lianhua greetings.For standardizing Wushu greetings, the Chinese Wushu Association has set the fist-holding greeting as the official greeting form for both Wushu masters and pupils in competitions, training and per-formance.A fist holding greeting is executed as follows: Make a fist with the right hand, put it against the center of the left palm with the left thumb bent and the four other fingers of the left hand stretched, push the two hands forward with the palms facing those greeted, arms in an embracing position and shoulders dropped down. The greeting should be done with ease and confidence. The bent left thumb indicates that the performer is not arrogant or high-handed; the left hand's four fingers coming together means an integrity of moral, intellectual, physical and aesthetic education, a must for a Wushu performer to be noble-minded. The right fist indicates valour and vigor; the fist is stopped by the left palm which means being brave but not wishing to make trouble or breaking the rules. Learning Wushu does not necessarily mean fighting or violence.