{"id":16,"date":"2021-04-13T12:05:53","date_gmt":"2021-04-13T12:05:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.chicagowushu.com\/?page_id=16"},"modified":"2022-10-14T09:16:56","modified_gmt":"2022-10-14T09:16:56","slug":"the-martial-code-of-wude","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.chicagowushu.com\/the-martial-code-of-wude\/","title":{"rendered":"The Martial Code of Wude"},"content":{"rendered":"

\u201cWude\u201d
\n\u2013 The Martial Code<\/strong><\/p>\n

Considering the rather brutal nature of a martial arts purpose<\/a>, it seems odd that people would consider it a path a good person would take, and yet it has a reputation of building a person\u2019s moral character. This may seem a paradox at first, but it comes from a very important aspect of the wushu called \u201cwude\u201d or \u201cMartial Morality\u201d. Great masters of wushu realized that high skill in wushu could be abused by people who were not good. So they devised a martial code in order to judge whether their students where worthy and capable of being taught this dangerous art. There are two aspects of wude, the first is used to gauge whether a student can be trusted and the second whether they have the ability to achieve the highest aim of wushu \u2013 self cultivation:<\/p>\n

Morality of Deed<\/p>\n