Combining soccer with kungfu in China
June 21st, 2011 - 4:51 pm ICT by IANSBeijing, June 21 (IANS) Some Chinese sport schools are attempting to combine soccer with the traditional Chinese kungfu.
Since last year, Shangdong sport bureau has launched a campaign to develop soccer in local kungfu schools, Xinhua reported.
“Students like it very much. Playing soccer is much more fun than the daily kungfu exercises,” a representative from Shandong Yuncheng Songjiang kungfu school was quoted as saying by Qilu Evening News.
Another representative from the kungfu school said they would have a standard soccer field built in the coming months and “hopefully we can reap some good results in five years”.
The move won approval from Chinese Football Association chief Wei Di.
“It is a creative measure and needs more attention,” he said.
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