It was developed in China after 1949, in an effort to standardize the practice of traditional Chinese martial arts, although attempts to structure the various decentralized martial arts traditions date back earlier, when the Central Guoshu Institute was established at Nanking in 1928.
Emepụtara ya n'afọ 1949 na mbọ ịhazigharị omume nke nka ọgụ ọdịnala ndị China, [3] mana Mbọ ịhazi usoro ọdịnala gbasara agbasa nke nka ọgụ dị iche iche malitere n'oge gara aga, mgbe e guzobere Ụlọ mmụta Etiti Guoshu na Nanking n'afọ 1928.