Wushu Taolu

Oldest martial dance style created in Tang Dynasty China. A dance art which mix fighting moves both from northern Kungfu and southern Kuntao into it dance choreography.

The idea of mixing both fighting move and dance art as new form of exercise began since Tang Dynasty. In the Tang Dynasty, descriptions of martial dances were wroten in poems by Li Bai. 

In the Song and Yuan dynasties, early form of Wushu Taolu contests were sponsored by the imperial courts. The modern concepts of Wushu Taolu we know today were fully developed by the Ming and Qing dynasties.