A Comparative Analysis on Inheritance and Development of Traditional Sports of China, Japan and Korea

With the purpose of exploring the development trend of Wushu, an analysis on status quo of Wushu was discussed, including its failure of being formal Olympic events, unfull development in Physical education field, lack of heirs in mass sports and unbalance between the Chinese competitive Wushu and Chinese traditonal Wushu. Comparing the development status quo of Wushu, Janpanese Judo and Korean Taekwondo in different fields such as competitive sports, school sports and mass sports, it is discovered that present studies about Wushu, Judo and Taekwondo were mostly analyzed in superficial phenomenon. However, rare researches were about the social reasons for the weakness of development in Wushu culture by the angle of sociology. This paper, utilizing methods of the sociology, found out that there were several factors about the successful prevalence and development of Taekwondo and Judo, and emphasized the reasons of the weakness of development in Wushu culture. As a result, several developing strategies were approved in order to meet modern people's needs of sports culture and protect the Wushu's spirit.