Periodization in Antiquity: The Chinese Military Training

Nelson Kautzner MARQUES Junior ()
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Nelson Kautzner MARQUES Junior: Independent Research, Niterói, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Marathon, 2023, vol. 15, issue 2, 50-60

Abstract: According to the imperial moment of China, a dynasty improved the Chinese military training. Chinese Dynasties to prepare the imperial army performed the training planning. The training plan to be used in sports came to be called by Soviet Union researchers of periodization. This article called the training planning of the Chinese imperial army of periodization. The objective of the review was to explain how it was organized the periodization of the military training of imperial China with the method of Qi Jiguang. Qi Jiguang was a famous general during the Ming Dynasty. Qi practiced several innovations in the Chinese military training. He elaborated a new combat formation, the Mandarin Duck, and other formations. Qi wrote some books to guide the imperial troops. Qi used four microcycles to organize military training – prepare armies, martial arts weapons I (with individual training), and weapons II (with team training). In conclusion, the study of the periodization of Chinese military training was relevant for the coach to know how this content evolved until to be researched and used in sports.

Keywords: Ming dynasty; war; China; military training; Chinese boxing; sports; microcycle; period. (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2023
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