Abstract: According to the origin and meaning of Wushu, the term can be simply interpreted as martial arts. The content of Wushu discipline includes four parts: Wushu techniques, Wushu practice methods, Wushu usage, and the underlying theory of each part. The parallel development of Wushu and culture/literature education revealsthe evolution process of Wushu education. An Examination of the Wushu practice and competition in military and non-military fields reveals a comprehensive movement system. Based on these, the author proposes that Wushu can be used as the general term to encompass all traditional Chinese sports and it can be defined as a kind of sport which takes Chinese culture as its basis, utilizes physical exercises as its basic means, has cultivation of wisdom, health and personality as its aims and exists in the forms of fight, gongfa and games. Furthermore, the writer suggests that the return and reconstruction of Wushu discipline should be based on the rediscovery of its confidence

Key words: Wushu, ontology, definition, discipline