Abstract: In order to free the traditional Wushu from the predicament of low combativeness while retaining its culturality, this paper explores the way to reform traditional Wushu training from the perspective of enhancing its combativeness while retaining its culturality. The author first expounds the importance of combativeness to traditional Wushu by criticizing some confused and specious arguments. On this basis, the author point out the necessity to maintain a moderate tension between traditional Wushu combativeness and its culturality, and argues that the only way to enhance the combativeness of traditional Wushu without losing its culturality is to make the training content simple and direct and take "open confrontation" as its form. It should be noted, however, that making the training content siple and direct and taking "open confrontation" as its form is just the core part of the reform.

Key words: traditional Wushu, combativeness, culturality, training reform