一、长拳概说 Brief Introduction of Chang Quan
长拳是在近几十年发展起来的，以套路运动为主的新拳种。新中国成立后，国家体委把在群众中广泛流传的查、花、炮、洪、华、弹腿、少林等拳种，根据其共同的风格特点，综合整理创编了长拳。新创拳种既适合基础武术训练，又适合于进行竞赛和竞技技术水平的提高。长拳的特点是：动作舒展大方、快速有力、节奏明显，并多起伏转折。长拳内容包括基本功、单练套路、对练套路等。
长拳动作舒展，关节活动范围较大，对肌肉和韧带的柔韧性、弹性都有较高要求。同时，由于长拳动作大多是用大肌肉群来进行活动的，要求肌肉活动量大而且迅速，需氧量较大，因此对提高心肺功能也有良好作用。
Chang Quan has been developed in recent decades which is a new sort of Quan with routine movement as the main form.Since the establishment of the People's Republic of China,in accordance with the common styles and characteristics，the State Sports Committee synthetically collated and created Chang Quan from sorts of Quan which are widespread among masses，such as Cha Quan，Hua Quan，Pao Quan，Hong Quan，Hua Quan，Tantui，Shaolin Quan etc..The newly created sort of Quan is not only suitable for basic Wushu training，but also for improvement of competition and competitive skill levels.The characteristics of Chang Quan are that：expansive and decent movements,speediness and power，obvious rhythms，as well as being rich in rising and turning.The contents of Chang Quan comprise basic skills，single-practice forms，and one-on-one forms etc..
Movements of Chang Quan are expanded and stretched with relative wide range of joint activities, which requires high flexibility and elasticity of muscles and ligaments.Meanwhile,because most movements of Chang Quan are fulfilled by big muscle groups which require large and rapid muscle movements and relatively larger oxygen consumption,Chang Quan is beneficial for functional improvements of heart and lungs.