9 . ▁Many ▁well ▁known ▁mart ial ▁artists ▁chose ▁to ▁escape ▁from ▁the ▁P RC ' s ▁rule ▁and ▁migr ate ▁to ▁Taiwan , ▁Hong ▁Kong , ▁and ▁other ▁parts ▁of ▁the ▁world . ▁Those ▁master s ▁started ▁to ▁teach ▁within ▁the ▁over se as ▁Chinese ▁communities ▁but ▁eventually ▁they ▁expanded ▁their ▁teach ings ▁to ▁include ▁people ▁from ▁other ▁eth nic ▁groups . ▁ ▁Within ▁China , ▁the ▁practice ▁of ▁traditional ▁mart ial ▁arts ▁was ▁disc ou rag ed ▁during ▁the ▁tur bul ent ▁years ▁of ▁the ▁Chinese ▁Cultural ▁Revolution ▁( 1 9 6 9 – 1 9 7 6 ). ▁Like ▁many ▁other ▁aspects ▁of ▁traditional ▁Chinese ▁life , ▁mart ial ▁arts ▁were ▁subject ed ▁to ▁a ▁radical ▁transformation ▁by ▁the ▁People ' s ▁Republic ▁of ▁China ▁to ▁align ▁them ▁with ▁Ma o ist ▁revolution ary ▁doctrine . ▁The ▁P RC ▁promoted ▁the ▁committee - reg ulated ▁sport ▁of ▁W ush u ▁as ▁a ▁replacement ▁for ▁independent ▁schools ▁of ▁mart ial ▁arts . ▁This ▁new ▁competition ▁sport ▁was ▁dis associ ated ▁from ▁what ▁was ▁seen ▁as ▁the ▁potentially ▁sub vers ive ▁self - def ense ▁aspects ▁and ▁family ▁line ages ▁of ▁Chinese ▁mart ial ▁arts . ▁ ▁In ▁ 1 9 5 8 , ▁the ▁government ▁established ▁the ▁All - Ch ina ▁W ush u ▁Association ▁as ▁an ▁um bre lla ▁organization ▁to ▁reg ulate ▁mart ial ▁arts ▁training . ▁The ▁Chinese ▁State ▁Commission ▁for ▁Phys ical ▁Culture ▁and ▁Sports ▁took ▁the ▁lead ▁in ▁creating ▁standard ized ▁forms ▁for ▁most ▁of ▁the