▁is ▁the ▁over - emph asis ▁on ▁bare ▁hand ▁fighting . ▁During ▁the ▁Northern ▁Song ▁D ynast y ▁( 9 7 6 - ▁ 9 9 7 ▁A . D ) ▁when ▁platform ▁fighting ▁is ▁known ▁as ▁Da ▁La it ai ▁( Title ▁F ights ▁Challenge ▁on ▁Platform ) ▁first ▁appeared , ▁these ▁f ights ▁were ▁with ▁only ▁s words ▁and ▁st aves . ▁Although ▁later , ▁when ▁bare ▁hand ▁f ights ▁appeared ▁as ▁well , ▁it ▁was ▁the ▁weapons ▁events ▁that ▁became ▁the ▁most ▁famous . ▁These ▁open - ring ▁compet itions ▁had ▁reg ulations ▁and ▁organized ▁by ▁government ▁organizations ; ▁the ▁public ▁also ▁organized ▁some . ▁The ▁government ▁compet itions , ▁held ▁in ▁the ▁capital ▁and ▁pre fect ures , ▁resulted ▁in ▁appoint ments ▁for ▁w inners , ▁to ▁military ▁posts . ▁ ▁Pract ice ▁forms ▁vs . ▁k ung ▁fu ▁in ▁combat ▁Even ▁though ▁forms ▁in ▁Chinese ▁mart ial ▁arts ▁are ▁intended ▁to ▁dep ict ▁real istic ▁mart ial ▁techniques , ▁the ▁movements ▁are ▁not ▁always ▁identical ▁to ▁how ▁techniques ▁would ▁be ▁applied ▁in ▁combat . ▁Many ▁forms ▁have ▁been ▁elabor ated ▁upon , ▁on ▁the ▁one ▁hand , ▁to ▁provide ▁better ▁combat ▁prepared ness , ▁and ▁on ▁the ▁other ▁hand ▁to ▁look ▁more ▁a est het ically ▁ple asing . ▁One ▁manifest ation ▁of ▁this ▁t endency ▁toward ▁elabor ation ▁beyond ▁combat ▁application ▁is ▁the ▁use ▁of ▁lower ▁st ances ▁and ▁higher , ▁stretch ing ▁k icks . ▁These ▁two ▁man eu vers ▁are ▁un real istic ▁in ▁combat