Wudang Kung Fu is an important member of Chinese Kung Fu (Wushu, Wugong, or Gongfu), enjoying an equal fame as Shaolin Kung Fu. It is said "the North advocates Shaolin Kung Fu, as the South respects Wudang Kung Fu". The name of Wudang Kung Fu is from Wudang Mountain, located in Shiyan in Western Hubei province, which is both a famous scenic spot and the Taoist Holy Land in China. The ancient architectural complex on the mountain was listed by UNESCO in 1994 as a World Culture Heritage Site.

Zhang Sanfeng, a legendary Taoist priest in Wudang Mountain and the founder of Wudang Kung Fu, was an expert in the internal exercises and skilled in the art of boxing. Zhang Sanfeng's method in exercising the internal art was interlinked to the Taoist theories. The internal one adopts the breathing-in and breathing-out skill so as to build up the body and acquire longevity.  Some historical records vividly depict the formation course of the internal art. There remains two pieces of drawings, portraying the asceticism-practicing of the internal art. The two drawings were created by Zhang Sanfeng and both are typical internal art asceticism-practicing drawings. The drawings integrate the main and collateral channels and acupoints, the sate of the internal organs in traditional Chinese medical science and Taoist qigong on combination with the changes, fully demonstrating the marrow of the internal art. Due to the unstableness of the social development and complexity of the natural environment, Taoist priests should possess certain resisting skills to cope with unpredicted incidents and attack of the beasts during the practicing course. The Taoist internal exercises inevitably developed from the art of keeping in good health into the art of attack and defence in Kung Fu.

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