I will respectfully disagree with others who have written here that contemporary wushu's focus on display or entertainment reduces it's efficacy as a fighting art. read more
so i will say that , kungfu is very useful for self-defense and wushu is very useful before you want to know kungfu . you got to know what to practice then actually spend time on it . guns and swords and knifes are weapons , weapons don't fight , people do . read more
Secondly, since the 1970s, the Chinese government has promoted wushu as a sport and not a martial art. Today there are many wushu teachers, Chinese as well as non-Chinese, teaching this sport all over the world. read more