武术是面向西北农林科技大学本科生所开设的一、二年级体育必修课；为全校本科生开设的体育选修课。中国武术分为传统武术和竞技武术。目前，武术是以技击动作为主要内容，以套路和格斗为运动形式，注重内外兼修的中国传统体育项目。长拳内容包括基本功、单练套路、对练套路。
本课程的重点是掌握初级长拳（三路拳）和初级刀术的技术动作，初级长拳的基本功主要包括拳、掌、勾三种手型，弓、马、仆、虚、歇五种步型，还有一定数量的拳法、掌法、肘法和伸屈、直摆、扫转、击响等不同组别的腿法及平衡、跳跃、跌仆、滚翻动作。初级刀术的基本功主要包括缠头刀、裹脑刀、扎刀、劈刀、抱刀、扫刀、藏刀、按刀和驾刀等技术动作。
通过练习提高学生对套路动作演练的能力和熟练程度，增强学生的反应能力、动作速度、柔韧性、协调性、等多项身体素质。
The Course Description of the Wushu
Wushu is a compulsory course for students in the first and second grade at Northwest A&F University, and also an elective course for all undergraduate students. Chinese wushu is divided into traditional martial arts and competitive martial arts. At present, wushu is a traditional Chinese sport which emphasizes on external and internal cultivation with the main content of attack and defense art in the form of wushu routine and combat. The sport item changquan includes basic skills training, single practice and practice with partners.
The focus of this course is to master the techniques of the primary changquan (Sanlu changquan) and primary broadsword play. The basic training of the primary changquan includes three hand shapes of fist, palm and hook, and five footwork of gong, ma, pu, xu and xie. Besides, there are a certain number of practices in fist, palm, elbow and leg of flex, straight, turn and smack, as well as movements like balancing, jumping, falling down and rolling down. The basic training of primary broadsword play consists of broadsword over-head, broadsword cleaving, broadsword sweeping and other skill movements.
With practice, this course will improve students' ability and proficiency in wushu routine, and strengthen their response competence, movement speed, flexibility, coordination and other physical quality.