Miaoli junior high-elementary school transforms into martial arts academy

With declining birthrates, many primary and secondary schools in rural areas face forced merging or abolition. In Miaoli County, Fuxing Wushu Primary and Secondary School has transformed itself into a school specializing in martial arts, achieving outstanding results in many competitions.

When he first arrived, the coach said that Fuxing had only thirty or so students and was teetering on the edge of being abolished. The school was saved thanks to the hard work of the local village director, who helped refashion the school into a martial arts academy. Fuxing is now the only school in Taiwan that specializes in martial arts. Since the school’s transformation, new school buildings and playground facilities have been erected, and a number of martial arts halls have been built, greatly improving the campus environment and school facilities.

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苗栗武術中小學 轉型孕育體育人才

少子化時代的來臨，讓許多偏鄉的中小學都要面臨到併校或廢校的問題，而在苗栗縣，有一間福興武術中小學，是經過改制後，全台唯一以武術為特色的公立學校，並在許多競賽上都得到了亮眼的成績。

教練表示，當初剛進來的時候福興只是一個普通的國小，全校學生大概不到三十位，也有可能會被面臨到廢校的問題，在里長努力的爭取下，就把武術學校留在這裡，因此有了全台唯一以武術特色學校。學校改革後陸續也蓋了新校舍、操場及技擊館，讓整個硬體設施的環境越來越好。

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