中國武術一向“尚武崇德”，重禮儀、講道德。武術諺語有“未曾學藝先學禮，未曾習武先習德”，充分顯示了武德教化在武術傳授過程中所表現出的“道德至上”的文化特征。中國武術始終把武德列為習武的先決條件。武德對習武者的心性修養、道德作風培養、精神境界提升等具有深刻影響，從而達到“德”與“藝”（武技）的統一。
Chinese Wushu has put great emphasis on the promotion of morality.As a Wushu proverb goes, “learn morality before Wushu is ever learned,acquire virtues before Wushu is ever acquired”.A message that's inherent in Wushu that the Wushu ethics is placed at a central position in Wushu training.Wushu ethics has a profound influence on developing a practitioner's mind, character, moral consciousness, and spiritual aspiration.An ideal state would be the unification of morality and skills since they are two closely related and inseparable qualities that characterize a great Wushu practitioner.
可見，武德是中國曆代習武者的共同信仰和精神價值取向，也是調節、規範習武者行為的最基本手段。武德在長期的曆史積澱、傳承之中，已經同人們的生活方式、思維模式、行為準則、道德情操、審美情趣、處世態度和風俗習慣融為一體，成為中華民族倫理道德思想體係的重要組成部分。
It is obvious that wushu ethics is a common faith and a value orientation shared by Chinese Wushu practitioners from generation to generation.It is the most basic means to regulate practitioners’ behavior.In the long hisory that Wushu culture was passed down to the later generations, wushu ethics has fused with people's life style, mode of thinking, moral sentiments, aesthetic taste and custom.It has become an important integral part of Chinese ethics.