Abstract:In-depth research is conducted on He Long’s understanding of martial arts as well as his conclusions and thoughts through methods like documentary research. Starting to practice martial arts from an early age, He Long lived with martial arts throughout his life and had acquired a profound understanding of the martial art. According to He Long, martial art takes its root among the people and is guided by the principles of exploration, classification, enhancement and popularization. He also made it clear that the Taijiquan can be used to attack people and is highly technical. In the process of developing martial arts, what’s to abandon and promote must be made clear first and the development of their attacking and defending skills should be given special attention. Moreover, merits of gymnastics and dance should be borrowed to develop martial arts but we need take care not to dissimilate the martial arts. He Long’s ideas about martial arts are mature with modern spirit and of great significance for the overall development of Chinese martial arts.