Referring to concepts of Joshua Goldstein and Leon Hunt, the article deals with the role of women and the question of gender within the context of Chinese martial art. It is argued that due to the symbolic “encapsulationâ€ of women trained as soldiers, the figure of a “female warriorâ€ did not alter gender stereotypes but confirmed the traditional image of the “Chinese womanâ€. After having sketched the relation between war and women in general and the problem of gender within the Chinese society in particular, the author describes the origin of the “female warriorâ€ and its impact on Chinese culture, followed by a discussion of whether the characteristics of a “Kung-Fuâ€- culture had contributed to the discrepancies between the image and the reality of the women-soldiers.