What is the difference between Chinese martial arts and sparring

Wushu and Sanshou both belong to the Chinese combat arts, but wushu generally people refer to traditional techniques, which contain practical and fitness, gongfu and other complex content. Sanshou is generally a modern athletic competition with rules for knocking out opponents in the ring.

Chinese Wushu is a huge family: boxing, equipment,, combat sparring and group programs, gongfu movement and so on. Traditional Chinese culture is closely linked to the Chinese martial arts. Chinese traditional philosophy and the basic theory of Chinese medicine are the essence of traditional Chinese culture, are on the formation and development of Chinese martial arts have an important impact. Wushu was born in the soil of Chinese traditional culture and has incorporated the essence of Chinese traditional culture, and its development and evolution process also carries a significant imprint of traditional culture. The ideological core of Chinese Wushu is Confucianism's neutralization and qi nourishment, and at the same time, it also integrates many theories such as Taoism's Jing Jing Zhi Zi Rou and Shakya's Zen meditation and enlightenment, which constitutes a broad and profound martial arts system, and has become a unique "martial arts culture" in the world. In addition, it also integrates many traditional cultural ideas and concepts, such as Yijing, philosophy, military science, aesthetics, etc., absorbing the essence of traditional Chinese culture and the strengths of all schools of thought, and gradually formed a unique style and characteristics of the martial arts cultural system.

Sparring; is the national sports commission in 1979 in accordance with the modern competitive sports model, allows the use of kicking, hitting, wrestling and other techniques, but does not allow the use of grappling elbow knee also not allowed to attack the throat, eyes, crotch, back of the head and other vital parts of the human body; the athletes are divided into body weight, wearing protective gear in the same conditions of equal competition in the athletic competition. In 1989, the State Sports Commission approved for the official competition, and set up a "Team Championship" and "Individual Championship" system.