Is sparring intended to be a sport?

Sparring is certainly a sport.

Sparring is not only a kind of intense physical confrontation sport, but also an official competition of the National Games and Asian Games. Sparring actually belongs to an important branch of traditional Chinese martial arts, in which more emphasis is placed on the results, without the constraints of sets. As a popular sport, Sanda is also characterized by its distinctive features. The following editor will briefly talk about the origin, development and current situation of sparring.

I. The Origin of Sanda

Sanda, as a part of Chinese martial arts, has a long history. As early as the Spring and Autumn and Warring States period there are unarmed combat techniques, such as the "Gongyang Chuan" recorded in the ? It is the throat locking method of grappling in the fighting technique.

In fact, the main role of ancient sparring is to spread the Chinese martial arts. After all, Chinese martial arts routines are not as exciting as actual combat, and sparring is what allows both sides to aim for a knockout. Sanshou is actually to let the two sides of the fight to refine their own moves, so as to find their strongest combination of attack power. In this way, both sides in the ring for sparring can deepen the understanding of their own multi-school, for their own martial arts cultivation have a great role.

Second, the development of sparring

Sparring from the Spring and Autumn and Warring States period began to appear, in the middle of the time is also after a lot of time for the development and reform, and finally in the Republic of China, the modern meaning of sparring matches began to really appear. October 28, 1928 in Nanjing, China held the first ? National Art National Examination? was held in Nanjing, China, on October 28, 1928, and this was the origin of the modern sparring competition.

Of course, in the first? National Martial Arts Examination? The rules for sparring matches in the first national examination were very simple, and there was no requirement for protective gear. By the time the national examination was held again in 1933, there were rules and requirements for protective gear, and the rules of the game began to appear.

Three, the current situation of sparring

Sparring in the modern sense of the game history is still relatively short, to 1989 sparring was officially listed as the official national competition. And it was only in 1993 that sparring became an official competition of the National Games. Shortly after entering the National Games, Sanshou was also well on its way to entering the family of official Asian Games competitions.

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