What is Sanda?

Sanda, also known as Sanshou, is an unarmed combat event in which two people subdue each other according to certain rules and use offensive and defensive techniques such as kicking, hitting and falling in traditional Wushu. It is an important competition form of China Wushu. Divided into ancient Sanshou and modern Sanda. As the earliest development of Sanda in ancient times, Sanshou should be able to fight against single and weapon or multi-person fighting, attacking with head, fingers, palm, fist, elbow, shoulder, knee, leg, hip and arm. The main techniques are hitting, kicking, taking, falling and falling, among which elbow and knee are techniques. Pay attention to surprise in war, not seeking flowers, but seeking victory and being practical. Modern Sanda is a common attack and defense technique consisting of straight boxing, swinging boxing, copying boxing, whipping boxing, kicking, kicking and throwing. Sanda has no routine, only single strokes and combinations, which are different.

trait

The reason why Sanda has strong appeal and vitality is determined by its own characteristics and functions.

sports

Sanda has experienced many difficulties, contradictions and obstacles from preliminary research to pilot development, from experience summary to national promotion until it becomes a modern sports competition. The most important thing is that Sanda competition is completely different from people's imagination of martial arts unarmed combat. Some people even think that Sanda is not a martial art, but just a "fist and leg attack". Because the popular martial arts fighting is generally considered as self-defense, which leads to making enemies; Or, as described in movies, TV series and martial arts novels, it is so fascinating that people can't understand it. This is a misunderstanding caused by the apotheosis and exaggerated illusion of many martial arts forms. In modern civilized society, Sanshou can't survive in narrow fighting, but should integrate the essence of Wushu.

A simple and easy form of exercise, which can not only defend itself but also strengthen the body, thus having a wide range of vitality and truly going to the society and the world. Therefore, the Wushu Academy of the former State Sports Commission, through experiments and argumentation, believes that the technique of Sanda is based on strengthening physical fitness, exchanging skills, self-defense and improving technical level, and chooses actions from traditional Wushu unarmed combat, making Sanda a sport, that is, combining Wushu with sports.

Due to the correct decision-making and proper methods, Sanda can be carried out and popularized smoothly. From the modern form of Sanda, Sanda is basically the same as other sports, belonging to sports, but it highlights the special essence of martial arts-fighting skills, and at the same time it is obviously different from fighting skills that cause injuries and disabilities, excluding killing skills. Sanda rules strictly prohibit attacking the opponent's back, neck and crotch, as well as using anti-joint movements and elbow and knee techniques, but all kinds of martial arts techniques can be used.

opposability

The inherent characteristics of Sanda determine that it is manifested in the form of confrontation, so the basic form of Sanda is confrontation, which means that both sides have mastered the basic movements and techniques of Sanda; After a period of training, in the absence of a fixed format, within the scope stipulated by the rules, we are more skilled, braver and wiser, and score one point.

nationality

Wushu Sanda is an excellent cultural heritage of the Chinese nation, which gradually evolved and developed under the specific social and historical conditions in China, with distinctive national characteristics.

China Sanda is different from western boxing and taekwondo. It is also different from kicking, elbowing and knee butting in Muay Thai. Judo can only be used, mixed and tackled, but not kicked. Sanda is different from free fighting with ropes in western countries because of its competitiveness. It is also different from Japanese karate, sumo, taekwondo, fighting and French taekwondo. Wushu Sanda requires "far kicking, close fighting and close wrestling", and its national form is not fixed, nor can it be understood as "past form" or "historical form". The national form has distinct characteristics of the times, so the form is not single, but changeable and constantly evolving.