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[quote]The generalized modern curriculum practiced in modern wushu schools is composed of different traditional martial arts fighting styles from China, but mainly based on scientific efficiency. Sanshou is composed of Chinese martial arts applications including most aspects of combat including striking and grappling, however when Sanshou was developed as a sport, restrictions were made for safety reasons as well as to promote it as a non-violent sport. Examples of such restrictions included no blows delivered to the back of the head, spine or groin and the discontinuation of the combat when any of the fighters fall to the ground. However many schools, whether traditional or modern, practice it as an all round martial arts systems with no restrictions, only adapting their training in relation to competition rules prior to the event. Sanshou tournaments are one of the two disciplines recognized by the International Wushu Federation.[3]
Sanshou's competitive history involved barehanded or lei tai fights in which no rules existed. However, even sanshou as a competitive event developed in the military as these bouts were commonly held between the soldiers to test and practice barehanded martial skills, ability and techniques. Rules were developed and the use of protective gloves etc. was adopted. It was originally used by the Kuomintang at the first modern military academy in Whampoa in the 1920s[4]. Later it was also adopted as a method by the People's Liberation Army of China.
One can see Sanshou as a synthesis of traditional Chinese fighting techniques into a more amorphous system and is commonly taught alongside traditional Chinese styles which Sanshou techniques, theory and training methods are derived from. The emphasis of Sanshou is on realistic fighting ability.[5][/quote]
In a nutshell, Sanshou is a "distillation of traditional Kung Fu techniques into a kickboxing system", but really what they actually mean is "we took everything that actually works for real and ditched the shit that only looks good on celluloid". Pretty much Sanshou is a full contact kickboxing system similar in nature to that of Muay Thai, but with a higher emphasis on sweeps and throws.
While the Chinese won't ever say this openly, the goal of competitive Chinese San Shou schools for the past 20 years has been to produce "muay thai killers" and thus far, they've been pretty damn successful. Liu Hailong, was a professional San Shou fighter known for his complete and utter domination of many of the top Thai kickboxers, even under Thai rule systems.
One of the most notable maneuvers of San Shou is the "kick catch", in where the Sanda fighter baits an opponent into throwing a leg kick, catches it, then reefs his leg up while sweeping the other foot out, perhaps even throwing a strong straight punch at the same time.
Enough jibber jabber, here's some tasty media
[media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H8nCgNTByiE[/media]
Notable students/fighters:
UFC fighter and all around nice guy, Patrick Barry:
[img]http://mmaaddicts.com/dann/ufc-98-evans-machida/pat-barry.jpg[/img]
[img]http://mmahits.com/uploads/2010/06/barry.jpg[/img]
Strikeforce champion Cung Le (this guy is kind of a douche, don't really like him):
[img]http://oldgameszine.files.wordpress.com/2009/10/cle1.jpg[/img]
[img]http://urdirt.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/11/Cung-Le-vs-Shamrock.jpg[/img]
cool
[editline]7th November 2010[/editline]
brb making individual threads for every single martial arts style i think is cool
[editline]7th November 2010[/editline]
no but really to me it looks like a mix of off the ground wrestling and kickboxing which is pretty cool, I don`t see the point in off the ground grapples though
[QUOTE=VQ35HR;25916513]cool
[editline]7th November 2010[/editline]
brb making individual threads for every single martial arts style i think is cool
[editline]7th November 2010[/editline]
no but really to me it looks like a mix of off the ground wrestling and kickboxing which is pretty cool, I don`t see the point in off the ground grapples though[/QUOTE]
Stops from being boring shitfests like most Muay Thai fights where fighters get too reliant on the clinch. The constant risk of sweeps or throws doesn't allow for extended clinching with nothing happening.
[QUOTE=JaegerMonster;25916812]Stops from being boring shitfests like most Muay Thai fights where fighters get too reliant on the clinch. The constant risk of sweeps or throws doesn't allow for extended clinching with nothing happening.[/QUOTE]
i did muay thai and kickboxing it wasn`t boring
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