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"Definitions of The Five Families "
Tsoi Li Ga; is the balance family. They dealt with leverage, throwing and takedowns. To do these types of things you have to control the balance of your opponent. These members of the family were important to fighting, especially, when dealing with a larger and stronger opponent. This is also most important in close-in fighting. Hoi Ga; is the study and application of pressure points, pass and crippling points. By learning the vital points of the body and certain pressure points, one can direct the striking and balance moves of the Tsoi and Li families to more vulnerable areas where it does not take a lot of force to incapacitate or kill an opponent. Hung Ga; deals with the physical conditioning of the body in order for it to perform up to its maximum potential. It includes dynamic tension exercises along with exercise and show forms. The use of geometry, trigonometry and physics help deliver maximum power and also compose part of this system. When we combine all these families together, we have the art of Kung Fu San Soo. This we believe, makes it one of the most powerful arts in existence today. To have an understanding of Kung Fu San Soo it must first be stated it is not a sport. It is a combat art tested throughout history for the express purpose of defending one's life by whatever means necessary. The art is loosely defined as the complete use of a man's hands in combat. Sanshou
From
Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Sanshou
(Chinese;
pinyin: sǎnshǒu;
literally "free hand") or Sanda (Chinese;
pinyin: sǎndǎ;
literally "free fighting") or an "unsanctioned fight" is a Chinese
hand-to-hand
self-defense
system and combat. Sanshou
is a martial art which was originally developed by the Chinese
military based upon the intense study and practices of traditional Kung
Fu and modern combat fighting techniques; it combines full-contact kickboxing,
which include punches
and kicks, wrestling,
takedowns,
throws,
sweeps,
kick catches, and in some competitions, even elbow
and knee
strikes. Not
seen as a style itself, rather it is considered as just one of the two
components of Chinese
martial arts training and is often taught alongside with taolu
(forms) training. However, as part of the development of sport
wushu by the Chinese
government, a standard curriculum for sanshou was developed. It is to this
standard curriculum that the term "Sanshou" is usually applied. This
curriculum was developed with reference to traditional Chinese martial arts.
This general Sanshou curriculum varies in its different forms, as the Chinese
government developed a version for civilians for self-defense and as a sport. Curriculum
The
lei tai of
the 2004 China National Sanda Championships The
generalized modern curriculum practiced in modern wushu schools is composed of
different traditional martial arts fighting styles from 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.[3]
Later it was also adopted as a method by the People's
Liberation Army of 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.[4] Unarmed
Self-Defense
Pingmin
Sanda (Mandarin Chinese, Civilian Free Fighting - Street Defense-Oriented): A
freer form of Chinese martial arts and a pure street
fighting system with no rules and/or formal competitions that is used to
sharpen one’s skills on the street. It is similar to Muay
Thai (punching, kicking, elbow strikes, and knee strikes) and it involves
grappling (joint-manipulations/joint locking, grabs, leg catches, sweeps,
takedowns, throws, wrestling, and chokes.) Also it uses head butts, stomping,
blocking, parrying, leg kicks, palm strikes, finger jabs, weapon defenses with
vicious clawing, eye-gouging, & etc. On the one hand, this comprises a
watered-down version of the Jùnshì Sanda techniques since it was developed as
a system to give the average civilian effective techniques to defend themselves.
There were many changes to the curriculum. For example, a civilian typically has
no need for sentry removal techniques. On the other hand, it contains the
fighting techniques of all the Chinese martial arts from Wing
Chun to all the other hundreds of Chinese styles. Pingmin Sanda contains an
amazing amount of different flavors of combat material present. Sport
Yùndòng
Sanda (Mandarin Chinese, Sport Free Fighting): A modern fighting method, sport,
and applicable component of Wushu / Kung Fu influenced by traditional Chinese
Boxing, of which takedowns & throws are legal in competition, as well as all
other sorts of striking (use of arms & legs). Chinese wrestling methods
called Shuai Jiao and other Chinese grappling techniques such as Chin Na. It has
all the combat aspects of wushu. Yùndòng Sanda appears much like Kickboxing or
Muay Thai, but includes many more grappling techniques. Yùndòng Sanda fighting
competitions are often held alongside taolu or form competitions. Yùndòng
Sanda represents the modern development of Lei Tai contests, but with rules in
place to reduce the chance of serious injury. Many Chinese martial art schools
teach or work within the rule sets of Yùndòng Sanda, working to incorporate
the movements, characteristics, and theory of their style. Chinese martial
artists also compete in non-Chinese or mixed combat sports, including Boxing,
Kickboxing and Mixed Martial Arts. Yùndòng Sanda is practiced in tournaments
and is normally held alongside taolu events in wushu competition. For safety
reasons, some techniques from the self-defense form such as elbow strikes,
chokes, and joint locks, are not allowed during tournaments. Competitors can win
by knockout or points which are earned by landing strikes to the body or head,
throwing an opponent, or when competition is held on a raised lei tai platform,
pushing them off the platform. Fighters are only allowed to clinch for a few
seconds. If the clinch is not broken by the fighters, and if neither succeeds in
throwing his opponent within the time limit, the referee will break the clinch.
In the Military
Use
Jùnshì
Sanda (Mandarin Chinese, Military Free Fighting): A system of unarmed combat
that was designed by Chinese Elite Forces based upon their intense study of
traditional martial arts such as Kung Fu, Shuai Jiao, Chin Na and modern
hand-to-hand fighting and combat philosophy to develop a realistic system of
unarmed fighting for the Chinese military. Jùnshì Sanda employs all parts of
the body as anatomical weapons to attack and counter with, by using what the
Chinese consider to be the four basic martial arts techniques: Da (Upper-Body
Striking); Using fists, open hands, fingers, elbows, shoulders, forearms and the
head. Ti (Lower-Body Striking); including kicks, knees and stomping. Shuai
(Throws), using wrestling and Judo-like
takedowns and sweeps. & Na (Seizing), which includes joint locks,
strangulation and other submissions.
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