Sanda (Sport)

Sanshou
(散手)

Also known as	Sanda
Focus	Hybrid
Hardness	Full-contact
Country of origin	China
Famous practitioners	Wei Rui, Fang Bian, Liu Hailong, Muslim Salikhov, Cung Le, Hossein Ojaghi, Bai Jinbin, Eduard Folayang, Yang Zhuo, Jet li, Bao Li Gao, Zhang Kaiyin
Parenthood	Changquan, Shuai Jiao, Chin Na, Tai Chi, Bajiquan

Sanda
Chinese
Literal meaning	free fighting
Transcriptions Standard Mandarin Hanyu Pinyin sǎndǎ
Sanshou
Chinese
Literal meaning	free hand
Transcriptions Standard Mandarin Hanyu Pinyin sànshǒu

Sanshou (Wushu Sanshou), also known as Sanda (Wushu Sanda), Chinese boxing or Chinese kickboxing, is a Chinese self-defense system and combat sport. Wushu Sanshou is a martial art which was originally developed by the Chinese military based upon the study and practices of traditional Kung fu and modern combat fighting techniques; it combines full-contact kickboxing, which includes close range and rapid successive punches and kicks, with wrestling, takedowns, throws, sweeps, kick catches, and in some competitions, even elbow and knee strikes.

Wushu Sanshou is not seen as a style itself, but rather is considered as just one of the two components of Chinese martial arts training and is often taught alongside Wushu 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 Wushu Sanshou is usually applied. This curriculum was developed with reference to traditional Chinese martial arts. This general Wushu Sanshou curriculum varies in its different forms, as the Chinese government developed a version for civilians for self-defense and as a sport. Some of the most famous fighters in Sanshou are Fang Bian (Sanda), Cung Le (Kickboxing), Liu Hailong (Sanda), Muslim Salikhov (Sanda),(MMA), Zhang Tiequan (MMA) , Zou Shiming (kickboxing) and Hossein Ojaghi (sanda).

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