Sanda (sport)
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Sanda (Chinese: 散打; pinyin: Sǎndǎ), formerly Sanshou (Chinese: 散手; pinyin: Sǎnshǒu), is the official Chinese boxing full-contact combat sport.[2] Sanda is a fighting system which was originally developed by the Chinese military based upon the study and practices of traditional Chinese martial arts and modern combat fighting techniques; it combines boxing and 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.[3][4]
Also known as | Sanshou, Chinese boxing, Chinese kickboxing, free combat |
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Focus | Hybrid[1] |
Hardness | Full-contact |
Country of origin | China |
Parenthood | Changquan, bajiquan, Northern Shaolin, shuai jiao, Chin Na, wushu, Choy Li Fut, Tai Chi, Ang Quan |
Sanda | |||||||
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Chinese | 散打 | ||||||
Literal meaning | free fighting | ||||||
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Sanshou | |||||||
Chinese | 散手 | ||||||
Literal meaning | free hand | ||||||
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As part of the development of sport wushu by the Chinese government, a standard curriculum for Sanda was developed. It is to this standard curriculum that the term Wushu Sanda is usually applied. Sanda may also involve techniques from any other fighting style depending on the teacher's mode of instruction.[5]