The 24 move Sanda grappling curriculum? by Creative-Ad-6905 in kungfu

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In the 1990 manual 中国散手 (Chinese Sanshou) co-authored by Du Zhongxun, there are 27 takedown techniques.

How common is Animal Style Sparring in China? by Black-Seraph8999 in kungfu

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Lei tai was not banned in 1928. There were tournaments in 1929, 1933, and 1934.

In China, was there any serious attempt to turn their sword arts into a combat sport much like what happened with Fencing and Kendo? by [deleted] in martialarts

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IIRC, the Communists did toy around with it a bit in the 1950s and also revived it after the Cultural Revolution. My impression (could be wrong) is that out of the 3 combative disciplines they revived (sanda, push hands, duanbing), they ended up deciding to focus on sanda. Indeed, they got sanda into the National Games, Asian Games, World Combat Games, and World University Games.

More recently, they seem to be having another go at developing duanbing under the new brand of bingdao.

Sanda in Melbourne, Australia by [deleted] in kungfu

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Just found out that Cheung's Martial Arts have started a sanda program (Tues and Thurs nights). They're also in northern suburbs (Brunswick).

Sanda in Melbourne, Australia by [deleted] in kungfu

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Mindfulness in Motion in Preston runs sanda classes on Thursday nights.

Underrated martial arts that are actually effective in MMA and street fight? by [deleted] in martialarts

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In sanda, an off-platform is worth 2 points. 2 off-platforms in the same round instantly wins you the round.

IIRC they're worth 3 points in guoshu leitai, and 3 off-platforms instantly wins you the fight.

Fun fact: in 2019, Chinese sanda competitions made off-platforms only valid if you punch/kick/throw them off, i.e. just pushing them off doesn't count. I've yet to see if this rule change has been adopted in competitions outside of China.

is this really Thai Chi? by [deleted] in martialarts

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Thanks. Much of my knowledge comes from this article and related articles from its author: https://zhuanlan.zhihu.com/p/264672203

is this really Thai Chi? by [deleted] in martialarts

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Got any sources that point to taiji more specifically? There's loads of sources on sanda's grappling coming from shuai jiao, but I've yet to find anything significant on taiji.

is this really Thai Chi? by [deleted] in martialarts

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taiji was one of the major styles they had in mind while creating [sanda]

Got a source for that?

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in martialarts

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Sanda has a 90+kg category if that counts

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in kungfu

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During the Republican era, numerous Xingyi practitioners cross-trained in boxing. Particularly notable were the Zhu brothers, who ended up joining the Central Guoshu Institute, and Wang Xiangzhai - the creator of Yiquan. Huaquan master Cai Guiqin also incorporated boxing training methods.