Martial Arts - San Shou

With so many martial arts out there we oftencombat. In 1991 San Shou became an integral
find ourselves wondering which of these arts trulypart of the Wushu world championships and
is superior. The fact of the matter is no single artstarted to popularize as a sport. The matches
can really be regarded as superior but some oftake part on a Lei Tai which is a raised platform
the newer hybrid arts can definitely make a validmuch like a sumo wrestling ring. The techniques of
claim at that title. San Shou unlike any otherSan Shou consist of kicking, punching and
martial art combines two distinctively differenttakedowns. Chokeholds and arm locks were
arts to create a fighting system that is quiteomitted from competition in order to keep the
extensive and capable of dealing with a myriad offights as lively as possible. The fact that San shou
different circumstances.Kickboxing is known asaddresses all the ranges of fighting (kicking,
the most well rounded striking martial art due topunching and grappling) makes the matches quite
the fact that you have more weapons at yourreal. The matches consist of two, two minute
disposal in the form of your hands and your feet.rounds and points are awarded for effective
The one aspect of kickboxing that was sorelystrikes and takedowns. It is unfair to compare
lacking is its ability to both takedown an opponentSan Shou to any traditional martial art, as it is
and defend against takedowns. Enter Shuai-jiaomuch more then striking and also a lot more then
also known as Chinese wrestling. Wushu is thejust grappling.The search for a complete martial
most popular form of kung-fu and Shuai-jiao isart should stop right here. San Shou covers
the most popular form of grappling in China. Theeverything you would need to know in order to
way in which these two arts compliment eachsurvive an attack. The only thing that puzzles me
other makes you wonder why it took so long forabout San Shou is its lack of popularity through
them to be combined to form what we now callout the rest of the world. Here we have a martial
San Shou. The word San Shou also spelled Sandaart that allows you to kick punch and grapple yet
means unbound hand and is a martial art that wasthe majority of our society hasn't heard of it. The
created to closely resemble an actualfact is that there aren't many San Shou clubs in
confrontation. The fact of the matter is you mayNorth America but if you happened to be one of
know how to kick and punch but what happens ifthe lucky ones who does have this martial art in
an assailant decides to grab you?San Shou is theyour city, do yourself a favor and give it a try.
official self defense of the Chinese army which isYou won't be sorry!
a testament to its effectiveness in unarmed