Daniel

Medvedov

SANDA-S S

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Sanda - the boxing techniques of free fighting

Madrid
2015

Sanda -

the boxing techniques

Literal meaning - free fighting

Also known as

San shou
Chinese

Literal meaning: Free Hand

Introduction

Poly Educational Treatise

https://es.scribd.com/doc/248434096/Tratado-Artes-Marciales
In the XXI century, like in any other new millennium, we should start by being original: we
need to create other sciences and other arts. Here I have 'PolyMechanics Education - a new
system of knowledge which re-proposes the re-knowing yourself and advise to not respect the
opinions of others. This section ceased to be updated in August 2007.
Pachipakuataichi, polimechanics, Martial Arts
I have taught signature analysis to Venezuela's military officials, over there, by the 2000s. I was
surprised how they considered civilians, among which, thank God, I am one. I am however a
"martial" or "military" artist, so and such is a warrior of god Mars. For the military, civilians are
perfect fools: they know nothing about guns, pistols, revolvers, tanks or warplanes. True, but
the military with all its sham and broken dreams is light years away from what is the real
martial posture. Look at them: their face, so confident dolls, the way they walk, the way they sit,
their whole appearance, show poor ability to deal with a dangerous situation if not were for their
gun and automatic rifles. That image is usually general, and one or two highlights among
them, to honor the difference.
For me, modern military arts are nonsense, a children's game of death.
There is nothing that interests me in their ice cream, so artificial, so silly and unassisted in the
slightest composure world. To a young person today, modern military arts are translated into
computer games and colored ornaments plastered everywhere in the uniform. "Uniforme'- this is
the word that corresponds.
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Instead, the subtlety of the movement of energy of Tai Chi, that smoothness and firmness of all
positions, the helical twist of Pa Kua and the devastating explosion of Pa Chi Chuan are for
study for those who understand something of the power which can reach the human body. A
treaty of modern martial arts should include, obligatorily, the techniques of attack and defense
PaChiPaKuaTaiChi, a complete martial art, that the Chinese and the Japanese have preserved
through the years. Of course, in the world of gyms and schools there are many paratroopers,
people who have nothing to say, many of them subject to a something of the tradition of swords
and wooden sticks. Not to denigrate the sword, eye, it is an object of contemplation of
maximum subtlety. But from there to lend more weight to the exercises with "weapon" that to
the real combat, there is a great distance. It should be noted with great respect the dignity of
fights between animals. There is involved there a natural knowledge of the jumps, spins and
falls that humans should learn and emulate. Nor should you imitate monkeys, dragons, bears,
cranes or snakes, since this is ridiculous cuteness. We, with just by simply being human and no
more, may aquiere the energy hidden in subtle and powerful practice with bare human hands,
the most powerful somatic element.
Moreover, contemplating and reflecting on the martial arts called "full contact" or "anything
goes" I realize how depressed and so inelegant human nature is perceived in such fights. Even
the roosters are elegant! The martial artist should look in the weeds like for a rosemary stick
search - so has he to look for a teacher truly enlightened to start studying something that seems
even remotely, to technology, science and art of combat called polymechanics. Do not be
impressed by the kicks: fight feet is not human, is vulgar, ridiculous, and it makes no sense to
kick him in the face even if he is the most despicable enemy that is attacking you. The knights
of yore had very strict rules regarding the protocol of combat. You had to belong to knighthood
to qualify for combat. That has not stopped being valid today, it is still a requirement, as
vulgarity is rampant in the streets of the city.
You have to study hard, practice since childhood, fall, get up with art, turn, jump, be as heavy as
a mountain and as light as a feather of an eagle. This is achieved with practice, white nights and
much care and dedication. There is mudras to learn, perfect gestures, postures to discover, looks
to understand.
I take here to thank my teachers, Eugen Prodescu, my first Olympic Gymnastics guide at the
National School of Physical Education Rimnicul Vilcea, Romania, Su Yu Chang, under whose
wing I studied many years in Venezuela, his Master yet mine, the so-called "grandfather" Wu
Tang school, the King of Pa Chi Chuan, Liu Yuen Chiao.
I do not forget the Master Nan Huai Chin, and to him all my love and gratitude. Remember the
sources from which one drinks but at the time, and this is perhaps the most important point of
this writing, we should not behave as students of our teachers, nor should invoke them, we are
not studying to become children of our fathers or disciples of our master, we grow to be men.
We have grown, we have to mature, now you're a man, a woman, perhaps a full-fledged
individual, with all your powers and powers. Be original, dear brother, but stop licking the soles
of your teacher. Emancipate yourself, be free, autonomous, independent. Do not be ridiculous,
naming each time your teacher. That's like saying again and again that you are the son of soand-so or. You've grown, it is now time to walk by yourself and knowledge. After maturity, you
must work on your awakening, since you might even're asleep.

And then, with modesty and moderation, hopes the gift of enlightenment, you may receive ir as
a fall as lightning, if you are blessed by the beautiful energy, YGRENE.
To all the friends con-centric and ex-centric, greetings.
Yours truly,
Daniel Medvedov
[Ta Yi Li, Yu Shin Sai, PaChiPaKuaTaiChi, Wu Tang, Almateria, 1000Arepas, Elkenos Abe]

Combat is both defense and attack. The fact that you defend yourself does not mean you're not
fighting. Keep in mind this motto as the goal of your practice and illustration. With no teacher
you are a hollow stick, worthless, you're a poor nothing. You are useless. In addition, the
teacher who taught you , must always be remembered, but you need not to name it like a parrot
whenever you get a chance to show your art.
A martial artist is like Odysseus, a man versed in the word, meditation and action.
You must begin to stroll through ancient texts as the Odyssey, the Epic of Gilgamesh, the
"Treaty of the Five Wheels" of Myiamoto Musashi, books by William Scott Wilson, my friend,
the Kalevala and long burn the midnight oil reading the four volumes the "Journey to the West"
by Wu Cheng En, "The Empire of the Moles" [Duncton Wood] by William Horwood, with its
original title "Duncton Wood ',"Yogasutra" of Patanjali and the books of J.R.R.Tolkien.
Studying chess, you may reach to know what is strategy and tactics and how you can use them
against your own shortcomings and weaknesses.
A treaty of martial arts is a text that can suggest the steps to take in order to achieve your goal
of being a martial artist. First of all, you need to know, not to think.
No need to think. What you need is to "know". He who "knows" would not think, since he
"knows" what to do and how to act. Your word must be gold, frank, bright, precise, clear,
concise. Your look says a lot about your inner state of energy. However, the look is a result, an
effect of your practice, not a goal to follow. Forget the look: someday you'll have a look like a
martial artist, but in the meantime, practice, study, be silent. The most powerful martial arts
exercises is silent. To do this you need to focus. This is a point to be considered a sufficient
concentration motive.
That will change the state of distraction in a state of attention, alertness, clarity contemplative.
A treaty do not teach martial arts blows or do not shows you tricks to know what secret points
to attack your enemies.
It reveals you what to look for and how you should study. Here is another interesting book:
"The Count" Conde Lucanor - of Don Juan Manuel and now I remember, Don Quixote himself,
the book of Cervantes. There is much to learn tuck your light on their pages.
To focus, you need, first of all, freeze your internal dialogue. Enough of questions and answers
on personal babble of your questions and concerns.
It is mandatory to know a Mantra and a Mudra. Perhaps you are not familiar with these two
words but with a little research come to be informed of its details.
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This is not received by mail, or you may not buy it at the drugstore, look for a teacher. And
where are the teachers?
The teacher, the master as such is not a level, or category, is a mere craft. You have the right to
appoint and call "master" to whom you want, but have to be careful. Gradually, with the
method of trial and error, you will find your teacher.
You can have several teachers, nobody stops you. Among class people there is no place for
unfounded jealousy. The mudra is a sort of digital castle that helps immensely to the
concentration. Moreover, the Mantra is a word or phrase of power that should be repeated
consciously, without losing its meaning in the amazing wheel of repetition.
A teacher who does not have mantras and mudras for his disciples to teach is not versed in the
science of concentration. Zen masters know all these details of the practice but most are half
lost in their own journey. Therefore, you should note that the master has to be and is
independent, that is not tied to any person, school or religion. Must be a guy with style, elegant
in their thoughts, words and action. I do not know where to tell you are that kind of people. It is
a matter of personal destiny.
If you need to have an enlightened teacher, you'll find it soon, shortly after your intention to
find one. If you do not, then, to wait there for everyone. It depends on the depth of your search.
Meanwhile, your preparation should be to be aware of your breathing and categorically change
the rate of inspiration and expiration. That is as follows: should always exhale, because the
body does not need much air inspiration. Automatically and naturally and spontaneously, the
body draws without your help. But it is harder for the body to expel the air, without your help,
then, turn, takes everything and stay a little in the vacuum of this beautiful practice. Other
important points in the beginning are: the tongue must be continually "hanging" in the mouth
and the saliva generated in the mouth you need to swallow it to moderate stomach gastric juices.
Not to mention that you have to eat little.
Then, the sacrum must be continually forward, so that the spine becomes a "C" and stop having
the shape of "S". The knees must be slightly bent, so that the somatic energy travels throughout
the body. Chin back will make the cervical vertebrae to be aligned so that energy will not be cut
in the neck.
For now, it would be necessary to inform yourself carefully about Chinese medicine, and learn
the paths of the meridians, meet important points of the body and know the theory of five
elements, data for diagnosis and other issues of acupuncture.
A martial artist is not only a warrior: remember that the god of Chinese martial arts, Kuan
Kung, is represented with a sword and a book. The martial artist is, at once, a calligrapher, a
painter and a doctor, a therapist.
Therefore, your three subjects of study time is divided between calligraphy, medicine and
physical education. One of the most effective methods is to advance: start paying attention to
the art of falls - how to put your hands, how to look, how to head falls on the side, back or front.
That subject matter is trivial but needs long practice. Falls are not only physical: there are also
emotional and there are falls even more dangerous. Try to go unnoticed while practicing your
stuff. Keeps a low profile, you do not need to strut about with your martial movements.
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Should pay utmost attention to your excrements - this advice looks like a joke! Yes, your
excrement and time where you go to defecate are important: to be and do it in the morning,
between five and seven, when the large intestine and its peristalsis occurs. Western medicine
has no idea of those details. Study the energy cycle in the body, around the clock tour of all
meridians fifty times. There is an hour of the lung, including three to five in the morning and his
secret name is "elixir time." You also have tu study the books of Paracelsus, a medical scholar
with deep knowledge of physiology.
Paracelsus learn that the first morning saliva after rinsing the teeth, is a natural very powerful
medicine. His secret name is "mummy" Sounds familiar? Now I remember another beautiful
book, the famous Gargantua and Pantagruel of Rabelais, do not miss it. Rabelais was one of the
most learned doctors of his time and his great book has many secrets between the lines.
Familiarize yourself with the fall of objects and the art of pitching, throwing, and throwing
things in the air. At the beginning you can practice with balls of different sizes but then use
various objects such as chairs, small furniture, sticks and others items. This practice will open
the doors of the laws of space and form. The way to do the fist is crucial: it must be an empty
fist, you do not need to close it. Unfortunately, this is taught as equals, mouth to ear, eye to eye,
not'll never understand through writing. Gradually I remember other important details along the
way. The Medicine which is more powerful for times when you feel sick, tired, powerless and
decayed, it is silence and concentration. Note that I do not say "meditation" because meditation
is a consequence of the practice of concentration, is not in itself a practice. Once accustomed to
concentrate and after acquiring the state of concentration of your being in the present, you will
automatically be meditating.
There are different types of manifestations of natural energy, the power of the elements. You
have to look at the energy of the sea and lakes, it is different but, at the same time similar. The
energy of the mountain is extraordinary: from a distance is fixed, full of stillness and silence,
but to enter within its boundaries, countless noises and sounds fill your ears. However, the sea is
so dynamic on the outside, but so calm when you penetrate its depths.
Lightning thunderbolt is the union of the sound of thunder and lightning flashing light: That's
fast! It's like breaking a wooden stick, like the sound of two palms of your hand slapping. The
fire is so full of movement, empty inside, so that you can reach through the flames without
burning, but so full outside,
So dense and persistent! In turn, the sky is open as the AAA sound and so extensive, limitless,
infinite and eternal.
The wind is soft, penetrates all the cracks, reaching to the horizon, in an instant.
Where does the wind come from? - asks my daughter and I close my lips, it's not a secret that
can be ventilated in a casual answer. She'll know in due course, I'm sure. Then, water, so
humble, so modest, always looking for the below, the base, taking with grace and beautiful
adaptation, the form of all container. Water is fluid, but can be overwhelming as rain, spring,
waterfall, Artesia source or troubled river! It has been the land, ravines, caves and valleys, so
generous, empty, receptive as anything. These eight modes of manifestation of energy should be
of intense study and contemplation of the martial artist. Each has a secret door and when the
door opens, you will know fully what I'm talking about.
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The sound of each of the eight energies, say better "are" is different: you know the sound of
heaven, you would lack the other seven. Here the sound of the earth - MMM, sound son of
- DDD mountain, the sound son of water - III, sound son of the wind - HHH (JJJ), sound son of
lightning - GGG, sound son -LLL of fire, the sound son of the sea - BBB. Combined with the
sky you have here the eight sounds of energy:
Mama, Dada, IAIA, HAHA, GAGA, LALA, BABA, AAAA.
To be continued . . ., As the sky.
Daniel Medvedov
OsaMayor
TA YI LI Hsin Yu Sai 1000Arepas Dante Carbonela

TAI CHI * ANTI-ALZHEIMER

Theory, philosophy and aesthetics of a millennial system
Holmes Place Madrid, La Moraleja
To my friends from Miami, Don William Scott Wilson and Dr. Justin Newman, in memory of our
meetings

Introduction
I write this little book for practitioners of Tai Chi, the twenty-first century, an ancient system
that has, today, the interest and respect of thousands. We are on the threshold of the third
millennium. Curious sport Tai Chi Chuan! I have taken a position as the crow flies; many ask
about style, others are interested in the number of moves and many more, just try to understand
that it is, to see a person moving smoothly in space. The book is about postures, philosophy,
poetry of movement and a semantic point very difficult to clarify, among these practitioners. I
have been fortunate to study with three major international teachers known and appreciated by
all - Master Su Yu Chang, Grand Master Liu Yuen Chiao and Zen Master Nan Huai Chin.
From each of them I have received international permission to teach this art, the art and science
of the "Sublime".
There are now over thirty years since when I live "in" and "with" Tai Chi Chuan. I have taught
in the Parque del Este in Caracas for over twenty years and then I moved to Barcelona, Spain,
where I was an instructor of Tai C Olympics gyms in Val d'Hebron and Guinard. Trip to
Miami in 2004, invited by Acting for All Inc., where I taught Tai Chi in the Arts & Minds
Center, Coconut Grove. Currently, I am instructor of Tai Chi in Holmes Place de la Moraleja,
the "Health Club" best known of Madrid.

I was born in Romania and there I was raised in sports as a child, at the National School of
Physical Education Ramnicul Valcea, on the edge of Transylvania.
I can not help but remember fondly my teacher and gym teacher, Mr. Eugen Prodescu, in those
years, one of the most famous gymnastics coaches in the country. I received the Gold Medal
Gymnastics, Romania (1967) and Silver Medal (1968), in national contests.
In 1977 I won first place at the International Martial Arts of Aruba, the Dutch Antilles and first
place in the International Martial Arts Oskarate Caracas (1978).
In 1981 I traveled to China, Taiwan, where I studied with Grandmaster Liu Yuen Chiao and the
Zen Master Nan Huai Chin. And since 1976 I started studying Martial Arts in Caracas, with the
Master Su Yu Chang, studies that lasted almost two decades.
In 1991, several students (the first was Richard Strauss, [currently in Boston] recognized me as
guide and teacher and eversince I receipt Almateria disciples in my own education system and
autognosis initiation.
This is the brief history of my steps along the way. A person can not claim to know
"something", though has studied, read or practiced what he says he "knows". You may have not
understood anything of what you have studied. Perhaps you have not understood anything of
what you read and what is even funnier, perhaps wrongly practiced all you have been taught ,
you did anything. Therefore, teachers are not responsible for the absurdities of their disciples. I
should clarify here that the concept of "master" is not a category that is achieved with the study
or practice.
The Master is a guide elected and recognized as such by a search engine, or several, and in the
way of the adventures, this guide suggests, evokes shows and propose paths for the same or
other paths to illustrate and accompany their way to the search engines. Therefore, the teaching
is a profession, not a level.
It is quite possible that Masters who, fortunately, we have been touched to find, are mediocre.
But that does not matter: you're the search engine, and as such, must find what you want, using
all means at your disposal. Forward !, The road is yours!
Theme & Topics

Orientation and polarization

SAGITAL BALANCE

THE WORLD of TAI CHI

ROSE OF THE WINDS AND THE PA KUA ANIMALS

ENERGY NATURAL PHENOMENA TAI CHI HAND FIST OF THE STEPS OF TAI
CHI TAICHI

POEM POSITIONS OF CIRCULAR EXPLOSION, AND MONEY FLOW PACHIPAKUATAICHI LOOK

DYNAMICS OF THE CLOUDS

Stars and constellations 64 hexagrams POSITIONS THE MOVEMENTS 384 Taichi

ARITMOLOGIA
TAI CHI FENG SHUI AND SPACE HAUNTED WORLD THE BEGINNING OF
CIRCULAR POEM CYCLE OF CHANGE TAI CHI, THEORETICAL MODEL COMBAT:
ATTACK AND DEFENSE PHILOSOPHICAL CONSIDERATIONS BALLISTIC OBJECTS
OF CONTROLLED POWER FALLS MONTANA POWER OF DEEP WATER POWER
WIND ENERGY POWER FIRE POWER RAY SEA ENERGY POWER OF HEAVEN
meditation, contemplation, CONCENTRATION ZEN PAINTING CALLIGRAPHY CHINESE
MEDICINE weapons and implements BODY POSITION THE MILKY WAY
THE SHADOW BOXING MUSCLE WITH SOUND MUSIC OF THE SPHERES OF TIME
ELIXIR ALCHEMY almateria BREATHING BODY CRISOLEDAD
TAI CHI: UNIVERSAL SYSTEM OF BODY CONTACT WITH DYNAMIC OBJECTS OF
DAILY LIVING
TAI CHI: DANCE LIFE STYLES MAZE TAI CHI YIN, YANG THE PRAYER OF THE
UNIVERSAL calisthenics TAI CHI TAI CHI GREETING Taichi TIME: TIME WITHOUT
AN INSTANT Tai Chi and Tai Chi CHILDREN AND THE ELDERLY
What is Alzheimer's?
Internal practice Pa Kua
With Master Liu Yuen Chiao
The Pa Kua is a highly complex martial art: refers to the ongoing ability to rotate and change
the clockwise and counterclockwise direction of rotation. Always, we return to a neutral point to
change the position of the hands, which are only eight positions, each with the energy of a
specific animal, or natural phenomenon:
UNICORN-Mountain
BEAR-EARTHWATER SNAKE DRAGON
PHOENIX-WINDTHUNDER, LIGHTNING, LIGHTNING DRAGON
HAWK-FIRE
MONO- Sea
SKY LION
Each posture is continued for eight circles, walking four circles in clockwise and
counterclockwise four. First of all we must be polarized, that is to refer to the south.

Then he returns to a neutral point zero, or and move to the next position in the order of the
trigrams, starting with Earth, then following with Montana, Water and Wind, -the four passive
poses, Yin. Still four active positions, Yang: Thunder, Fire, Sea, Sky and ends with their hands
up, back to the center itself. All these eight positions have three states, (inner, middle and
outer), totaling 24. That is PaKua theory but in practice, the fluidity of the coil is so intricate
movements for observing the movement from without, It seems a single spin. Then, each of the
eight movements has three phases, inside, middle and outside.
It is truly amazing how the ancients have created this system. Ours comes from TIEN KUNG
PAO by the teacher via YUEN CHIAO LIU.
For starters, you walk in a circle over de Mar, or step Mono, which is one of the eight steps of
Pa Kua, but over Mono whole circle of Tai Chi walking, in both directions, time and
counterclockwise, taking as reference the south, that is to start with polarize face south, and
from there begin turning. In principle, the Pa Kua uses helical wind energy a wound and
unwound as do the crocodiles to be caught, is that precise rotary power, seems to comic. Then
the energy of the bullfighters of Spain is the clearest picture of what may be the Pa Kua.
Bullfighters allowed to pass, face, are returned, showing the back, show their faces and then
removed, it is a real charmer.
The hands are like hurricane clouds and the body is like a revolving mountain. I think the Pa
Kua is the most subtle art of the human body, and be interested in it suggests a very high state
of martial practice. Walk, walk steadily, so the testicles are heated, and the feeling of an internal
energy that comes from the base, from the point of the perineum Huy Yin, will you show that
something has opened in the body. The gaze is directed towards the virtual center of the circle
and walked in turns looks like sideways, toward the place of the hands, back, right and left.
Then again, walking endlessly - indeed, the walk has a secret melody is like a ride on a sea
wave, it is like the wave lying on the sand on the beach, a wave after another, without cease. All
this seems pure poetry of movement. Later, student of Pa Kua, is not complicated, you have to
access that energy and intimate with the Pa Kua in daily practice.
The internal power status is firmly lapidary, marked by external softness of the wind and must
be avoided, both hardness and softness. Wrists this power Pa Kua.
Look with dignity, recalls the way of looking at the master Liu, it was a special position,
somewhat off the head back, chin upright, as if you were watching a bird sitting on his shoulder.
The secret to this is to think that you continually that you bird, sitting on one of your shoulders.
Domestic practice PA CHI CHUAN
Style Pa Chi is a technique, an art, a science of motion. The practitioner should be able to act
instantly in the explosive energy management.
If Pa Kua Chuan energy is rotating and helical as well as Tai Chi there fluidity and softness,
with the exception of style. Style Pa Chi is a technique, an art, a science of motion. The
practitioner should be able to act instantly in the explosive energy management.
If Pa Kua Chuan energy is rotating and helical as well as Tai Chi there fluidity and softness,
with the exception of Chen style, where the famous fist Pan Ku explosive also has a function in
the sequencer Pa Chi movements is continuously explosive. Over Bear comes as a mountain
pass and constant practice should be simultaneous with the movement of the palms and fists.
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According to Master Liu Yuen Chiao, the most important is the ECO.
This is some expected, after the strong blow to the ground, so that the energy reaches the upper
plane of hands. Therefore, the practice of movements, starting with the scheme Hsiao Chi Pa
should be done in a sound indoor environment. It's like a drumbeat that must be heard internally
and demonstrate eco have to let a few seconds later. Moreover, we must practice the "lateral
gaze Pa Chi" is a way to keep both shoulders and neck and head, almost oblique line with
respect to the plane of the body. That is acquired naturally, with practice, but it is good to have
in mind continuously. The sequence of movements must have a melody that starts even before
any movement and ends after the final salute.
If the practitioner is able to "sing" internally scheme, it has already reached the level of energy.
What struck me was this state Ricardo and the ability to communicate outside. In the morning,
as well as to the master Liu, let's get your shoes at the position Pa Chi. When we got up from a
chair, let's wait a moment in the air, in the mountain posture and the same should happen to sit.
When grabbed some trivial object, we will use the touch Pa Chi energy and the same needs to
be done to put a glass on the table. These details will help us be imbued with that subtle and
explosive force that can only be understood in the context of internal martial arts. The look
should not be focused on any object or person, unless we intend to do specifically.
Breathing should be continuously directed towards the state of "sunset" because the inspiration
is automatic, which does not happen with the expiration. The practitioner must be in the
situation of "exploiting" the power at any time and should not require a moment of
accumulation of Chi then project it. Chi is there, like a bow armed with the arrow on the string,
ready to go. For my part, I convey to all the omens of good fortune, both in their daily practice
with Sifu, and daily living activity.
With the love of our teachers present and absent,
Yours:
Daniel Medvedov, Ta Li Yi.
With the Zen Master Nan Huai Chin

Sanda, Sanshou, Chinese boxing, kickboxing, or a "natural fight" is the name of a Chinese
self-defense martial arts system and combat sport. Sanshou as a martial art is originally
developed by the Chinese military troupes 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.[3][4]
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 with taolu (forms) training.

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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.[5] The most famous fighters in
China are Cung Le (kickboxing), Liu Hailong (sanda), Muslim Salikhov (sanda), Simon Marcus
(kickboxing), Zhang Tiequan (mma) and Zou Shiming (boxing).
The generalized modern curriculum practiced in modern wushu schools is composed of
different traditional martial arts fighting styles from China, but mainly based on scientific
efficiency. Sanshou is composed of Chinese martial arts applications including most aspects of
combat including striking and grappling, however when Sanshou was developed as a sport,
restrictions were made for safety reasons as well as to promote it as a non-violent sport.
Examples of such restrictions included no blows delivered to the back of the head, throat, spine
or groin and the discontinuation of the combat when any of the fighters fall to the ground.
However many schools, whether traditional or modern, practice it as an all round martial arts
system with no restrictions, only adapting their training in relation to competition rules prior to
the event.[6] Sanshou tournaments are one of the two disciplines recognized by the International
Wushu Federation.
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. Later it was also adopted as a method by the People's Liberation Army of China.
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.
Yndng Snd (Mandarin Chinese, Sport Free Fighting), or Jingzheng Snd (Mandarin
Chinese, Competitive 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.
Sanda appears much like Kickboxing or Muay Thai, but includes many more grappling
techniques. Sanda fighting competitions are often held alongside taolu or form competitions.
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 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. Sanda is practiced in tournaments and is normally held
alongside taolu events in wushu competition. For safety reasons, some techniques from the selfdefense form such as elbow strikes, chokes, and joint locks, are not allowed during tournaments.

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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 U.S., competitions are held either in boxing rings or on
the raised lei tai platform. Amateur fighters wear protective gear.
"Amateur Sanda" allows kicks, punches, knees (not to the head), and throws. A competition
held in China, called the "King of Sanda", is held in a ring similar to a boxing ring in design but
larger in dimension. As professionals, they wear no protective gear except for gloves, cup, and
mouthpiece, and "Professional Sanda" allows knee strikes (including to the head) as well as
kicking, punching and throwing.
Some Sanda fighters have participated in fighting tournaments such as K-1 and Shoot Boxing.
They have had some degree of success, especially in Shoot boxing competitions, which is more
similar to Sanda. Due to the rules of Kickboxing competition, Sanda fighters are subjected to
more limitations than usual. Also notable competitors in China's mainstream Mixed Martial
Arts competitions, Art of War Fighting Championship and Ranik Ultimate Fighting Federation
are dominantly of wushu background. Sanda has been featured in many style-versus-style
competitions. Muay Thai is frequently pitted against Sanda as is Karate, Kickboxing, & Tae
Kwon Do. Although it is less common, some Sanda practitioners have also fought in the
publicly viewed American Mixed Martial Arts competitions.
Jnsh Snd (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 traditional 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. Jnsh
Snd 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, and

Chin-Na Seizing which includes jointlocks, strangulation and other submissions

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Appendix

LA CREACIN DEL SANDA

Shifu Tony Rey Garca
2014
[translated in English]

Given the synchronicity of data we have given in relation to the evolution of modern Martial
Arts - Wushu - - , I think we are able to analyze an issue of extreme importance. I
specifically refer to the boxing techniques grouped under the epithet of Sanda - , and
contemporary dramatic transformations.
Today, it is common for most practitioners Gongfu () believe that only with put two gloves
boxings and getting into a wrestling ring are already immersed in the strategies of attack and
defense sublimated along history by the old patriarchs of the warrior arts. Nothing is further
from the truth to assume the Sanda as a strong expression of traditional Wushu ( ).
In Sanda (), Taekwondo maneuvers become evident.
As it is absurd to suppose that the prolific martial creations of China, anchored since the start of
the first dynasties and evolved over hundreds of years and countless popular uprisings, they can
be concentrated in two or three officers, as is intended to make arrangements since 1958 with
Chang Quan (), Nan Quan () and Taiji Quan () in his absurd standardization
massively worse still condition the various models of combat guaranteed throughout history in
the narrow confines a contest. These carried out in certain adaptations competitive political
contexts and seduced by the slogans of reform, and flatly refuse ruin ancient precepts of Wushu.
What is Sanda and how he became a national sport?
To answer this question we need to make a little history. No way we could understand its
contemporary remodeling, without remembering the foundations that precede it.
Just go back to the aftermath of the Zhou Dynasty (, 1150 BC-256 BC), and rummage
through their written sources discover the seeds of what would be the family schools in northern
( ). In these areas, which still protruded individual feats in the battlefield and pride to
face the enemy merely to enhance the honor, not only warriors exercised in archery training and
carriage driving, too competed in their festivals in a bare hand fight called Jiao Li (). This
kind of struggle at close range interspersed with abundant maneuvers demolition, reminds us of
the ancient tribal ceremonies traced to the legendary Emperor Huangdi (, 2697-2597 BC),
where the performers were placed on the head of animal horns as a symbol of clusters ethnic.
With the passage of time, folk and shamanic practices coupled with rites and numerical
worldviews evolved in other models of combat.

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In the Warring States period (, 475-221 BC) moves toward war campaigns where
connoisseurs of subtle tricks of military confrontation concoct tactical codes. The strategic
classics such as The Art of War by Sunzi (Sunzi Bing Fa, ), are the result of the need
for a historical moment, determined by conflicts between different realms. Gong Wu (martial
training ) is impregnated with these trends and in the Song Dynasty (, 960-1279),
boxing adepts are in the Lei Tai (), the famous arenas or platforms where specialists They
faced no rules or restrictions. The Quan Fa () has reached a highly sophisticated range
within family clans, paramilitary conceptions and ethnic customs.
As the Wushu was already solidly formed as a method of survival long before what is officially
proclaims, renowned schools had alternate workouts San Shou ( ) to redirect the skills of
his disciples. The ideogram own San () refers to the act of releasing us or loose anything. In
this case, it refers to the use of hands (Shou, ) as immanent symbol corporeal arms.
We are talking about the warrior skills (Wu Yi, ), honed over long years of training and
targeted to the very anatomy of the contenders. As we have said on other dissertations,
construction calligraphic sign Wu () does not hide any or impregnated as a pacifist religious
commandments as demarcating the followers of Buddhism act. Semantics formation involves
the use of all available resources for victory. Although that practice became over the centuries
into a refined cultivation of consciousness and in many cases, insertion into religious
brotherhoods awarded the stigma of self-defense, we can not lose sight of their true
connotations language. The knights of the old nineteenth-century novels (Wu Xia, ), were
the epitome of honor those children who wandered from one village to another in defense of the
oppressed classes, which did not measure consequences in defending the principles justice.
These characters, equivalent to the nobles of medieval Europe, rose to Lei Tai with prodigious
courage in a time where the only requirement to stop the fighting lay in respect ethical codes
themselves or the total inability of the opponent.
Since the Ming ( , 1368-1644) to the early twentieth century, Wushu preserves its
primordial ingredients. Political rescue martial arts facilitates collaboration of many teachers.
The term Wushu was transformed by the Guoshu ( - techniques of the nation), a political
and circumstantial baptism that collects himself the ideals of republican nationalism.
In 1926, President Chiang Kai-Shek (, 1887-1975) supports the creation of athletic
associations. Under the leadership of General Zhang Zhi Jiang ( , from 1882 to 1966) is
set in the city of Nanjing (), the Zhong Yang Guoshu Guan ( - Central
Institute Guoshu Nanjing), a center of recognized trajectory He manages to bring together many
teachers of undisputed prestige. Figures like Fu Zhen Song (, 1872-1953), Gu Ru Zhang
( , 1893-1952), Li Jing Lin (, 1885-1931) and Shen Wan Lai ( , 19031995) among others, form part of this unique institution.
Later, some great stylistic exponents come together in the city of Guangzhou on the same
ideological banners. Gui Lin Yao teachers (, 1880-1966), Lin Shi Rong (, 18611943), and Zhang Quan Li ( , 1880-1966), not only soar styles gestated after the Mongol
occupation costly, but also honor the prestige of the southern schools with outstanding
performance.
Since the period of the "warlords" (, 1916-1928) to the bloody Japanese invasion and
subsequent national resistance (, 1937-1945), they sharpened internal conflicts.
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On the one hand foreign occupation as a symbol of national humiliation, and on the other the
political interests of the Western powers, plunged the country into a bloody scene.
While the arts of war progressed satisfactorily until the Republican period, it is also a fact that
his future was shaped by external factors. In 1924 the Huangpu Military Academy (known in
the West as Whampoa, ) under strict influence of the Kuomintang () and with
the approval of own Sun Yat Sen (, 1866-1925) is created. Designed to provide logistics
and military preparedness of the revolutionary forces of the nation ( ) and
especially infantry units, this training center helped the intervention of some Soviet advisers
who eventually introduce other visions of bare hand combat .
Strongly influenced by the success of the second eastern front (during the 2nd World War),
Kremlin officials introduced the slopes of Sambo (a martial art developed in the Soviet Union
under the initiatives of the communist party in times of Lenin), the which would come to form
rapid response commands (Spetsnaz) attached to the KGB and the Interior Ministry awarded
after the death of Joseph Stalin (1878-1953). A fact that makes them a milestone within the
special operations units worldwide.
Russian Sambo technique where the influences of the Judo and wrestling are looming.
Known under the command of Marshal Kliment Voroshilov (1881-1969), the foundation for the
physical training of the members of the Red Army are instituted. Vasily Sergeyevich
Ochschpkov, Victor Spiridonov and Anatoli Jarlmpiev, study and condensed into a single
body of doctrine, Judo (), Greco-Roman wrestling ( ), the Jujitsu ( ),
Western Boxing (), Karate () and the ancient traditions of struggle of the
Armenians, Moldovans, Uzbeks and Mongols. For this reason, in 1938 the Sambo is considered
the National System for Fight of the Soviet Union (USSR).
These new prerogatives become attractive for a simple reason:
Promised mastery of 80% of their technical qualities in a space adjacent time which is needed
for the training of troops and at the same time satisfy the cravings of reform in the political
sector that advocated assimilation developments Western military.
Seen through the prism of objective reality, few results could be obtained with the introduction
in the army of the various systems of Gongfu, which take at least ten years of consistent practice
to develop genuine applicative skills. We must remember that the Wushu is not intended to
violate the stages of growth and much less can ensure refining the instinctive reaction in just six
months of training. A martial art that hits (), kick () projects (), grab (), punctured
(), and also combines physical culture with the mental and spiritual development, can not be
reduced in the narrow limits of an accelerated training. Is this the reason why in our times matizados by the synthesis and reduccionistas- courses, most students stay floating in
assessments that fail to touch the heart of expertise.
With the triumph of communism and the establishment of the PRC in 1949, the heyday of the
martial arts change drastically. Efforts to transform their content in a sport of Olympic
magnitude accrue specialists from the Universities of Physical Culture chose to develop a
method of attack and defense with characteristics similar to Sambo. After a clear and
unobjectionable assimilation fists of boxing, Taekwondo pateos () projections Judo
imbalances wrestling, and some immobilizing strategies Jujitsu, compose a new methodology
defined under the name of Sanda ().
The sacrifice of Jujitsu techniques are widely used.

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The interesting thing about this hybrid mixed martial arts is not that dispenses effective, but is
internationally conceived and approved by the sports organizations of China, as an expression
of the techniques of traditional Wushu ( ). If all specialists pretendiesen fight under
schemes Sanda why then train the Taolu (), weapons and stylistic strategies rooted in
hundreds of schools with different characteristics? Although Sanda can be as effective as the
Kickboxing ( ) or Muay Thai () it is a shameful aberration make manifestation of a
civilization, with at least 4000 years of stylistic experimentation.
If we accept -under commercial and deportivos- slogans that Sanda is a branch of Wushu and
that all fighters should condition their training patterns in the direction that demarcate its rules
Where are the respective particularities of Wushu?
Making a brief analysis of some details of the past that maybe we can illustrate the profound
conceptual disagreements prevailing in our times, it makes us must ask: the followers of Ba Ji
Quan () of Tong Bei Quan ( ), Zhao Ying Men () of Tang Lang Quan
(), just to mention some of the aspects of the north ( ), they have for centuries
been wrong in repeating structures that may not translate on the sands of a quadrilateral? Did
the distinguished leaders of their prowess Warring obtained using strictly reduced Sanda
schemes? What has then given historical credibility to the image of Yue Fei (, 1103-1142),
Qi Jiguan (, 1528-1588), or Huo Yuan Jia (, 1868-1910)?
Clearly we are in the presence of a cultural extermination that will eventually usurp the
judgment and understanding of future generations. Already today, mistaken notions proliferate
too much. What's not to believe in just a few decades?
Maybe we can still save the commercial holocaust, gems of knowledge that far from hurting an
opponent medals or money, can transpose the mold of mediocrity and the wiles of the ego.
Discard the struggle that makes us human, for that atrocity that brings us to ignorance, it is to
trample the philosophical defenses of one of the oldest nations in the world.
Before leaving this brief essay, I believe we must again emphasize that the practice of Wushu is
not just about throwing punches with his hands and feet, with the sole aim to defeat a powerful
opponent, is above all the art of learning to think and feel the world so excellent as to deserve to
be born with the attributes of intellect and reasoning mode. If only we perceive his martial side,
knowing the thought that sustains and immense ideological reservations, then we have wasted
our hard years of training in unseemly efforts to conclude that only damage our bodies, ruining
the mind and spirit.

LA CREACIN DEL SANDA

Artculo escrito por el Shifu Tony Rey Garca
2014

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