Sanda fighting competitions are often held alongside taolu. Sanda appears much like, or, but includes many more grappling techniques. (sometimes called ) is a modern fighting method and a full contact sport. The forms comprise basic movements (stances, kicks, punches, balances, jumps, sweeps, and throws) based on aggregate categories of traditional Chinese martial art styles, and can be changed for competitions to highlight one's strengths.Ĭompetitive forms have time limits that can range from 1 minute, 20 seconds for some external styles, to over five minutes for internal styles. Taolu involves patterns, acrobatic movements and techniques for which competitors are judged and given points according to specific rules. But it has other disciplines, like self defense, breaking hard objects, and other related practices, that are not performed in competitions. Competitive Wushu is composed of two disciplines: and (散打 ). The World Championships are held every four years subset, as well. In contemporary times, Wushu has become an sport through the (IWUF), which holds the every two years the first World Championships were held in 1991 in. ' Wushu' is the term for 'martial arts' (武 'Wu' = military or martial, 術 'Shu' = art). It was developed in after 1949 in an effort to standardize the practice of traditional Chinese martial arts, yet attempts to structure the various decentralized martial arts traditions date back earlier, when the was established at in 1928. It has a long history in reference to Chinese martial arts. Wushu ( ), or Chinese, is a hard and complete martial art, as well as a full-contact.We train traditional Shaolin kung fu and basic training that prepares them for different styles in wushu, both taolu and sanshou.

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