Introduction

Sparring

San Shou 散手

San Shou (散手 Sparring) focuses on martial arts applications. Its training contents are drawn from many schools and traditions of Chinese martial arts. At our school the program is divided into: solo practice, matching routines (對練 Duilian), Chinese wrestling (摔跤 Shuaijiao), Western wrestling and ground fighting, joint lock & control (擒拿 Qinna), push hands (推手 Tuishou), strength and endurance training, body conditioning, iron shirt (鐵布衫 Tie Bu Shan) and internal energy work (氣功 Qigong), which finally all together leads to free sparring (散手 Sanshou).