It just depends on the fighter. San Shou fighters can beat Muay Thai fighters and vice versa. Muay Thai has more attacks and focus on kness and elbows while San Shou is more about Kuai Jiao, or clinching. As for Muay Thai being developed for the military, so is San Shou. San Shou was developed by the Chinese military when they get all the kung fu experts get together to develop a defined kung fu art for China. To be fair, I think San Shou while is not as good as Muay Thai historically, I think Shan Shou is only beginning to get good. It is relatively new art in Chinese history.
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