Sanda Schools

BoondocSaint · 01-09-2008, 04:04 PM

Do any of you know of a good sanda school in PA around Philly? Any help is greatly appreciated.

npk9 · 01-09-2008, 04:17 PM

Wow that's first. Well - unfortunately there are not. I teach but we do not have a competition team perse. I volunteer my time at a school off of 202 near Delaware. I do compete myself and hand full of people that have shown interest in doing so and have competited with them. Unfortunately - the closest "school" NYC and in Baltimore DC area. If you are interested please PM and I'll be more then happy to help you. My question to you is - why go San Da when you can go MT?

bodhisattva · 01-09-2008, 04:21 PM

Ah! A chinese martial art based on competition! Isn't san da "fast wrestling"? Don't they compete totally live?

See. I don't hate all chinese martial arts. Fast wrestling always looked pretty coool.

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Oh. Dang. No elbows. No knees. No chokes or joint locks.

Sigh.

npk9 · 01-09-2008, 04:43 PM

LOL - Shuai Chao is the chinese wrestling art. San Da/San Shou is the Chinese equivalent to MT. The differences are:
Clinching - MT = no time limit
SD = 5 sec
Take downs - MT = one step take down (please correct me if I'm wrong)
SD = anytime of take down, hipthrown leg catch, wrestling takedown - as long is its in the 5 sec rule.
Knees & Elbow - MT = allowed of course (pending country and federation)
SD = knees allowed but no elbows (at least here in the states)

To be quite honest with you. China went 2 extremes with there martial arts. One extreme was forms - Wushu compulsory forms (acrobatic and have limited success with there techniques).
Othere extreme - San Da/San Shou - from what I understand this was put together to combat against the other styles - mainly MT but also - kickboxing, full contact karate, TKD and sorts.
My information is limited as I come from a traditional background as opposed to a Wushu background. But if anyone else out there knows more of the history of San Da - please feel free to input.

01-09-2008, 04:04 PM	#1 (permalink)
BoondocSaint Registered User Join Date: Jan 2008 Posts: 1	Sanda Schools Do any of you know of a good sanda school in PA around Philly? Any help is greatly appreciated.

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npk9 Registered User Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: PA Posts: 146	Wow that's first. Well - unfortunately there are not. I teach but we do not have a competition team perse. I volunteer my time at a school off of 202 near Delaware. I do compete myself and hand full of people that have shown interest in doing so and have competited with them. Unfortunately - the closest "school" NYC and in Baltimore DC area. If you are interested please PM and I'll be more then happy to help you. My question to you is - why go San Da when you can go MT? __________________ I like to full-contact fight - do you?? If want a challenge - PM - we'll set something up! Seriously

01-09-2008, 04:21 PM	#3 (permalink)
bodhisattva Registered User Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: nowhere Posts: 572	A chinese art I don't bash at all... Ah! A chinese martial art based on competition! Isn't san da "fast wrestling"? Don't they compete totally live? See. I don't hate all chinese martial arts. Fast wrestling always looked pretty coool. --- Oh. Dang. No elbows. No knees. No chokes or joint locks. Sigh. __________________ St. Louis MMA Training Club - MMA Boxing / Clinch / Submission Grappling / Wrestling Gym Portland MMA Training Club: MMA Boxing / Brazilian Jiu Jitsu / Greco Roman Wrestling

01-09-2008, 04:43 PM	#4 (permalink)
npk9 Registered User Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: PA Posts: 146	LOL - Shuai Chao is the chinese wrestling art. San Da/San Shou is the Chinese equivalent to MT. The differences are: Clinching - MT = no time limit SD = 5 sec Take downs - MT = one step take down (please correct me if I'm wrong) SD = anytime of take down, hipthrown leg catch, wrestling takedown - as long is its in the 5 sec rule. Knees & Elbow - MT = allowed of course (pending country and federation) SD = knees allowed but no elbows (at least here in the states) To be quite honest with you. China went 2 extremes with there martial arts. One extreme was forms - Wushu compulsory forms (acrobatic and have limited success with there techniques). Othere extreme - San Da/San Shou - from what I understand this was put together to combat against the other styles - mainly MT but also - kickboxing, full contact karate, TKD and sorts. My information is limited as I come from a traditional background as opposed to a Wushu background. But if anyone else out there knows more of the history of San Da - please feel free to input. __________________ I like to full-contact fight - do you?? If want a challenge - PM - we'll set something up! Seriously

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