Martial arts expert guidance: Global Kung Fu CEO, General Principal and Coach of Beijing Shaolin Martial Arts School/Fu Biao
Martial Arts Professional Demonstration: Chief Coach Fu Biao and Vice Principal of Martial Arts Training at Beijing Shaolin Martial Arts School Zhao Zhenshan and Safety Discipline
Vice principal Wang Junlong, Sanda coach Xie Tongfen, Wang Guoquan, and team member Yang Yuankai gave a comprehensive demonstration
The overall requirements of sanda techniques can be summarized into eight words: fast, long, heavy, accurate, stable, non active, and skillful.
1. The Eight Key Techniques of Sanda – Quick
Quick refers to completing actions quickly. The boxing saying goes, ‘Quick hit slow’, ‘Fist like a meteor’, and ‘Shoot your legs like an arrow’. Only by striking quickly can you achieve the effects of ‘first hit, first hit’ and ‘second hit, first hit’. The speedometer now has three aspects: fast response, fast action, and fast displacement:
Quick action means that the action should be completed in the shortest possible time from the start to hitting the target. When using fist techniques, leg techniques, throwing techniques, and various combinations of combos, while ensuring quality, the speed of completing and converting movements should be fast.
(Figure 1) Fu Biao and his disciples Zhao Zhenshan and Wang Junlong demonstrate the eight key techniques of free combat (boxing sandbags)
(Figure 2) Fu Biao and disciple Zhao Zhenshan demonstrate the speed of the eight key techniques of Sanda (side kick foot target)
Quick reaction, that is, from observation, judgment to operational actions, quick and agile thinking. When actively attacking, the clouds search for fighter jets, manufacture fighter jets, and use time and action to quickly attack.
When defending and counterattacking, the opponent can accurately know what action they are going to make if they want to move, so as to carry out defense or defensive counterattack and quickly switch planes.
Fu Biao and disciple Wang Junlong demonstrate the speed of the eight key techniques of Sanda (holding legs and crossing chest 1)
Fu Biao and disciple Wang Junlong demonstrate the speed of the eight key techniques of Sanda (holding legs and crossing chest 2)
Fu Biao and disciple Zhao Zhenshan demonstrate the speed of the eight key techniques of sanda (holding legs and crossing chest 3)
Rapid displacement means that the body needs to move quickly. The hitting action of Sanda is carried out in a constantly moving state, and the direction, distance, angle, and position of the body posture state should be appropriate, which is a prerequisite for ensuring the effectiveness of the attack action.
Body displacement is mainly achieved through footwork. The so-called ‘unstable steps lead to chaotic fists, and slow steps lead to slow fists’ is the truth.
Fu Biao’s disciples Xie Tongfen and Wang Guoquan demonstrated the speed of the eight key techniques of sanda (covering the elbow)
Fu Biao’s disciples Xie Tongfen and Wang Guoquan demonstrate the speed of the eight key techniques of sanda (dodge)
Fu Biao’s disciples Xie Tongfen and Wang Guoquan demonstrated the speed of the eight key techniques of sanda (lifting the knee to block)
2. Eight Key Techniques of Sanda – Long
Long refers to the ability to stretch when completing an offensive action. An offensive action requires all joints involved in the activity to extend as much as possible and coordinate forward while maintaining a stable center of gravity and fulcrum. This not only expands the range of one’s own firepower, but also increases the difficulty of the opponent’s action. This is the principle of “one inch long, one inch strong”.
In the process of technical training, whether it is doing air hitting exercises, sandboxing, hand target, or foot target exercises, it is required to hit long and far,Form a good dynamic stereotype.
Fu Biao’s disciple Xie Tongfen demonstrated the strengths of the Eight Essential Techniques of Sanda (Next Leg Chop)
Fu Biao’s disciple Xie Tongfen demonstrated the strengths of the eight key techniques of sanda (side kick)
Fu Biao’s disciples Zhao Zhenshan and Wang Junlong demonstrated the strengths of the eight key techniques of sanda (whip leg shooting)
3. Eight Key Techniques of Sanda – Heavy
Heavy is a technical requirement for completing movements in terms of strength. Chinese martial arts Sanda emphasizes the importance of “winning with skill” and “controlling strength with skill”, advocating a technical style of play. However, these are not contradictory to the skill required for actions. Qiao is based on the ability to apply overall technology; Heavy refers to the ability of a single action.
The practice of sanda competitions has proven that pursuing one’s skills unilaterally and not fully mastering sanda techniques is not enough; Mastering sanda techniques, even without skill, one cannot perform movements. Qiao and Li each have their own functions, and they are not opposed to each other, but unified with each other.
Sanda movements require strength, and technically require it to be rooted in the feet, transitioning to the hips and waist, reaching the level of fists and feet, and fully exerting one’s overall combined strength. In terms of the form of expression of force, explosive force and cohesive force are required, and rigid force should be avoided.
Fu Biao’s disciples Xie Tongfen and Yang Yuankai demonstrated the importance of the eight key techniques of Sanda (kicking and hitting the body)
4. Eight Key Techniques for Sanda – Accurate
Accuracy refers to the accuracy of the force points of the action and the muscle contractions involved in the movement. The point of force is the contact point that hits the opponent, and different actions have different requirements for force points. Incorrect force points not only affect the effectiveness of the action, but also easily lead to injury.
Any action is completed using bones as levers and muscles as power. The contraction force of the active, passive, and cooperative muscles involved in each action must be accurate. The muscles that should be exerting force should not be exerting force, in order to save energy and cooperate with correct breathing methods to use qi to destroy force, achieving accuracy and accuracy.
Fu Biao’s disciples Xie Tongfen and Yang Yuankai demonstrated the Eight Key Techniques of Sanda (dodge)
Fu Biao’s disciples Xie Tongfen and Yang Yuankai demonstrated the Eight Key Techniques of Sanda (kicking and hitting the chest)
5. Eight Key Techniques of Sanda – Stability
Stability refers to the need for stability to complete an action. In intense combat, maintaining physical stability requires consideration of three factors:
1. Force and reaction force: The greater the force, the greater the reaction force, and the unstable center of gravity of the body, which is not conducive to controlling the reaction force.
2. When encountering resistance after hitting the opponent, it is necessary to quickly adjust the posture and stabilize the center of gravity to prepare for the next attack or defense action.
3. Although sanda techniques have technical requirements of “long” and “heavy”, they must be carried out while maintaining a stable body center of gravity, and try to avoid the phenomenon of shifting the body center of gravity to avoid giving the other party the opportunity to “pull a thousand pounds” and “hand in hand”.
Fu Biao’s disciples Xie Tongfen and Yang Yuankai demonstrated the Eight Key Techniques of Sanda (kicking and hitting the chest)
5. Eight Key Techniques of Sanda – Stability
Stability refers to the need for stability to complete an action. In intense combat, maintaining physical stability requires consideration of three factors:
1. Force and reaction force: The greater the force, the greater the reaction force, and the unstable center of gravity of the body, which is not conducive to controlling the reaction force.
2. When encountering resistance after hitting the opponent, it is necessary to quickly adjust the posture and stabilize the center of gravity to prepare for the next attack or defense action.
3. Although sanda techniques have technical requirements of “long” and “heavy”, they must be carried out while maintaining a stable body center of gravity, and try to avoid the phenomenon of shifting the body center of gravity to avoid giving the other party the opportunity to “pull a thousand pounds” and “hand in hand”.
Fu Biao and disciple Wang Junlong demonstrate the Eight Essential Techniques of Sanda (Flying Kick and Body Strike)
7. Eight Key Techniques of Sanda – Live
Live refers to the rapid and flexible transition between actions. To achieve flexible conversion of movements, it is necessary to maintain the correct body posture and slightly lift the heels to maintain elasticity and facilitate movement; Moderately relax the muscles of the limbs, do not become stiff, and start quickly; The center of gravity of the body is located between the legs, facilitating the transition of movements; The lower jaw is slightly retracted, the head is balanced, and the center is at ease, allowing the brain to exert operational thinking to complete actions.
The technical requirements for living also involve the operational ability of athletes’ movements, the range of footwork movements, the capacity of technical movements, and the ability to transform movements.
Fu Biao and disciple Wang Junlong demonstrate the eight key techniques of Sanda (holding legs and not kicking)
Fu Biao and disciple Wang Junlong demonstrate the eight key techniques of Sanda (holding legs and not kicking)
8. Eight Key Techniques for Sanda – Skilled
Skillfulness refers to the skillful use of techniques. Each individual action in Sanda has its own function, and there is no distinction between cleverness and non cleverness in each action of Sanda.
However, due to the integrity and adaptability of Sanda techniques, it provides broad space and rich connotations for the clever application of Sanda movements that complement each other.
As the saying goes, ‘skillful control of strength’ and ‘skillful control of speed’ wins with cleverness. In the process of using sanda techniques, it is necessary to fully utilize the function of sanda movements to complement each other, make full use of various fighter planes, and use corresponding methods to break through their forces, achieving maximum results with minimal consumption.
Fu Biao and disciple Zhao Zhenshan demonstrate the cleverness of the eight key techniques of Sanda (Hugging Legs and Single Rinsing 1)
Fu Biao and disciple Wang Junlong demonstrate the cleverness of the eight key techniques of Sanda (Hugging Legs and Single Rinsing 2)
