You've Never Seen Kung Fu Like This

Kung Fu is one of those disciplines that is often looked down upon. What people don't know though is that there are many different types of Kung Fu. Not just what Bruce Lee, or Ip Man showed us, but actual attack forms of Kung Fu that have grappling and low kicks like Muay Thai. With that said, in this segment we'll be looking at Kung Fu like never before. Thank you for joining me on this break down as we take a closer glance.

[@Don-du7du]

That monks side kick was unbelievably timed and placed

[@GalactusOG]

Single legs and over hand rights are Universal.

[@cwigout2385]

Arm extended like this isn't an universal overhand

[@DiegoAlvarez-lf8us]

Single legs and over hand rights are for the children 🦵👊👶

[@kevinelston404]

@@DiegoAlvarez-lf8us that’s how you beat up children?

[@Bobby-Dingers]

Headbutt's are universal

[@GalactusOG]

@@DiegoAlvarez-lf8us Tell that to Khabib and Islam.

[@jordanrock3494]

I have a blackbelt magazine from the 70's where an older Asian man demonstrates all the wrestling moves in kung-fu. Body mechanics are body mechanics, so regardless of "style" most techniques have been around for a long time. Another great video.

[@jordanrock3494]

@Busy right now Oss 🙏

[@oldschoolmuzzey]

🤔👍🏽

[@darthchingaso3613]

Especially as wrestling exists in pretty much every culture on earth

[@thewanderingsensei]

Spot on. I tell my students they same exact thing.

[@hong-enlin4651]

Chinese wrestling was called Shuai Jiao, and there were more than one style of it. Several ethnic groups and provinces had their own style. The modern stuff wasn't as impressive as the classical stuff though, the old competitions had a bunch of wild low percentage moves.

[@Bboymaniac1]

Fun fact, Islam Mahkachev did Sanda. He said it in an interview for the Charles Do Bronx build up, he called it "Wu-shu Sanda" which i believe is the actual name of the sport

[@ZamWeazle]

Well he primarily does or did Sambo. Maybe he took the striking from Sanda and the Wrestling/ grappling from Sambo?

[@yizhuolin3906]

you're right Wushu Sanda(武术散打)is the full name of Sanda(散打)

[@dio8297]

"Way is no way" like bruce lee said. Take a bit of every style that applies to you and make it your own style. Love the content brother keep it up.

[@troymccowan6367]

🙏🏽

[@masterk5372]

Right

[@AXharoth]

no way dude

[@avakinzerochill]

That's not really what this is. San da is all kung fu. The basics of pretty much all arts look the same, but some things, like that wide Haymaker style punch is seen in styles like choy lay fut and lama pai. You do definitely have san da fighters who cross train, like kung le who also wrestled and trained taekwon do, but there is plenty of pure kung fu san da.

[@rotyler2177]

"Using no way as way"

[@tylerdurden8640]

I've trained Sanda 3 years and decided to change it for Muay Thai. On every sparring session what gives me the biggest advantige is that side kick. Nobody seen that before, you can't learn that anywhere. Only on Sanda. How to properly execute it, when to use it, and where to landing. Even my coach was "whaat, what tf you are doing, where did you pull it of" type of expression. Its a killer if you find the timing. It can end the fight easily.

[@akinakinsiku6818]

I had a similar experience years ago when I trained both. I would use Sanda techniques in MT and vice versa. In MT they found the side kick seriously problematic and couldn't find a way out. I later switched entirely to Sanda...and fought loads of MT fighters after that. Same problems. If fighting a MT fighter, if your conditioning is good, they often have serious problems dealing with sidekicks, leg catches and takedowns.

[@henchlol1247]

Karate has it famously check Stephen wonder boy

[@flightshop6100]

Could you guys be able to explain the technique at all?

[@J-cos]

Okay I wanna learn this kick now

[@daniel-zh9nj6yn6y]

@@flightshop6100 From the International Wushu Federation channel kzbin.info/www/bejne/a4Cyg2qmoqp4Y9k

[@iNightTiger]

Sanda is primarily a ruleset for kung fu practionners to compete in, not a style. It is a sport based on multiple traditionnal kung fu styles, mostly northern ones ( lots of wrestling techniques, straight punches and a lot of kicks ) and using modern training methods. There is also military Sanda that uses a lot of "illegal" strikes. Military Sanda has more similarities with traditonnal Kung-Fu. By the way, no movement in forms are useless. They just serve different purposes. Some movements might be for conditioning, stretching, punching, kicking, locks, wrestling etc. Most of the "flowery movements" people keep bringing up are just wrestling/grappling techniques. Kung Fu is in my opinion really efficient when practiced correctly. No matter the style.

[@animalmake7149]

inefficient and ineffective...

[@mastersathlete7380]

@@animalmake7149 Please explain. Your words do not stand on their own...

[@silveriver9]

@@animalmake7149 We are all waiting for your explanation.

[@ludotoyhunter8492]

That guy is just a troll. He doesn’t even fight probably.

[@haroldcruz8550]

Sanda is actually a very modern MA. It was a version of Chinese MMA before MMA became a thing. The peple behind the creation of Sanda intentionally combined western boxing, different Kick Boxing styles including Muay Thai and Traditional Chinese MA, they almost included grappling in it but decided not to because when they tried it out grapplers dominated the sport the way BJJ dominated UFC at it's infancy. The organizers thought and feared that competitions will just turn into a grappling match and since Sanda was also meant to be a sport it needed to be entertaining as well and pure grappling match are not that entertaining to the lay audience so they limited the grappling, of course when MMA became popular they realized that they made a mistake.

[@yusefmordred1621]

Sanda is not a style but a ruleset. Different Sanda schools train with different styles such as Muay Thai, Shuai Jiao, Taekwondo, and even Tai Chi

[@KingoftheJiangl]

Oh I didn't know this. Interesting. Kind of like Muay Thai is not just one style there's over 100

[@yusefmordred1621]

Yeh, different Sanda schools will typically cross train in at least 3 different styles usually western boxing, mixed with traditional Chinese wrestling (Shuai Jiao), and something else like Muay Thai, Taekwondo, or even Northern Praying Mantis or Choy Lee Fut!

[@user-kz7wj5fl9r]

It’s also an independent style. The style itself comes from a mixture of more traditional styles, but it’s not only a ruleset; it’s both.

[@RedPilled-qj9mr]

Ok. I get it. This is real fighting with high levels of athleticism. I love this stuff.

[@andyg.3629]

Yes, a method and a style

[@X-Factor-22]

0:54 One of the smoothest fireman’s carry I’ve seen in my life!!😱

[@javiersoriano671]

A lot of people underestimate how much traditional Kung fu is in Sanda

[@UnofficialLesTwins]

When the world needed him most... MindSmash drops a banger

[@animalmake7149]

he has not dropped a banger in a long damn time, but it is good to see him post

[@majaimay]

I've always thought that the sanda sidekick is the scariest and most effectively executed version of the side kick. I've tried for years to emulate it but there's just something about it can never seem to get right.

[@Will-cz9ir]

its definitely that hop in on the back foot that makes it so great. never really seen a technique like that for kicks, usually moving into a target with a kick gets you off balance, but these guys manage to just bounce off.

[@masterk5372]

Keep practicing you will get it right

[@majaimay]

@@Will-cz9ir right, the hop in is definitely a big part of it, it's also the way they shoot it out so pin point and fast, for me at least it's a lot harder to read than most other kicks.

[@jeffrobodine239]

Believe it or not but if you read bruce Lee's fighting method that's in there as one of his main kicks but he called it a front leg hook kick because after it connected side kick style he would hook it. Watch the videos of him sparring at the grand nationals it's in there

[@Inkosi_uJabu_Ndlovu]

You need to imagine your body as a sarissa, your heel being the head, your leg being the stick and your body as an arm. Then you need to launch your sarissa into the target. It's a bad explosion as I'm not great English, better at Zulu and Afrikaans. Probably could've compared it different.

[@kevingonzalez3673]

I saw a few Sanda Vs. Muay Thai shows in the past. The Sanda fighters won the majority of the fights just because the Thai fighters were not used to the sidekick. The Sanda fights also used the sidekick to stop the roundhouse. Now a few of the Thai fights got into the clinch and KO'd a few of those guys when they used knees and elbows. That was back in the mid 2000s.

[@bryanfong1023]

Sanda was specially designed to counter muay thai. After kung fu masters were used to clean the floor in thailand after fighting muay thai fighters. To be fair, muay thai fighters also got their fair share of modernization during the 1880s and was pushed by the thai royal family.

[@kevingonzalez3673]

@@bryanfong1023 the guys I saw fight the Sands guys were from the US. Most were from Master Today's gym. They probably did not know what Santa was at the time. It was when MMA was a big deal. Thai n MMA gyms were all over the place.

[@Six_slotted]

fuck yeah ive trained with a bunch of pro mma fighters over the years, even sparred a bit with jimi manuwa back in the day too, but the most impressive thing ive still ever seen done in sparring to this day was this side kick intercept to the round kick that this random karate dude from my uni muay thai society pulled off honestly crazy how he timed it so perfectly and landed the heel of his foot into my thigh as it swung around, and just how you can almost knock people out with jabs if they walk right into it, the fact my thigh was swinging into the shot made it so brutally effective he didnt even hit me that hard, but i had such ridiculously deep bruising right down to the bone, i think i walked with a limp for like 2 weeks no joke, and could still feel it a bit for another week or two after that. never had the chance to really practice that counter myself, and my side kick technique sucks anyway, but after taking such severe damage from only a medium power strike ive had a lot of respect for people that can use defensive side kicks properly like that

[@kevingonzalez3673]

@@Six_slotted I assume they do not need to hit hard because it is like a head on collision in a way. All they need to do is put their heel into your thigh or hip. Your momentum is turned against you. You can do the same with a teep to the thigh or hip. The thing about Santa is their stance is bladed and always ready for that sidekick. Sort of how Thai is square and tall always ready for the round kick.

[@KingoftheJiangl]

@@Six_slotted trick is to flip your femur horizontal during knee raise without leaning too much. It's a weird angle, I'm still working on it, but I use it all the time at my Thai gym, people rarely see it coming because they're used to being teeped XD

[@crescenciorocha2213]

Surprised you didn't mention Cung Li and his background in Sanda, ik you have in older videos just thought it would've been a nice touch to add to this one. Great breakdown as always 👌🏾

[@teovu5557]

btw Cung le competed in Sanda but he didnt practise the style. He was a Greco-roman and freestyle wrestler and TKD black belt who just competed in the sport.

[@Cereal_Killer007]

This martial art is real world self defense at its finest. Very refreshing to see a different style of kung fu thats actually applicable in a fight

[@ROOSTER333]

I like the fact they use take downs with big gloves. This is really cool thank you bro

[@dhalav]

I love the sweeps and foot catches that sanda got from shuai jiao, those are dope

[@silveriver9]

Yup very explosive 🔥

[@stefanschleps8758]

Many people look at traditional martial arts and say they would never work in a real fight. I beg to differ. Part of that problem is that many teachers do not know how their arts are applied. Its not that they don't work, its that the teacher never learned how to use that given art or never developed sufficient skills to do so. Sometimes this was an intentional oversight on the part of their teacher who feared his own student would usurp his school if he learned too much too quickly. Another problem is the fallacy that the art makes the man, it does not, the man makes the art. Thank you brother man for showing us what kung-fu looks like in its use. Lost in form men forget the function, lost in function men forget the art. All the best to you. Laoshr #60 Ching Yi Kung Fu Association

[@ruyijingubang582]

It's only Kung Fu linguistically speaking, as "Kung Fu" is a wide encompassing term, like "mastery". Factually this is just Chinese Kickboxing. But, technically any and all martial arts, if you practice them in China, would be a type of Kung Fu.

[@KingoftheJiangl]

To be fair, the kicks are northern style kungfu(which might include Korean styles) and the wrestling is Mongolian

[@animalmake7149]

what you refer to is "gong fu".... what is called kung fu is generally southern and shaolin shit martial arts

[@silveriver9]

@@animalmake7149 I doubt you will get far in life with that attitude.

[@jedijudoka]

@@KingoftheJiangl is it? I didn’t think you could grab the legs in Bokh. I assumed it was shuai jiao

[@catocall7323]

@@animalmake7149 those are the same words corresponding to the same characters. Gong Fu is the Pinyin transliteration and Kung Fu is the older Wades-Gilles transliteration.

[@theItalianshamrock]

Beautiful art. Love to see great striking with the threat of take downs

[@hori83]

Sanda looks great. Very entertaining to watch. No messing around...punches and kick flying, beautiful throws etc.

[@jamestan4165]

That was a textbook punch for many Chinese styles. Choy Li Fit for example, trains the sow choy/haymaker/overhand a lot.

[@jbarkley50]

Typically I always like your videos but this is one of the funnest I can remember from you.

[@tomnaughadie]

Great video. Sanda is awesome. In my understanding "Kung Fu" essentially translates to "accumulated skill." Even if we narrow it down to accumulated fighting skills or narrow it further to being related to Chinese culture it is still an extremely broad category. Many people seem to not understand that.

[@fabiosplendido9536]

Yup you're dead right there mate. It is that which you do repeatedly until you are fluent and skillful. I've also had it translated as something like "hard work". If you are a baker, making bread is your kung fu. Once, when tattooing a Chinese guy I was doing a little spiral detail and did it smoothly. He was watching me as I did it and said. "Ni de gung fu genda hen hao". (Excuse my sh*tty pin yin). "Your kung fu is really very good".

[@tomnaughadie]

@@fabiosplendido9536 Thank you for the reply and example. Cheers, Respect.👊

[@rosemarietolentino3218]

You better learn what it does say before you build your life lesson to everyone.

[@Fari-100]

Exactly correct 💯 "kung fu" 功夫, literally has nothing to do in particular with martial arts. I like to say it means "supreme skill from hard work over time". The more proper term is "wushu" 武术 literally means "martial arts" nothing more, nothing less. Unfortunately, the term has been misinterpreted, bastardized even, in the West to mean only the most flamboyant, stylized routines for competition. But it's all "wushu", traditional or modern, right up to sanda or sanshou which both basically mean "free fighting"

[@fabiosplendido9536]

@@Fari-100 🙏

[@sephf4958]

I've been training sanda for just under 6 years so it's nice to see some appreciation for the underrated style

[@nedaCFilms]

Sanshou was made famous by Cung Le who was a Sanshou champion that crossed over to MMA and had success in Strikeforce and UFC.

[@avakinzerochill]

The thing is, there are only so make ways the body can move. All arts make use of these. If you really look at all martial arts, the basics are pretty much the same. Whether the art calls it a teep, bençao or mae geri, it's a front kick. Whether you call it a reverse punch or a straight, it's the same punch. That's why I hate when people see san da and they say "he looks like he reverted to kickboxing" no, he didn't. He is using basic kung fu. Kung fu looks flowery when you look at forms and those forms all have a purpose. They are teaching a particular footwork or a particular power generation movement, or just training the muscles, i.e. dynamic tension, low stances and weapons training. There is also a lot of grappling in the forms. I didn't realize that until i started training judo. Learning the throws and the footwork, the lightbulb turned on and i saw that these same motions were in some of my kung fu forms. The problem is that in this day and age, there tends to be more focus on these things instead of the actual fighting.

[@AngryGrape1337]

Kung Fu doesn't look like Kickboxing, Kickboxing looks like Kung Fu. Which is a good thing, why fix what isn't broken?

[@scootaymildo1070]

Happy to see you posting a bit more. Hope that means you're doing better my dude!

[@michaelm1861]

Awesome video! I have never heard of Sanda. Very cool. Thanks for posting

[@murozman]

I'm actually impressed. Saw some effective techniques in there. Good stances, good balance, good range control and timing. These guys can actually fight!

[@TimeFlyingBy1884]

Guy in red defended the inside kick so well he had to take time to showboat, which left him vulnerable for a single leg takedown 2:14. Never ever let your guard down in a fight, even for a split second.

[@user-kz7wj5fl9r]

So glad you finally made a video on Sanda

[@theguitaristoflove5026]

Every time you , pause , when , talking, I shivering, I goosebumping bro

[@whooooooooo678]

Hi, brother Wushu(sanda) we talk few years ago i also start Wushu after watching your videos also achieved 2 time medol 🥇 🇮🇳

[@redsnflr]

It's interesting that striking sports that include takedowns (Sanda, MMA, Sambo) tend to employ a boxing, 45 degree front-foot stance to get both benefits of being bladed(evasiveness) and front-footed(checking kicks). Muay Thai's free flowing power kicks and light front-foot is quite impractical for sports like this, although the modern elite MT practicioners almost all have good boxing and evasive footwork like the Muay Thai GOAT in Samart(who was also a WBC boxing champ).

[@jeffrobodine239]

That "haymaker" is a classic kungfu punch. It's one of the five element punches. I think it's called earth or also scraping fist and it uses the part of the knuckles that you would use to knock on a door. it's in hung ga as well as other shaolin derived styles. Try to find some examples please, I'll check back in when I find some. Sanda is traditional kungfu that has been stress tested and updated to how people fight now. A right cross is a reverse punch ect.

[@Kooljupiter]

facinating, Roy Jones would through his punch like that at times

[@avakinzerochill]

It's also found in choy lay fut and lama pai. Hop ga uses it a well.

[@jeffrobodine239]

@@avakinzerochill right, I didn't mention choy le fut because I wanted to direct people to examples first. Thanks for the affirmation. Alot of people are disrespecting kungfu without knowing what they're looking at. From the finger jab to the eyes to chin-na and shuai Jiao, Kungfu has penetrated and lent techniques and influences to the world of martial arts. Where did you learn about lama pai ? Long Island ?

[@TheSonnyGo]

I've never seen fighters more adept at throwing swinging haymakers than Chinese fighters. They're really good at swinging, and watching them makes my shoulders sore with how wide and fast they swing. They make Wanderlei Silva's punches look as straight as the crow flies. I'm saying that as a compliment to them because they're pretty good at it.

[@avakinzerochill]

@Jeffrobodine23 there used to be a print magazine called kung fu/tai chi magazine. They had (and still currently have, though I no longer post on it) an online forum. For a while, I was one of their moderators. There were a a few lama guys there, one of whom was from NY and trained under chan tai san.

[@adhdmed]

Jigoro Kano gave recognition to Chinese Martial arts for the joint locks in Judo/ Jujutsu. Karate was also a form of Kung-Fu named Kodate before it got renamed to Karate to sound more Japanese.

[@ctynwbraygalm]

And kungfu was taught to chinese by us indians.

[@adhdmed]

@@ctynwbraygalm only Sholin Kung Fu came from India. There's many other forms of Kung Fu that developed in China, for example Wing Chun, Sanda, Wushu , etc.

[@davidgrove6210]

@@ctynwbraygalm that's not what happened lol. I studied the history of many martial arts. The Indians taught them meditation. When the Indians first visited a Chinese Kung Fu school, they noticed students were losing focus and falling asleep during their training (which included holding stances for long periods of time). This is when they introduced meditation to help them stay focused. They brought meditation, but did not teach Kung Fu. Kung Fu has been taught by the Chinese forever

[@davidgrove6210]

Kano Jigoro was the true creator of what is now known as Brazilian Jiu Jitsu. He sent his students all over the world to learn his style of Judo/jujutsu or Jiu-Judo. Mitsuyo Maeda ended up in Brazil. Maeda proved himself by fighting all challengers. Eventually, Maeda started teaching and the Gracies were his students. Once Maeda passed away, the Gracies charged an arm and a leg to teach the art. Fortunately, Luiz Franca was also one of Maeda's original students. He taught Oswaldo Fadda. They offered free training to everyone in Brazil. Eventually they challenged the Gracies. There were rumors the Gracies got destroyed due to Franca learning leg locks from Maeda. There were rumors it was very closely contested. Those in Brazil know the full story. After Maeda passed, the Gracies put their names all over Jigoro's art. They renamed it Gracie Jiu Jitsu. The Brazilians were outraged because they all knew where GJJ originated. It was a huge lack of respect for Maeda. In 1993, they even called it GJJ in UFC 1. The Brazilians were still outraged and eventually named it Brazilian Jiu Jitsu. If you watch the early years of the UFC, there was no difference between BJJ and Jigoro's jujutsu (lots of instructional and training videos/drawings were made). BJJ evolved because of other arts and new moves being created. Example: The rubber gaurd was created by Eddie Bravo. Wrestling moves were also incorporated.

[@AroundElvesWatchUrselves96]

Karate came from the native styles of Okinawa, Shuri te Tomari te Naha te, which were Kung fu influenced mostly by Southern styles such as white crane style (see Goju Ryu.) As for the name "Karate" 唐手, it simply means "Tang hand." It has always been known as "Karate" 😄

[@neokimchi]

sanda definitely is its own style and practice but it's important to note that a lot of older, more "traditional" kung fu styles would resemble sanda quite a bit when applied in a real fight (esp in a competitive setting with gloves on), keeping in mind that what a lot of people think are strikes in traditional kung fu were intended to be standing grappling/wrestlkng techniques

[@brendaspence1824]

What’s sad is a lot of kung fu people don’t even know that 🤦‍♂️

[@BWater-yq3jx]

Nearly all traditional martial arts have/had throws, sweeps & takedowns, but not a lot of ground fighting. Practical for the battlefield, practical for the street.

[@mmmickmorrison5]

This was one the dopest clips I've seen

[@Goldone99]

That overhand bolo haymaker was textbook like the point system

[@user-kz7wj5fl9r]

If you look at Modern Sanda, it’s very much like standard kickboxing with general throws and takedowns. I’m more of a fan of old-school Sanda; more dynamic kicks, a higher emphasis on catching kicks and getting takedowns off of them, and looked more unique compared to how it does now.

[@DAF21films]

It's not though. It's not like kickboxing at all

[@ahmedelmahjoub1452]

@@DAF21films It has a lot of parts of kick boxing you idiot! Once again you just shows your stupidity. Modern sanda is made by the Chinese military and is clearly a combination of several Kung Fu styles , boxing and kickboxing. You idiot should maybe read and think before you talk/write

[@DAF21films]

@@ahmedelmahjoub1452 yes and all those movements were in kung fu since inception.... just because it doesnt look like a movie doesnt mean its not kung fu, once again you show how little you actually know about martial arts.

[@ahmedelmahjoub1452]

@@DAF21films You must be a fat weasel, I guess. Hard cringe ,when people don't know what they are talking about and especially when they have no evidence of that bs they are talking about 🤣

[@august4476]

Love Sanda. I knew the first time I saw it that it was the martial art for me. Thanks for the showcase.

[@bgaona]

Interesting and nicely articulated thoughts

[@Keith85210]

Thank you for the fantastic footage. I have been saying what you explained for years. I always stand up for the practitioner that began with Martial Arts. I began with Martial Arts and added other disciplines for my "functional" way. This will get me a lot of static, but I am tired of the UFC and BJJ. That style is not the only method, it is not the most effective and by no means, Martial Artists should never forget that Bruce Lee created MMA, Jeet Kune Do. Again, thank you for the great footage and explanation.

[@vipr1142]

Imagine that there are martial artists / fans that doesnt know the existence of Sanda or Sanshou...

[@rosemarietolentino3218]

MMA changed the fighting experience in the street. If you don’t know the ground game. You might get embarrassed in front of your friends.

[@Keith85210]

@@rosemarietolentino3218 It only goes to the ground if you let it. Besides, anything goes in the streets.

[@Static_artist90]

Sanda / Sanshou fighters include Cung Le, Weilli Zhang, Li Jingliang, Muslim Salikhov, Zabit Magomedsharipov. Quite a few Dagestani fighters use wushu sanda / sanshou. Zabit and Muslim went to a boarding school known as “Dagestan’s Shaolin temple.” Called Pyat Storon Sveta in Russian ( 5 cardinal directions) North, South, East, West and the fifth being personal enlightenment .

[@user-xf9dn3ss5q]

Zabit 😳. Bro was amazing to watch.

[@kargonfow5563]

Wow ! The second clip was amazing

[@Phyx1u5]

0:23 the head rolling is like something straight out of the old school Street fighter games

[@michaelsmith9714]

Great work brother

[@kevinreese8224]

Most people don’t understand the ridge hand is executed up close with a downward thrust - someone listened 👍🏾 When your goal is to defeat an opponent, you don’t think about technique: only what opportunity affords you 👌🏽Oss!

[@timelessperspective]

This video I why I've been subscribed for years.

[@leroilapue15]

You're right about when you train what actually works what you get is something that looks like western kickboxing...but if you can throw in some slick moves from an unexpected angle, strike when and where your opponent isn't expecting it...then you have more attacks at your disposal

[@jamiethesubtledeceiver1585]

Great presentation - couldnt have said it better

[@tubesockets120v]

Thank you for the mountain🗻 quote.

[@gadeyeye6268]

Ive never heard of this but great technique yall👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾👍🏾

[@thorkalel2851]

Great, Respect from Italy!

[@rootboysupreme1]

The commentary started like a champ... sadly it ended like a high school history book

[@joelbelmonte1383]

Sanda training can feel very rough with much throwing/falling

[@KingoftheJiangl]

That can be very hard on the body. I started judo half year ago. Very rough indeed

[@Paul-173]

Always good stuff on mindsmash

[@Nacogdoches86]

Love this dude and his narrative voice I forgot I was subscribed to this channel yt don't be pushing the notifications

[@VanishingNomad]

Sanda is essentially all the Kung Fu thats allowed under this rule set, and can be done with gloves. Its mostly Northern Long Fist and Shuai Chiao. If you take Muay Thai, and mix Judo into it (and allow those throws), you get synthetic Sanda.

[@gingercore69]

I practice sanda as a sport... And wushu, wich also competes in sanda... I also practice other arts but sanda is amazing

[@bennyaruba3449]

Yes I've seen it since 91 when I started training authentic Kung Fu. Taolou= forms/kata/shadow boxing, Sanda/Sanshou= fighting/sparring, Schuai Chiao= wrestling/grappling. We did it all + weapons & breaking.

[@danielsummers5438]

Remember sage northcut? He utilised a standard front kick in the ufc and to be fair I remember it being pretty effective for a little snappy kick

[@daniel-zh9nj6yn6y]

There was a huge Egyptian (or Iranian) heavyweight who won the World Championships twice by pushing opponents off the mat (2 times in 1 round, you win that round). China had a heavyweight who was taller, but much lighter. So he put on weight (mostly fat), and finally won.

[@takehandleandshoveuparse]

Everybody is kung Fu fighting Your mind becomes fast as lightning Although the future is a little bit frightening It's the book of your life that you're writing

[@shamanonyoutube]

My man had tweety birds flying around his head @ 0:19 😂

[@liltrailblazerx6026]

You are blessed by God my friend. Your content is remarkably good

[@AnGhaeilge]

Check out Cung Le. Probably one of the most successful Sanda/Sanshou fighters in history.

[@user-kz7wj5fl9r]

In U.S. history*. Not to knock on him, he’s a phenomenal fighter, but there have been a lot of better ones on the international stage, especially in countries where Sanda is much more popular.

[@andyg.3629]

Liu Hailong is probably one of the most successful out of MMA

[@user-kz7wj5fl9r]

@@andyg.3629 Liu Hailong never did MMA

[@andyg.3629]

@@user-kz7wj5fl9r I said OUT of MMA

[@user-kz7wj5fl9r]

@@andyg.3629 And I said he never did MMA. Because he didn't. MMA has nothing to do with Liu Hailong's career.

[@DreadMunky]

Remember Cung Le? He was very effective

[@climber222]

Good to see the the throws made to land clean on the back not the head. True martial art competition is not about permanently maiminig your opponent

[@RockyTheNinjaofEpic]

So weird you'd post this the week of my Sanda comp 😂😂

[@THEscenage]

Cung le has a good highlight reel if anyone is interested in Sanda. He was also in the UFC and strikeforce

[@masteringwushu1262]

Wushu Sanda! thanks for sharing!

[@martialgeeks]

Fuck yes! Thank you for this video, hope it blows up

[@Absoluteboxingclub]

A great display of skills😅😅 A NEW SBSCRIBER HERE💪

[@rockzen8050]

Great vid very deep yet very straight forward

[@xombi213]

Shuai jiao is often the root source of wrestling in many sanda/sanshou systems. Shuai jiao is often considered the "Chinese judo". Look up some competition and it will remind you of judo. The issue with Chinese martial arts from most Westerners perspective is that they view the training methods and many technical aspects to be unsound, and to a large degree they are correct. But only inso far as what they have been exposed to. Part of the issue stems from the early charlatans that tried to capitalize on western ignorance of eastern martial arts. Many of these schools and systems are still active in the west to this day. The Jet Li movie called The Master has a good example of one of these charlatans. These are all over the world, but more concentrated in the west, this is where the fake 'no touch' ko schools come from. Many that claim Chinese martial heritage are lying. This combined with the fact, culturally, Chinese martial arts does not have formally systemized ground fighting. Because everyone was allowed to carry weapons, no matter your class, as long as you were strong enough to do so. The connection from battlefield jiujitsu in Japan, to the sport of judo, then to Brazil post WW2, to develop bjj, these aspects are missing. This is why China had a late start in MMA, culturally, but is now caught up. There is much that is effective within the full breadth of traditional Chinese martial arts, but it can be hard to see unless you emerse yourself, or have a keen eye. Sanda is the Chinese national combat sport for a reason. I encourage one to start with a book called Iron and Silk, to begin a journey into Chinese martial arts as a westerner, this autobiography can be insightful. Also any book authored by Dr. Yang Jwing Ming. As they say in Shaolin; one must adapt ones boxing to your environment and the culture you live in. The spirit of Shaolin has always been cross training, for the entire history of pre modern era shaolin martial artists from across the land would travel, cross train and share their styles. This is still seen today amongst some south east Asian Buddhist temples that hold to the old ways. Martial arts have been outlawed i China more than once, the most recent being mao. At which point only police and military personnel are allowed to train. After the dust of the cultural revolution settled, many of the old masters and their protege came out of retirement, and began to openly set up academies and organize sporting events to promote martial arts, to start and rebuild what was stolen from them. Integration with the government became vital to ensure the future of wushu. If you read the Records of the Grand Historian, you will have a clear picture of Chinese martial splendor. Here is one interesting tidbit as a peak into a Chinese soldiers career in one ancient imperial army. To become an officer you must stand the ancient equivalent of 6ft tall and to attain your position you must challenge an officer to single combat and take the post. The Chinese people are a nation of warriors with a very very long history of armed and unarmed mortal combat. Unfortunately much has been lost over the centuries. For example, similar to how a Thai boxer will have far better shin conditioning than most MMA fighters, because of the traditional conditioning routines, the Chinese have various body toughening routines that work, take very little time to maintain each day, and would enhance any MMA fighters toolkit.

[@ODDiSEE_]

I notice that a lot of martial arts with more practical uses, at least In Modern day, always stem from taking the best parts of the art and making them useful for military situations. They also transition to sport a lot better than most traditional martial arts.

[@soulflame5635]

Ive trained Marts for 10 years.. one of worst hits / tecs that I was hit with was Sambo low kick. It hits and rips down.. tearing Your leg.. check it its fun. Also... '' I know Kungfu... show me.. " :D

[@corbindavies1089]

Wait a second I think I’ve come full circle; swear this is like eugenics. Everything is upside down 😂 But I was so focused on my own project that I ignored everything else. But now I see 🌱

[@kudjaremastered3362]

Cool! It would be awesome if we got something new and spicy into the mix

[@theniff2608]

mindssmash brah, ive been watching you for years. MAybe step up the mic game hahah😂

[@americanfreedom6417]

Good one

[@DPBGR]

The thing with Kung Fu is, many people think that fancy winding around with your arms n stuff are techniques to block or punch while in reality most of the stuff was designed to be applied as throws. Most of the Kung Fu techniques are actually a form of wrestling.

[@healtheworld2059]

That monk puts them light years behind him with a single move. Like a nice guy all suited in black once said, most impressive.

[@thesterlingone1072]

*shows someone making a casserole. “Kung fu is an underrated cooking art”.

[@youHaveNoEnemies214]

Even though I practice Muay Thai, I honestly think Sanda is more efficient. Specially on the clinch. Sanda doesn't waste time trying to setup elbows or knees. Once you get into the clinch you just have to wrestle and throw the other guy on the ground.

[@honigdachs.]

I think it's interesting how similar this ruleset is to Karate Combat. Striking, single legs, throws, slams - the main difference is that it apparently doesn't allow GnP while KC does. Actually there's a Sanda champion competing in Karate Combat, it seems that the transition is not big of a deal.

[@EliteBlackSash]

San Shou been around since the 1920s and included inter-style competition (not just with other KungFu but also Boxing and Muay Thai). Many of the best coaches were straight military, and never actually competed in sport prior. The sport of San Da was evolved after the last tournament winner who practiced Shuaijiao won by slamming a Thai fighter on his arm and breaking it, but throughout the tourney he took so many strikes to the face.. he didn’t look like a winner. They started re-integrating Xing Yi with Chinese Wrestling also along with Boxing and Muay Thai, you get modern San Shou. And Shou Bo Shuaijiao already had striking and grappling integrated in classes and competition before UFC 1. Zumou’s footage from France in the 70s or early 80s is on KZbin. BUT, overall, The Govt over there purposely endeavored, around the 1940s, to separate them from KungFu and to promote Forms. Antonio Graceffo has the details in his published dissertation/book.

[@ZZZZZ_________________]

Interesting style, the mix in with take downs, is very interesting. I’d like to see that throw/takedown at 0:55 incorporated in MMA. In terms of wrestling, takedown defense, doesn’t seem they’ve got that down😅 (imo)

[@6AlphaMikeCharlie9]

I had to start playing my Mortal Kombat 11 on my xbox after watching that 😁

[@nyanbemoyanz7989]

We need to see this fighting style in the UFC.

[@radeckiemgaming4216]

One of the most famous practitioners of Sanda was Cung Le. Cool video, but kind of lacks of mentioning him and showing clips of him using it in MMA. Like infamous scissorkick takedown for example.

[@julianb5413]

Sanda been a huge part of mma since the early 2000s when Cung Le started dominating the MMA scene and beat frank shamrock a little late on this one this is an old style that bee in MMA for almost as long as bjj

[@ALPHARICCO875]

Super 👍 Thanks

[@MildarValsik]

Practical is what works over what might not work in the moment of an active person. Practice or training doesn't provide active counter actions at full speed and full emotion. This is what a style will look like when it gets used. The style will blend in training and instincts.

[@MatadorM9]

Very interesting, this martial art form is very similar to kickboxing or Muay Thai.

[@healthcoachrich]

This dude had to Dutty Wine real quick 😆 🕺 🇯🇲

[@willd0g]

That’s brawlin’