https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p7OHwLWyBkA&ab_channel=ShaolinXinyiba

Which out of the 2 at a beginner amateur competition level creates more of the following injuries ...

1. Nagging injuries (neck, knee or shoulder joint, tendon, bone related)
2. Concussions by accidental or intentional strikes and slams
3. Debilitating injuries that affect quality of life (like attending to your job to make a living)

*REGARDING TRAINING RELATED INJURIES (assume you train 2 or 3 times a week as a beginner in either No-Gi BJJ or Sansda/Sanshou). Which out of the 2 will ...

a. Creates more debilitating injuries during training

b. Creates more nagging injuries during training

c. Creates more MUSCLE SORENESS after training

d. Makes attending the 2nd or 3rd session of the week physically challenging after the 1st session

e. Makes attending the 2nd or 3rd session of the week more PSYCHOLOGICALLY challenging

f. Creates more neck, knee, hip and shoulder injuries and which of the 2 creates more life altering
injuries during training

I just found this sub, and I'm a little confused. There doesn't appear to be much activity here, but hopefully someone will meander past and enlighten me. I have been training in San Shou Gong Fu for 14 years. We never did competitions, kickboxing, or tournaments. It was actually never discussed. I have always thought that San Shou, at least what was past down from Jimmy Woo (Chen Shou Jue), was a highly foundation-based, traditional style of training. Has there been a subculture growth of the art that is geared mainly at kickboxing and sport?

EDIT: Also, what is "Sanda"? Why is it said interchangeably with "San Shou?"

My background is in competitive Judo at the collegiate level. I also teach an old form of Yang Family Tai Chi. They both seem to compliment and complete each other.

I am a fan of MMA and Kick boxing.

I noticed a "trend" in MMA training called "movement training". I also recognize the emphasis on balance, relaxation, and breathing from Tai Chi theory. Not to mention animal movements and natural movement patterns ...you get the picture. I thought training with traditional Kung Fu forms covered all this and more.

At the same time traditional forms have been consistently put down in the media as ineffective.

In the past professional fighters have asked me to train them...which I did; it was quite satisfying. I now run my class in a park with relatively large movements (lots of kicks) on the bumpy grass, and sometimes on the side of a hill. No two steps are the same and the most noticeable result is increased balance and fine muscular development both in the upper and lower body.

What is the conventional wisdom on Sanda fighters "cross training" with Kung Fu forms in general and Yang style Tai Chi in specific?

Any thoughts and insights on the matter (positive or negative) would be informative. As a "teacher" I can learn from both.

Thanks

For all you American people subscribed here I live in Lubbock, TX. Lubbock though small is home to the National USA Sanshou Team Hq Gym. The head coach for the USA sanshou teams is Coach Ian Lee or Yi-Yuan Lee. Here is a website that has all his accomplishments http://www.orgsites.com/tx/sanshou-sanda/_pgg8.php3

He took over as head coach after Cung Lee, and the next Sanshou tournament is the adults nationals try outs in August. Notable famous fighter you may know that will be there are Max Cheng and Alex Cisne. If you want more details about the date and stuff I can post the info as it comes available. I'm a student of Coach Lee and just want to let y'all know if you want some sort of proof I could ask Coach Lee to let me take a picture of his certification.