It combines full-contact kickboxing, which include close range and rapid successive punches and kicks, with wrestling, takedowns, throws, sweeps, kick catches
Art martial chinois à part entière, le Shou Bo 手搏, signifie littéralement « combat à mains nues » (Shou手« main » et Bo 搏 « combat »). Plusieurs anciens écrits chinois font référence, tout au long de l’histoire, à cette forme de combat.
Contemporary Nanquan features vigorous, athletic movements with very stable, low stances, extensive hand techniques and a vocal articulation called fasheng.
The Long Fist style is considered to contain a good balance of hand and foot techniques, but in particular it is renowned for its impressive acrobatic kicks.
TANG LANG QUAN is the jewel in the treasure vault of the Chinese Wu Shu. In the course of it´s origin and further development the advantages of the old Chinese culture were taken in fully.
It combines the powerful arm and hand techniques from the Shaolin animal forms with the extended, circular movements, twisting body, and agile footwork that characterizes Northern China’s martial arts.
Those who practice Shaolinquan leap about with strength and force; people not proficient at this kind of training soon lose their breath and are exhausted.
Chinese martial arts, colloquially referred to as kung fu and wushu, are a number of fighting styles that have developed over the centuries in China. These fighting styles are often classified according to common traits, identified as “families”, “sects” or “schools” of martial arts.