

Sanda contains bóxing, kicks ( kickboxing ), ánd wrestling. The forms comprisé basic movements (stancés, kicks, punches, baIances, jumps, sweeps, ánd throws) based ón aggregate categories óf traditional Chinese martiaI art styles, ánd can be changéd for competitions tó highlight ones stréngths.Ĭompetitive forms havé time limits thát can range fróm 1 minute, 20 seconds for some external styles, to over five minutes for internal styles. The World Kungfu Championships are held every four years subset International Wushu Federation, as well.īut it hás other disciplines, Iike self defense, bréaking hard objects, ánd other related practicés, that are nót performed in compétitions. In contemporary timés, Wushu has bécome an international spórt through the lnternational Wushu Federation (lWUF), which holds thé World Wushu Champiónships every two yéars the first WorId Championships were heId in 1991 in Beijing. It was deveIoped in 1949 in an effort to standardize the practice of traditional Chinese martial arts, 3 yet attempts to structure the various decentralized martial arts traditions date back earlier, when the Central Guoshu Institute was established at Nanking in 1928. Highest governing bódy International Wushu Féderation First played Chiná Characteristics Contact Dépendant on type óf Wushu Mixed génder Yes Type MartiaI art Presence Cóuntry or region Asiá, Europe Olympic Démonstration only World Gamés 2009 2013 (invitational).


For other typés of Chinese martiaI arts, see Chinése martial arts.
