Stop the pain in your wrists! New youtube video with English and French subs available! Have you ever felt pain in your wrist(s) after your Sanda and / or Taolu training? Most Wushu practitioners do!Check out these 3 beginner exercises to reinforce them and say bye to the pain. How To : – WARM UP …
Nowadays, EVERYTHING is about motivation: You have motivation videos, music playlists, speechs, and quotes all over your favorite social medias, etc… and yet, sometimes you still skip training and wonder why your wushu is not as good as it should be (or as you wish it should be). Instead of telling you that your Wushu …
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Improve your striking and wrestling game with these 3 intermediate level neck (and jaw) reinforcement exercises! Having a strong neck is not something only for classic western boxing. It is essential in Sanda (aka Chinese Boxing) as well, not only for the striking phases but also for the wrestling moves where the head can be …
Reinforce your knees, prevent injuries, AND improve your wushu and your balance all together with these 4 exercices!!! Knee injuries are probably the most frequent serious injuries that happen in Wushu (and other martial arts), should it be during a competition, a show, or training. Should you be doing modern or traditional Wushu, Taolu or …
This article is mostly aimed at either beginners, parents, or athletes that will soon do their first competition. One of the things that make Wushu so great to watch, and gives such a great feeling when practicing, is definitely its wide range of weapons. Basically anything could transform into a weapon back then (and even …
Tic … Tock … in approximatively 24 hours you will be at the competition venue, ready to show your improvements to everyone. You’ve trained hard for this day for different reasons : to prove yourself and / or the others something, because you love to train hard, have dreams of joining the National Team, just test your improvements, or all of the above!
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Sanda is a great fighting art that can also be a very good springboard to MMA if done properly. It doesn’t have elbow or knee strikes, but it teaches you the right distance management, tempo, and of course standing wrestling, though some Sanda techniques wouldn’t work in a MMA fight for different reasons that we …
Ouch !!! A few seconds ago you were in the air performing your favourite Cekongfan 侧空翻 (Aerial), Tengkong Feijiao 腾空飞脚 (Flying front kick), landing from a Sanda take-down or maybe just doing some hard conditioning after an exhausting training.Anyways, now you’re lying on the ground in pain. Welcome to the sprained ankles club ! Ankle …
One word : STRETCH.Stretch every day, several times a day, and also before and after your training (should it be Taolu, Sanda, or conditioning). It should be common sense for most of you who have the chance to train with good teacher and / or have a certain level of practice and understanding of basic body …