Sanda is an exciting and fast-paced combat system that relies on calisthenics and various workout routines to get the practitioner into peak physical shape while using drills and devastatingly effective fighting combinations to give them the tools they need to fight and to win. It is an excellent system for fighting and self-defense as well as an incredible workout system for those searching for exercise with a purpose.

Sanda literally means free-striking or free fighting and is the national combat sport in China for martial arts fighting competitions. Though traditionally not considered a “style” unto itself, it is the culmination of all the systems of Chinese combat for use in competitive fighting.

Sanda employs the three major ranges of combat: kicking range, striking range, and the take-down range in its use of techniques. It combines full-contact kickboxing, which includes close range and rapid successive punches and kicks, with wrestling, takedowns, and throws.