In this lesson you will learn how to do a sanda back hand hook punch ( in chinese: Hou Bai ) The back hand hook punch is a horizontal circuar punch. ( hook coming from the outside ). Back hand punches are stronger than front hand punches, but unfortunately your opponent will see the punch coming earlier. Make sure the front hand stays close to your chin when you do a hou bai ( back hand hook punch ). Use your hips and your legs to put more power into the punch. Timing is very important. Work on your huabu ( walking steps ) and learn to step foward as you punch. Work with a training partner ( punching pads ).

Animated Sanda Lessons:

Sanda Main

Sanda Fighting Stance

Performed by: Li Xin
Coach: Zhou Zhang Yong - Song Jiang Wushu School

In this video lesson you will learn a few high roundhouse kick ( hou bian tui ) defenses. The one shown first is blocking the kick with the arm and counter-attacking immediately. You can punch ( quanfa ), kick ( tuifa ) or apply a throw ( shuai fa ). You can also grab your opponents leg and throw him ( baotui + shuaifa ), or just hop back to avoid getting kicked. However, this video should just give you an idea of what you can do when your opponent throws a high roundhouse kick at you. Of course you can make up your own defenses and counter-attacks.

This video just shows a typical sanda combination ( zu he ). Punch - Punch - Frontkick. Combos like this one often trained for hours. Of course this is just an example of how you can work on your combos. Usually you punch and kick for 1 minute and then you take the kick pads and your training partner punches/kicks.

This video just shows a typical sanda combination: Punch - Punch - Low Roundhouse Kick. This is just a training sample. If you work on your combinations like this, your training partner has to interact with you. He has to hold the kick pads at the right height and moment. Usually you kick/punch for one minute and then he kicks.