相搏 XIANG BO fight without strikes and grips

A key concept of Xiang Bo is to seek out the opponent’s back. It is an ancient attitude, in Far Eastern cultures it was believed (and is still believed) that spirits and demons attacked human beings from behind, clinging to the back or penetrating the dorsal Shu points. Naturally in Xiang Bo the opponent wants to “look“ at our back and there are therefore innumerable methods for exercising this skill. In the video the master Yuan Zumou (82 years old) in his recent seminar in Italy. For pedagogical reasons, SHOU BO is divided into three distinct disciplines inside tournaments: Xiang Bo 相搏 – Shuai Jiao 摔跤 – Shou Bo 手搏. Xiang Bo 相搏 It is the fundamental mode of Modern Shou Bo. Athletes are encouraged to use softness and counterattack rather than brute force and stiffness. Your hands must remain in contact with your opponent’s body, in order not to interrupt the rhythm of the fight. Xiang Bo is a good testing ground for