Kung-Fu SAN SOO is a particularly brutal method of street fighting, the sole objective of which is the complete "neutralization" of the opponent. An actual encounter usually lasts no more that 3 to 10 seconds. The entire SAN SOO system is based on the human body's responses to stimuli --- mostly pain. The SAN SOO fighter completely controls his opponent's motions by delivering packages of pain to points: nerve centers, pressure points, glands, joints and/or internal organs.

Originally, most of what the monks learned about the human body was trial and error. Through the hundreds of years of history in China there have been wars and battles. Although the monks tried to stay out of any fighting, it never worked out that way. So they had lots of practice on battle fields and many other skirmishes. That is how they were able to learn the devastating effects of using the opponents own movements to destroy him. Thus in SAN SOO, unlike other martial arts, the desructive power of a single punch is not stressed, such as being able to break a stack of bricks or boards. It is much more economical and powerful to have the opponent do the work. If he is already moving to meet you (which he is, in response to something you've just done to him) you have to apply very little force.

Examples of Techniques.

LINEAGE of SAN SOO.

SAN SOO Schools.

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