Chinese Kick-Boxing · Dendermonde · 散打
We're forming new groups in Dendermonde. Training times aren't fixed yet — which is the good news: tell us when you could make it, and we'll build the schedule around the first members.
The sport
Sanda (散打, also called sanshou) is the full-contact fighting form of Chinese wushu. It looks like kickboxing — until someone catches your kick and puts you on the floor. Alongside punches and kicks, catches, sweeps and throws are a full part of the game.
That means Sanda happens at three ranges: long, close, and in the clinch. You need to be at home in all three. A pure boxer gets thrown; a pure wrestler gets hit on the way in.
Competition is fought on a raised platform, the 擂台 (leitai). Clean punches and kicks score, but a well-executed throw scores most. Elbows aren't allowed, and the clinch is kept short: you may grab, you may not hang on.
踢
Tī
Low kicks, roundhouse, side and push kicks. Range, timing, and the discipline to bring the leg back.
打
Dǎ
Jab, cross, hook, uppercut — a solid boxing base. Guard, footwork, and combinations that actually lead somewhere.
摔
Shuāi
Catches, sweeps, hip throws. This is what sets Sanda apart from every other kickboxing style — and usually what keeps people hooked.
Training
The times aren't set yet, but the shape of a session is. A session runs 1 to 1.5 hours — short enough to fit after work, long enough to be worth it.
You don't have to spar to take part. Plenty of members never do, or only after a year. Contact is built up at your pace, with gear and supervision — never as a test, never as a surprise.
Who it's for
The groups forming now are mixed: people who have never worn a glove, and people who have trained for years. Both have something to gain here — and from each other.
Questions
No. Competing is for those who choose it, and that's a small minority. Most train for the technique, the conditioning and the people.
Sanda is a contact sport, but a training session isn't a fight. Contact is built up step by step, with protective gear, and with a partner working at your level. You learn to fall before anyone throws you.
Fit enough to show up is fit enough. You go at your own pace, and nobody looks twice if you step out for a minute.
For your first sessions: sportswear, clean indoor shoes or bare feet, a towel and water. That's it. You'll only need a mouthguard and gloves once you start doing contact — we'll tell you what to buy and where in good time, so you don't spend money on gear you don't need.
Not fixed yet. We're setting the times based on when the first members can make it — so if you tell us your availability now, your preference genuinely counts.
A couple of euros per session. Enough to cover the hall, no more — this isn't a gym chain with an annual contract. The exact figure depends on the venue and isn't settled yet, but it stays in that range.
Get in touch
This commits you to nothing. Tell us briefly who you are and when you could train, and we'll be in touch as soon as a group takes shape in your slot.
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