It was really pleasant to read the last two postings by ikfmdc and thongsai. After all we are both in the same sport excepts that the rules are different.
Mind you, all round full contact combat sport is still a minority sport in the world sporting arena. The development of Sanda in China is healthy for the sport. Imagine we have addition of one-fifth of the world population participating in a sport that we are so passionnately in love with. Sanda should be encouraged but not contained in its further development especially in the international scene. It will help all full contact combat to be noticed, popularised and respectable to the extend, hopefully, in future it is a minority sport no more.
Cheers.