arring ▁discipl ines ▁include ▁Chinese ▁kick box ing ▁S ǎ n sh ǒ u ▁() ▁and ▁Chinese ▁folk ▁wrest ling ▁Sh u ā iji ā o ▁( ), ▁which ▁were ▁tradition ally ▁cont ested ▁on ▁a ▁raised ▁platform ▁ar ena ▁L è it á i ▁( ). ▁L è it á i ▁represents ▁public ▁challenge ▁matches ▁that ▁first ▁appeared ▁in ▁the ▁Song ▁D ynast y . ▁The ▁objective ▁for ▁those ▁cont ests ▁was ▁to ▁knock ▁the ▁oppon ent ▁from ▁a ▁raised ▁platform ▁by ▁any ▁means ▁necessary . ▁San ▁Sh ou ▁represents ▁the ▁modern ▁development ▁of ▁Le i ▁Tai ▁cont ests , ▁but ▁with ▁rules ▁in ▁place ▁to ▁reduce ▁the ▁chance ▁of ▁serious ▁injury . ▁Many ▁Chinese ▁mart ial ▁art ▁schools ▁teach ▁or ▁work ▁within ▁the ▁rule ▁sets ▁of ▁Sans hou , ▁working ▁to ▁incorpor ate ▁the ▁movements , ▁characteristics , ▁and ▁theory ▁of ▁their ▁style . ▁Chinese ▁mart ial ▁artists ▁also ▁comp ete ▁in ▁non - Ch inese ▁or ▁mixed ▁Com bat ▁sport , ▁including ▁box ing , ▁kick box ing ▁and ▁M ixed ▁mart ial ▁arts . ▁ ▁Form s ▁ ▁Form s ▁or ▁ta olu ▁() ▁in ▁Chinese ▁are ▁series ▁of ▁pred et erm ined ▁movements ▁combined ▁so ▁they ▁can ▁be ▁pract iced ▁as ▁a ▁continuous ▁set ▁of ▁movements . ▁Form s ▁were ▁originally ▁intended ▁to ▁preserve ▁the ▁line age ▁of ▁a ▁particular ▁style ▁branch , ▁and ▁were ▁often ▁taught ▁to ▁advanced ▁students ▁selected ▁for ▁that ▁purpose . ▁Form s ▁contained ▁both ▁literal , ▁representative ▁and ▁exercise - orient ed ▁forms