San Soo
Tsoi Li Ho Fut Hung San Soo was not created, nor taught as a tournament sport, a basic premise of San Soo is there are "no rules in a fight" and it incorporates techniques that attempt to remove a threat as quickly and effectively as possible, by means of correct body mechanics, throws, joint breaks, strikes, and pressure points. These movements do not have wasted motion and use an adversary's natural reactions against him to compound damage, one of the many aspects of the stylist's element of surprise.
As with martial arts employing serious technique, San Soo can be used effectively by smaller, or weaker persons, against large assailants, as it does not rely on brute force, but rather on maximizing efficiency and power through the use of proper body mechanics. The use of correct mechanics minimizes wasted body motion and compounds force through proper leverage and balance, and uses the assailant's own body weight against him. The swiftness of neutralizing an opponent is another aspect of this paradigm, with fights ending within a few seconds or less.
The basic beginning lessons of San Soo employ 5–10 movements or strikes, while advanced lessons as few as 3 moves. These techniques are mostly made up of Chin Na leverages, Throwing, Choking, Joint-locking, Strangling, Da, or strikes, and quick Takedowns. These are practiced and applied selectively by the practitioner in sparring sessions (freestyle workouts), in order to build an automatic response in the mind and body, in much the same way as one picks and chooses what words are appropriate to use in a free flowing conversation. There are a myriad of targets on the human body including the eyes, nose, throat, base of the skull, neck, liver, spleen, kidneys, groin, and knees, many of which are commonly banned from sports styles. Forms were traditionally 360 moves, but are broken down into 26 moves a month so the practitioner can assimilate them easier.
San Soo Kung Fu is also known as "Human Style" Kung Fu as opposed to one of the animal styles, and does not attempt to emulate the motions of animals.
Training, historic interpretations, and sometimes modifications, exist from school to school among the modern descendants of Chin Siu Dek's Kung Fu San Soo.