英和和英

名詞

soft boxing (uncountable)

1. A form of martial art in which the goal is throwing one's opponent off balance by means of pushes and pulls, as opposed to incapacitating one's opponent out with kicks and punches.
   • 1977 February, Willy Lin, “Kung Fu's Three "Internal Systems"”, in Black Belt, volume 15, number 2, page 47:

     Keeping these in mind and using his knowledge of Shaolin boxing skills as a technical point of departure, he is said to have developed a form of soft boxing called Tai Chi Ch'uan.

   • 2005, Chengfu Yang, The Essence and Applications of Taijiquan, →ISBN, page 12:

     Perhaps the sage Sanfeng created soft boxing to use in increasing our store of good health (zizhu daoti).

   • 2006, Kath Woodward, Boxing, Masculinity and Identity: The 'I' of the Tiger, →ISBN:

     In the gym, labour is illustrated by the lack of resources which women boxers are able to access in order to improve their competence and the association of women with 'soft boxing' and men with the transformation of the body into a weapon.