Lei Tai

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The “Nine Suns Mountain Sanda Lei tai” at the 2004 Chinese National Boxing Championships.

The term Lei Tai ( Chinese : 擂台; Pinyin: lèi tái) comes from the Chinese language and means something like "battle platform".

This battle platform had no attachments at the edge and was up to 2.5 meters high and approx. 10 m × 10 m in size. Almost every major city had one of these stands. Events with martial arts demonstrations and competitions were then carried out, which were then also referred to as lèi tái . These fights also included those in which the death of one or both competitors was accepted. This had already been contractually agreed with the participants in advance.

Individual evidence

  1. ^ B. Kennedy: Chinese Martial Arts Training Manuals: A Historical Survey. Martial Arts and Self Defense Series. Blue Snake Books, 2008, ISBN 978-1-58394-194-2 , p. 109, (online)
  2. ^ M. Sewer: Chiu Kow - Memorial Book 1895–1995: Held der Strasse, books 1895–1995. BoD - Books on Demand, 2005, ISBN 3-8334-2858-9 , p. 22, (online)