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Unfortunately I dont have any experiance in SanShou, however I've actually been looking around my area alot for instruction. Seems like a very interesting martial art. Most of the time, schools that teach wushu have sanshou. Wushu has two parts, forms and sparring(sanshou). So theres probably wushu places around your area with intruction in sanshou.

You know what bugs me though? How you have to pay to learn how to protect yourself. You shouldn't have to pay to prevent somebody from beating you up on the street. Its just not right.

I think its better to train without a gi. For one thing, you learn grappling more realistically because on the street, you are not going to have the luxury of wearing a gi all the time, so if you are taught moves where you have to grab the gi, you might tear your opponents t-shirt and they can escape moves or even make your defence drop.

My sanshou teacher did a drill with me where I am against a wall and I had to do defend against different attacks. He went pretty slow so I did pretty good. Do speed bags help?

Anybody live in the area?

When Im doing sparring, I usually find that I have to think about doing those defensive movements. Like I prepare to do a jab block or duck then when I do them I usually get pwned because I dont know what they do next. How can I make these defensive movements come naturally so I can quickly defend against punches?

Just saying hello with a brief martial arts history. I first started martial arts with shotokan in grade 6. I continued training at the facility untill my sensei got married and I lost contact with him. I was disappointed because he was an excellent teacher and I always couldn't wait to get to class. So I looked for a new dojo and found one. But later on I got bored and wasn't interested in learning katas or shotokan type sparring. I still love the techniques and body dynamics of shotokan. So now Im in grade 11(after this summer) and Im currently studying wushu and sanshou which I both like alot.