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soft boxing

soft boxing noun: 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.

Noun

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.
    • 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.1977 February, Willy Lin, “Kung Fu's Three "Internal Systems"”, in Black Belt, volume 15, number 2, page 47
    • Perhaps the sage Sanfeng created soft boxing to use in increasing our store of good health (zizhu daoti).2005, Chengfu Yang, The Essence and Applications of Taijiquan, →ISBN, page 12

Questions about soft boxing

What does soft boxing mean?
Soft boxing means 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.
What part of speech is soft boxing?
Soft boxing is a noun.

Words near soft boxing in the dictionary

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  2. soft bigotry of low expectations
  3. soft boiled
  4. soft bomb
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  6. soft boxing
  7. soft boy
  8. soft boys
  9. soft break
  10. soft breaks
  11. soft Brexit

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