Quote Originally Posted by GeneChing View Post
Note: There were a few entries that still did some aerial stuff, despite the rules forbidding that from this division. They were penalized for that and didn't place here.
Thats generally a good rule to avoid corruption of the old stuff. But interestingly some of the old forms do actually have fancy moves in them. The cartwheel (CheLun) actually appears in a fair number of old forms, as do splits (PiCha) and the occasional flick up (LiYuDaTing). These moves were not invented in the modern Wushu era and so some old forms do contain them as well as some Ditang moves (Even the classic XiaoHongQuan contains a cartwheel in its later sets!)

In terms of the cartwheel it is considered a powerful kicking method (a roundhouse-reverse hook kick but in the vertical dirtection) although when using it it is necessary to touch the ground, however when just performing the old sets it is perfectly acceptable to jump. So there may be some cases where it is not acceptable to penalise these moves. Of course most of these forms are very rare now, but you never know. There is a movement towards reviving more of the old forms. There are even some plans here (DengFeng) to start a weapons based Sanda division with soft tipped weapons and armour. More on that when I find out more.