Dan Sita

1975 – Master Dan Sita training with his student Roberto Cavaliere

His martial activity began at an early age. His first master was the great Sun Yu Yang, born in Shenyang (Liaoning Province – China), who taught him he learnt Lóng Huà Chìn Nā, i.e. the Shuì, Huò and Kăishuì methods.

This style is also known as Chìn Nā Sān or Wudàng Chìn Nā. Again under the guidance of Grandmaster Sun Yu Yang, Dan Sita studied Xing Yi, Ba Gua, Qi Gong and Tai Ji Quan. From Master Sun Yu Yang he received the name “Déng Dá Xí”, which is the name he is known by in China.

Master Dan Sita became a close friend of Master Li Fan Ho, who came from the Chinese city Nanning. (Guangxi, Chinese autonomous region). They met in France during Dan Sita’s stay in Paris, which lasted over five years. He was there on business on the account of the 3rd district of the French capital’s prefecture.

Master Li Fan Ho was the Chief of the National Technical Commission of the F.F.d.K. & A.M.A. (Fédération Françese de Karatè et Arts Martiaux Affinitaires), Kung Fu sector, for several years under the far-seeing presidency of lawyer J. Delcourt.

Masters Li Fan Ho and Dan Sita were linked not only by great friendship but also by a deep sense of cooperation. a
The former taught Master Sita a little bit of Long Xing Quan, a Chinese Southern style Li Fan Ho had learnt from his father, while the latter taught his friend Li Fan Ho a little bit of Chin Na. However, Master Sita was not really satisfied with Long Xing Quan because it seemed to him to be an incomplete discipline so, acting on the advice of his fraternal friend Li, he left for China and went to Grandmaster Lam Wun Kwong, a distinguished Nan Shi Long Xing Quan expert and head of that style. After coming to know the reasons for his visit, Master Lam ended up accepting Dan Sita as a student of his. Nan Shi Long Xing Quan is known in the West as the style of the “dragon’s transformation”, a school typical of Southern China.

Dan Sita also trained directly with Grandmaster Shao Han Sheng, who was born in Jinan (Shandong province – China), although he actually spent most of his life between Canton and Hong Kong. He studied with him a Northern style called “eight Wang Lian school” (Chinese: “Ba Wang Lian Xuéxiao” = The Eight Imperial Exercises).

Master Dan Sita studied – in China as well – Chang Quan, Nan Quan and Shiba Chuantong Qixie under the protection of and in cooperation with the Chinese Wushu Association. So, he learnt how to use the 18 traditional Chinese weapons.

On this occasion the author would like to mention and thank in particular his friends Xu Cai (ex-President of the International Wushu Federation), Zhao Shuangjin (ex-Secretary General of the Chinese Wushu Association) and Huan Hongxian (ex-Secretary General of the Asian Wushu Federation).

He would also like to thank Masters Yu Li Guang, Su Zifang, Guo Pei, Cai Longyun, Huang Jizhen and Hu Bin, who became friends with him, too. Hu Bin was Li Lianjie’s (Jet Lee’s) master.

During his long-lasting career in the field of East Asian martial arts, in particular of the Chinese ones, Master Dan Sita taught in special military corps both in Italy and abroad for several years.

Dan Sita with Masters Lam Yat Kee and Shao Han Sheng

Photo 1 NANJING – Master Dan Sita and Grandmaster Lam Yat Kee (alias: Wum Kwong), who taught him Lam Nan Shi Lóng Xìng Quān.

Photo 2 JINAN – Master Dan Sita and Grandmaster Shao Han Sheng, who taught him the “8 Wang Lian school” style (Bā Wáng Liàn Xuéxíào).

Master Dan Sita’s office

Chinese Wushu Association (CWA)

International Certificates and Diplomas

Photo 1: CWA certificate with International qualification of Wushu Master

Photo 2: CWA Diploma of the International Judge-Referee

Acknowledgment – Honors

Photo 1: 1979 – Certificate ad Honorem Technical Sector Teacher Group of the International Wing Tsun Kuan (IWTK) of Hong Kong

Photo 2: Certificate of Chief Style of the Lóng Huà Quān

1985 – Diploma of the Spanish Olympic Committee awarded to Master Dan Sita for his work promoting Wushu in Europe

Diploma of Honor awarded to the head of the Italian Delegation (Dan Sita) who spoke at his important International event in Paris. The second signature at the top left is from the Mayor of Paris J.Chirac – he became President of the French Republic in 2002

Conferment to Master Dan Sita as member of the Technical Council of the Organizing Committee to the VII Zhengzhou China International Shaolin Wushu Festival (Zhèjiāng Province – China)

Certificate of Glory awarded to Master Dan Sita for winning the 1st Place to the International Award of Literature on the theme: “ Wushu a Source of Life and Healt “ – (2001- Zhèjiāng Province – China)

FURTHER STUDIES AND EXPERIENCES

Under the lead of Korean Master Park Sun Jae, Dan Sita studied Tae Kwon Do (1970-1974) and was awarded the 1^st Dan black belt in a very short time. Again under Master Park Sun Jae guidance, he technically improved more and more in this discipline until, after only a four-year practise, he suddenly decided to abandon this Korean martial art in order to totally and exclusively commit himself to Wushu. This happened at the insistence of the French ex-Federation of Kung Fu in Paris.

MOREOVER…

Pioneer of Wushu in Italy (Italy, Bologna: June 1970)
Founder of the Italian Wushu National Academy (Italy, San Lazzaro di Savena (BO): 22/09/1970)
Wushu teacher in the 3rd district of the Paris prefecture (France, Paris: 1975 – 1980)
CONI Chief of the National Technical Commission for the Kung Fu sector with the F.I.K. & D.A. (later on F.I.K.T.&.D.A.) (Italy, Rome: 1976 – 1982)
Founding member of the Chinese School of Martial Arts (USA, California, Santa Monica: 18/06/1979)
Conceiver and founding member of the F.I.WUSHU (Italy, Bologna: 29/10/1983)
Signing member in the 1st Wushu international meeting where the founding of the Wushu World Federation was approved (International Wushu Federation ) (China, Wuhan: from 27/10 to 05/11/1984)
Director of the new International Wushu Federation (China, Beijing: 1983 – 1986)
Member of the Technical Commission of the Chinese Wushu Association (China, Beijing: 1984 – 1988)
CONI Chief of the National Technical Commission for Wushu with the F.I.WUSHU (Italy, Bologna: 1983 – 1987)
Conceiver and founding member of the European Wushu Federation (Italy, Castel S. Pietro Terme (BO): 15/11/1985)
Official acknowledgement on behalf of both the Spanish Federation of Judo and related disciplines and of the Spanish Olympic Committee for spreading Wushu in Europe
(Spain, Barcelona: 25/11/1985)
Secretary general of the European Wushu Federation (Belgium, Brussels: 1985 – 1987)
Wushu Master with an international qualification (China, Jinan: 1986)
Wushu international judge/referee (China, Hangzhou: 1987)
Founder of the Wushu Italian Association and the Wushu National College (Italy, Bologna: 07/05/1988)
CONI Chief of the National Technical Commission with FIWUK (Italy, Rome: 1989 – 1991)
Award of the 1st international prize for literature for the work “Wushu – a source of life and health” during the 7th Wushu International Trophy (China, Zhengzhou: 01/09/2001)
Appointed member of the Wushu Association of Baltic and Nordic Countries (Russia, Saint Petersburg: 18/02/2003)
President of the Wushu Italian Association and the Wushu National College (Italy, Bologna: 1988 – 2018)

Master Dan Sita training with his student Pasquale Rosati

(Laghetto park in Castel San Pietro, 1977)

Accademia Nazionale Italiana Wushu

The Master