下攔手/haa5 laan4 SAU2 (ha lan sao)/Lower blocking HAND
Angles:
Make a fist
Zyun Maa and rotate forearm as you Laan (1st circle)
3rd centreline in line with 90° to the side (as if you were still frontal)
Haa Gaau Caa Sau (low)
Hau Sau in back hand
Applications:
Someone trying to uppercut you below your 2nd centreline from the side, while your hands are up
From Saan Sau or Chi Sao – diagonal, inside and same side, outside
From Chi Sao – can combine with Gou Laan Sau (upper) – double diagonal or double same side
Low Punch/Diagonal, outside Low Laan (Pin1 San1 Maa5 偏身馬) into twisting kick
高攔手/Gou1 laan4 SAU2 (go lan sao)/upper blocking HAND
Angles:
Make a fist
Zyun Maa and rotate forearm as you Laan (1st circle)
3rd centreline in line with 90° to the side (5th centreline)
High Laan – same angle as Soeng Gaau Caa Sau except fist in line with your nose (i.e. higher)
Hau Sau (90° 1 hand GCS) in back hand
Applications:
Combine with Same Side Gam Sau or Inside Hau Paak to use as a strike (with fist or 3rd centreline)
Diagonal, Outside to their 3rd centreline
Diagonal, outside to their high elbow – e.g. against a horizontal elbow if you already have a touch
Chi Sao only – Same side, outside (trapping 2)
2 Punch combinations of all Upper and Lower Laan Saus i.e. Punch/You Laan/Punch/You Laan
外踢腳/ngoi6 tek3 goek3 (ngoi tek gerk)/outside kicking leg
Angles:
Gou Laan Saau again as you kick to balance yourself
Foot twists forward
Aim for the height of your own head in the form if possible
Ground your foot as you Moving Bong
Applications:
Use ball of the foot or heel – don’t use your toe
Can be used anywhere between frontal and 90° to your kicking side
Kick can be aimed at any height. Use your own body as a guide:
Your head
Your 2nd centreline
Your groin
Your knee
Your shin
橫馬抛膀手/waang4 maa5 paau1 bong2 sau2 (wang ma pao bong sao)/horizontal step throwing shoulder arm [moving bong]
Angles:
When squaring up (preparation move), upper hand is same as Hau Paak Sau – palm towards your face, lower hand is same as Haa Gaau Caa Sau – palm facing upwards
As you Bong, shoulders rotate to 45° (viewed from above), 3rd centreline is in line with your 1st centreline
CK Wu (down, diagonal) as you Bong
Make sure to ‘load’ your preparation lower hand to 90° before you Bong back to 135°
Applications:
To be used when you are attacked with 1 hand high and 1 hand low
There is a wall behind you and they move forward to attack – you need to move to redirect their force
CK Wu starts high and back (reverse Hau Paak Sau) and use Zyun Maa to bring it down, diagonally to a SNT Wu Sau position. Use for a 2nd opponent or if facing away from 1 opponent
底抽拳/dai1 cau1 kyun4 (dai chau kuen)/low drawing out punch [uppercut]
Angles:
After last Bong, Bong hand snakes down with a fist to your 2nd centreline before doing the Uppercut – this is to get under their elbow if you are inside and want to get outside
Uppercut is same as ‘Elbow In’ Punch, but fist is turned 90° rather than 45°
Other hand is a Hau Paak Sau
Applications:
Same as the 3 Hau Paak Daas:
Double outside
Double inside
1 in (Punch), 1 out (Paak)
Chi Sao – can do Same side, outside straight from your Fuk
Can hit below their 2nd centreline as well as above
破手/po3 sau2 (por sao)/breaking hand
Angles:
From the uppercut, arm goes upwards then downwards
On the way it rotates into a CK Zing Fuk Sau (‘elbow in’/neutral wrist/palm facing down)
Applications:
Diagonal, outside (covering their back hand)
2nd opponent coming from the side
Can scratch their eyes during the move
正身伏手/zing3 san1 fuk1 sau2 (jing sun fuk sao)/frontal fuk sau
Angles:
Elbow in
Body frontal
Neutral wrist
Palm facing down
Applications:
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