Written Illustration:

Situation:

You are standing naturally, sensing the opponent (to your rear) attacking directly with a right step-through punch.

1)

Quickly move off the line of attack and create distance: step your right foot (toward right front) as you slide your left foot toward your right foot into a left reverse cat stance, looking over your left shoulder, your right hand checking over your left shoulder, your left hand checking low to the outside of your left thigh.

2)

Deliver a left thrusting back heel kick to the opponent's stomach.

Result:

The kick should stop the opponent's forward momentum and force him to bend forward at the waist.

3)

Immediately plant your left foot (toward left rear), pivoting into a left neutral bow, facing the opponent, adjusting your hands into an appropriate guarding position.

4)

Execute a right front snapping ball kick to the opponent's chest, planting forward into a right neutral bow (facing left rear) after the kick.

Result:

The kick should snap the opponent's body diagonally upward and back.

5)

With the opponent stumbling back, execute a left front crossover with a right knife-edge kick to the outside of his right, forward, knee.

Result:

The opponent's right knee should buckle, turning his body counter-clockwise to his left.

6)

Plant your right foot forward (toward left rear) into a right neutral bow, between the opponent's legs. Without loss of momentum, pivot into a right transitory forward bow, executing a right outward back-knuckle strike to the opponent's left temple, simultaneously delivering a left vertical punch to his spine. At the completion of this whipping rotational action, return to a right neutral bow.

Result:

The opponent should drop to the ground.

7)

Right front crossover and cover out (toward right front).

8)

Survey.

9)

Noticing the opponent may still pose a threat, left rear crossover with a right thrusting back heel kick to any available target.

10)

From the contact point of your kick, execute a right front crossover and cover out twice (toward right front).