Ideal Execution

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Ideal Execution

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Situation:

You are standing with the opponent at your right rear flank executing a left step-through punch.

1)

As the opponent executes his left step-through punch from right rear, hop (toward left front) onto your left leg, slightly rotating your body clockwise, delivering a right snapping knife-edge kick to the opponent's left knee, looking at him over your right shoulder.

Result:

The opponent's forward momentum should stop, causing him to bend forward.

2)

Plant your right foot (toward right rear), gauging distance for your next move. Drag your left foot to your right foot to further adjust distance, executing a right back thrusting heel kick to the opponent's left ribcage, your hands positioned as checks off to your right.

Result:

The opponent should be driven back.

3)

Plant your right foot again, flat-footed, (toward right rear) into a reverse right neutral bow. Immediately slide your left foot counter-clockwise 180 degrees, executing a left spinning, stiff-leg sweep to the outside of the opponent's left leg.

Result:

The opponent should lean backward, his head directed toward left rear to left front.

4)

Conclude your sweep by converting it into a transitional left reverse bow, then pivot into a left neutral bow (facing right rear), simultaneously delivering a left outward back-knuckle strike to the opponent's left kidney, your right hand checking high.

Result:

The opponent should be forced further back, between left rear and left front, exposing the front of his body facing up.

5)

Immediately drop into a left close kneel, simultaneously delivering a right inward overhead hammer-fist to the opponent's sternum, your left arm positioned as a check on his left arm.

Result:

The opponent should be stunned and forced to the ground.

6)

With the opponent on his back, head between left front and left rear, deliver a right spinning back heel stomp to his face or any available opening.

7)

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