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Situation: |
You are standing naturally with the opponent (to your front) executing a left punch followed by a right punch. |
1) |
Step your left foot back into a right neutral bow (facing forward). As you step back, execute a right outward block to the inside of the opponent's left punch, your left hand positioned as a check low. |
2) |
Immediately shuffle forward, push-drag, executing a left outward block to the inside of the opponent's right punch, preceded by a right inward block as part of a double factor. Continue the motion of your right hand into a right hammer-fist to the opponent's groin, synchronized with settling into your new right neutral bow, your left arm guarding inside his left arm. |
Result: |
The opponent should bend forward at the waist. |
3) |
Follow up with a left inward overhead claw to the bridge of the opponent's nose. Reverse the path of your right hammer-fist into a right rolling back-knuckle strike to his face, aided by the object obscurity of your left claw. |
Result: |
The opponent should be dazed. |
4) |
Again strike down to the opponent's groin with a right downward hammer-fist, your left hand checking high. |
Result: |
The opponent should bend forward at the waist. |
5) |
While in close to the opponent, strike under his jaw with a right obscure elbow. Continue the path of travel, transforming it into an upward five-finger claw to his face. |
Result: |
The opponent's head should snap back. |
6) |
Within the same flow of action as your obscure elbow/claw combination, execute a left thrusting heel-palm strike to the opponent's solar plexus, and a right front scoop kick to his groin — the "unfurling crane" — your right hand positioned above your head at the moment of transition into a one-legged stance. |
Result: |
The opponent should be stunned and immobilized. |
7) |
Deliver a right knife-edge kick to the inside of the opponent's right knee. As you deliver this kick, execute a right inward handsword to the left side of his neck, landing a fraction of a moment after the kick. |
Result: |
The opponent's retaliatory ability should be canceled, and he should fall to the ground. |
8) |
From the contact point of your kick, execute a right front crossover and cover out twice (toward left rear). |