Wing Chun Kung-fu Volume 2. Joseph Wayne Smith, Dr.

to an attack by feeling alone. For this reason, chi sao is often practiced blindfolded.

      4. This is the start position for the double sticky-hands rotation drill. The larger fighter’s left arm is in the bong sao formation. It is sticking to the smaller fighter’s right punch. The larger fighter’s right arm is in the fook sao formation. It is locking up the smaller fighter’s left taun sao. This exercise combines the movements that we saw previously in the single sticky-hand drill.

      5. Now rotate your arms. This is done by the larger fighter forming a left taun sao, which the smaller fighter locks up with a right fook sao. The larger fighter’s right punch is locked up by the smaller fighter’s left bong sao. Then return to the start position. To do this, the smaller fighter forms simultaneously a left taun sao and right punch, to which the larger fighter responds with a left bong sao and right fook sao, respectively. The double sticky-hands rotation drill may now be continued. This exercise symbolizes a hands-on combat situation.

      6. Attack and defense skills can be added to the basic double sticky-hands rotation drill. From the start position shown in Figure 4, the smaller fighter may cut down the larger fighter’s bong sao onto his other arm, so that a hand-trap is formed. Notice how the larger fighter’s top arm is pressed down onto his lower arm.

      7. From this position, the smaller fighter withdraws his bottom arm, which was locking up (from below) his opponent’s arms. The trap is still maintained by pushing down the larger fighter’s crossed arms. This allows a clear punch to the chin to be delivered.

      8. This attack can be countered by the larger fighter quickly withdrawing his bottom arm in a windshield-wiper-type motion (in this case the right arm) from the arm trap, and using a taun sao to deflect the punch off the center-line.

      9. The larger fighter then immediately follows through with a cutting side-palm to the smaller fighter’s nose, which is illustrated here.

      10. The smaller fighter could defend against the previous palm-strike by pivoting his body slightly on the spot, or even by turning his body to the side, simultaneously chopping down with his forearm on the in-coming palm-strike, deflecting it.

      11. Now, from this position, the smaller fighter grabs the larger fighter’s former attacking arm, jerks it down, and then delivers a punch to the chin.

      12. In turn, the larger fighter may again defend against this attack by deflecting the smaller fighter’s punch with a taun sao.

      13. The larger fighter may then counter-attack with a palm-strike. This sequence of photographs illustrates the continuous nature of the Wing Chun attack and defense in sticky-hand fighting.

      14. The larger fighter’s palm-strike can be countered by the smaller fighter in a fashion that we have already seen—pivot counterclockwise to the left 90 degrees and cut down the incoming attack. Then maintain a hand-trap, as we have already seen, and deliver a counter-attack in the form of a punch to the larger fighter’s chin.

      15. Once again there is a way for the larger fighter to defeat this attack before he is punched. As soon as his hands are forced downward, the larger fighter simply pivots his body clockwise 90 degrees, or at least twists his trunk to one side to counter the downward force. It is therefore possible now to raise the once trapped arm upward to form a bong sao to defend against the smaller fighter’s punch.

      16. Now a counter-attack can be launched. The larger fighter pivots to the front from the side position, simultaneously lifting his bong sao. Notice how the smaller fighter has grabbed the bong sao to prepare for yet another attack. Here, however, the force of the pivot and the lifting motion of the larger fighter’s arm is sufficient to raise both of the smaller fighter’s arms. In doing so, an opening is created, and the larger fighter proceeds to deliver a punch to the chin through the created opening.

      17. However, the smaller fighter instantly responds to this attack by pulling down the larger fighter’s bong sao. The smaller fighter’s arm, which was previously forced, seemingly helplessly, into the air, is now smashed down in a hammer-punch to the collarbone.