BEGINNING OF 2ND THIRD

EMBRACE TIGER RETURN TO MOUNTAIN
This posture is the same in application as ‘brush knee twist step’.
The difference is that it is performed onto the closed side of the opponent,
i.e.; he attacks from the rear with right fist to your kidney
area. You turn and block with your right arm (or left as the case may
dictate) Photo No. 65 and attack with palm to his right soft flank.
From the classics we are also given another clue as to the use of this
posture, “Embrace Tiger Return To Mountain embodies ‘pull down
and split”. This tells us that pull down can also be done from the
blocking posture with your right palm grabbing his right wrist and
your left palm grabbing his right elbow. Split means to use the elbow
as a lever and throw him away using that leverage. The Old Yang
Style has an entirely different meaning for this posture in that the
lower palm is facing upward (as if carrying a tiger) and both palms
are used as dangerous point strikes.