MULTIPLE ATTACKS

This is also a part of ‘long har ch’uan’ and teaches us to attack many
times not only once, the idea being that if you are able to strike once,
then why not a number of times.
THE METHOD
One player attacks with a straight punch to the face. The other player
firstly blocks on the ‘closed side’ using his left palm.
Then his left palm sort of strokes the arm downward as his right
palm takes over while the left palm strikes to the face.
Then the left palm takes over as the right palm strikes to the
face
And this goes on with each palm stroking the arm downward while
the other one strikes. This is very fast and only needs practise for it
to become very fast and useful.


You should always try to block onto the open side of your attacker.
However, sometimes this is impossible and so we must know what to do
when we must block onto his open or dangerous side. The other palm
must be blocked as well even if it isn’t attacking. As in the vertical
blocking techniques already covered.
If the opponent were quite tall you would not attack his face because
this will bring you in very close to him, having to reach upward to reach
his face. In this case you would probably strike at the acupuncture
points under the arm.
In this last section I have touched briefly on ‘Long Har Ch’uan.’ This is
enough to get you started. Much of this advanced fighting art of t’ai chi
can only be taught personally. If you find that for some reason it doesn’t
work, then you are doing something wrong because these techniques
are known to work from my own experience.