THE METHOD

Block using p’eng and quickly move in behind your opponent to
take him down as shown. Photo No. 204.
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Many good techniques can happen from p’eng, it is a very useful
technique to know. But it requires much practice.

SOME P’ENG TECHNIQUES

From the above p’eng block you are able to try many techniques.
The first is a simple but effective technique called ‘choy.’ Choy
means ‘inch energy’ and uses the power of the waist to jerk the wrist
after the grab in order to put the neck out or dislocate the shoulder.
Photo No. 198. A further advancement of choy is to use the knee as
shown. Photo No. 199. This can expand for a bit of over-kill to use
the palm to the face. Photo No. 200. The use of the elbow is also
quite effective and an extremely good weapon to train. It can also be
used after p’eng as in Photo No. 201. The arm lock can be used after
p’eng as shown in Photo No. 202. This can be advanced into figure
four hammerlock as in Photo No. 203.
A useful take down technique from p’eng makes use of the opening
posture of the form.

THE METHOD
You will again need a partner. Have your partner throw a medium
pace punch with his right arm. You should block upward using
p’eng,. You now very quickly try to use your right
palm to grab his wrist. This is tricky and requires some amount of
practice. Your right palm must clamp down onto his wrist with a
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slipping motion, don’t try to grab his wrist outright, allow your right
palm to slip slightly down his forearm as it tightens the grip. This of
course takes a fraction of a second. If you find that you are able to do
this easily at that pace, your partner must increase his speed until
you can no longer grab his arm; now stay at that speed until you are
able to catch it.

WRIST GRABBING
I have already covered how to break from a wrist grab. Now I will
show you some training methods that allow you to grab a wrist after
someone has attacked with a punch. This is one of the hardest things
to do, especially if the person attacking knows the ‘folding principle.’
Many schools that rely upon wrist locks and grabs just don’t
practice these techniques in a realistic way, try putting in a really fast
snap punch and see if anyone is able to catch it. We do have a training
method that will at least give you a chance. If you are able to
learn the wrist grab, a whole new area of defense will arise.

CHAPTER SIX

In this chapter I will be covering some other techniques that have a
proven track record. These techniques are taught in my advanced
boxing class.
We have called our boxing class ‘no frills boxing’ because if something
does not work then we throw it out. Only very basic,
one-technique movements are kept, then we are sure that when we
need it, our ‘no technique method’ wilt not let us down.