THE METHOD
Two players stand opposite each other, one the attacker, the other
the defender. The defender stands in a PA-KUA slightly side-on
stance using two No. 3 palms (fire). The palms are medium tense
with the rest of the arm and whole body relaxed. The palm should
not be so tense that the forearm is also greatly tensed and it should be
slightly concaved. The striking portions of the pa-kua palm for this
exercise are the harder mount areas starting from below the thumb
around the bottom of the palm and up to the knife-edge of the palm.
The defender’s left palm is placed near his own right elbow and is
only used as back up in the first part of the exercise.
The attacker strikes the defender with a right fist to the face while
the defender pounds that wrist over to his left with his right thumb
mount. Photo No. 218. Note that the palm does not turn, it just stays
there like a hammer. Now the attacker throws a left face punch to
which the defender answers by pounding it over to his right using
the knife-edge of his right palm. Photo No. 219. Next the attacker
throws a low right punch to the lower left rib area. The defender now
relaxes his both palms (in order to use a t’ai chi technique) and using
the harder area of his right forearm, blocks it over to his left with the
left palm on the top to trap the attacking arm, (or leg). Photo No.
220. Now instantly, the defender controls the attacker s right wrist
with his left palm while he uses back-fist to the face.