STARTING LATER ARRIVING EARLIER
Starting Later Arriving Earlier
This is Sequence 7, called “Chop the Hua Mountain”. Sifu Wong highlights a few fine points hidden in this sequence. One such point concerns spacing. In Sifu Wong's thrust punch, for example, the uninitiated looking at a fixed picture of the combat situation, may think that Sifu Wong is too far from his target. But actually Sifu Wong's punch could penetrate the opponent's heart, hence it is called “chuin sam choi” (Cantonese pronunciation) or “penetrating heart punch”. Steve successfully avoids the “penetrating heart punch” by shifting his body backward without moving his feet. This is possible because of his good stance. As he counter-attacks, he finds himself being hit instead, because Sifu Wong employs the tactic of “starting later arriving earlier”. Sifu Wong explains that he deflects, not blocks, Steve's chopping attack. Had Sifu Wong blocked, his arm could be fractured by Steve's chop.
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