Grandmaster Wong tamess Barry's hands and executes a horn punch to his temple

Strikes can come in countless ways, but they can be classified into four main categories, namely top strikes, middle strikes, bottom strikes and side strikes. These four main types of strikes are formulated together into a combat sequence. By practicing this combat sequence, which is called Striking, one learns to apply Taijiquan techniques to initiate or respond to strikes correctly and spontaneously.

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