Grandmaster Wong confuses Sifu Jonny by pretending to push from the front but actually pushes from the right

Having learnt and practiced the skills and techniques in Pushing Hands, you may discover that you can handle any push quite well. On the other hand, it may not be easy for you to push their training partners who also have these skills and techniques, though it would not be difficult to do so against other Taijiquan practitioners who have no systematic training in Pushing Hands. To go beyond this level, you have to employ tactics.

For convenience, the tactics may be classified into ?proactive? and ?reactive?. (These two terms are provided by Sifu Piti of Colombia to replace the earlier, less appropriate terms of ?active? and ?passive?.) The proactive tactics shown here are ?Continuous Attacks? and ?Confusing Attacks?. If you push your opponent twice in a continuously way, your change of success is more than if you push him twice with each push separated by a gap of time. Or you may confuse your opponent, pretending to push in one way, then push in another.

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Use of Tactic	Same Techniques	Continuous Attacks

Continuous Attacks	Irrespective of Size

Irrespective of Sex	Confusing Attacks

Left then Right	Front then Side	Confusing and Continuous