 Pak sao to lop sao (same hand)

 Lop sao to pak sao (same hand)

Compound trap, SECONDARY
 Pak Sao to lin lop sao (crossing center)
 Pak sao to Loy pak sao (to centerline )
 Pak/Da/Jow Sao/Chum Choy/Loi/Da.
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 Lop sao to Lop sao

SENSITIVITY SEE TACKETT VID

Loi Lau Hoi Sheung Lat Sao Jik Jeungi
Principles of chi sao
 Don’t chase the hands
Chase center of mass
 Keep hands on centerline
 Dissolving and bridging
 Forward energy (intent)
 No passive moves – defensive style
 One hand traps two (Phon sau)
 Calmness under pressure (relaxation)
 Independent motion
 Don’t move back
 No winners/losers
 Invest in loss (20b)
 No set patterns
 No unstoppables
 Not a fight

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 Yielding
 Neutralization
 Correct force (softness)
 Rooting and redirection
 Receiving /returning
 Four basic energies
Peng, An, Lu, Jhee
Additional
 Replacement

Push hands and thirteen postures

Drills
 five way energy drill

Don chi sao 1 (V4)

Side 1 starts in Taun Sao, Jik Jern, bong sao and back
Side 2 starts in Fook, Jut Sao and returns Chun Choy
Switches
1 Tuan Sao switch (Huen)
2 Jut Sao switch
3 Go to Tuan Sao
4 Switch to outside

Chi Saoii (the drills’ purpose)

Levels
1. Don chi sao
2. Poon/Luk sau
3. Tsui Ma
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5. Gor sau Error: Reference source not found
6. Cheung kiu Error: Reference source not found
7. Maai sang jong Error: Reference source not found
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Stay with what comes, follow as it retreats, thrust Forward when the hands are freed

ii
Chi sao platforms and related drills
1. Dan chi sao – see Benny Meng, Tony Massengill, and Ron Balicki
2. Luk sao/poon sao - rolling
 Jeung sao – changes, inside, outside
 Tui ma – push horse
 Lat sao jik chueng – remove the hand away
 Jip sao/Jao sao – run and catch w/ simple strikes
 Luk Sao w/ Dan chi roll
3. Duk Sao – introduces simple attacks and counters involves trapping skills
 Single response
 Double response
 Triple response cycles
4. Gor Sao – (from luk sao) this allows freedom of attack and defense in a freelance manner with no fixed movement
5. Lye bye muk – blind folded Gor Sao
6. Chung Kiu (off hand) see Dave Carnell pg. 141