Chapter 40

• “The basic handwork centers on the Three Side Hands, plus grinding hands, lifting hands, breaking parry hands, sinking bridge, and sticking strikes.”
• “The main stances include the Four-Level Horse, Three-Character Horse, Chasing Horse, Kneeling Horse, and Single-Leg Step. It blends internal boxing and close-range striking, demanding the hand, waist, stance, heart, intent, and power to move as one.”
• “It stresses leading ‘intent’ with the ‘heart,’ and letting intent guide the hand, waist, and stance, so the whole body acts together. It’s built for live combat—moves change fast, use is flexible, punches springy, short bridge and narrow stance, great at inch power. Big sidestep, small lean and dip, plow-block-spread forearms, stick-feel-sweep-draw, read the flow and lock it in, curve the hand and guard center—those are the hand methods. As for body and footwork, it marks itself by linking, cutting, sinking, darting, forearm, wrist-and-fingers, sticking, feeling, smoothing sweep, stealing, leaking, and the ‘Two-Character Pinning Goat Horse.’”