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which you cross with your left from outside. Securing his left arm,
pull it toward your left side as you spin to the right on your right
foot. The spin will take your left toes against the very sensitive
inner surface of his knee-cap. Following through, complete your
spin in a semi-squat. He steps forward with his right foot and raises
his right fist. Rising, heel-kick his lower abdomen with your right
foot and hammer either his head or his striking arm (whichever is
most accessible) with your right arm. Although Pa-kua has some
leg maneuvers (in Chang Chun-feng's method, 8 out of 64 basic
postures were devoted to legs), it tends to downplay them. Leg
techniques are only effective if (1) kept low, (2) done as a counter,
and (3) done only when opponent's posture is broken. Even on two
feet, man is essentially unstable. In kicking—because you stand on
tinue the 270° turn and end in a crouch, your arms close together.
one leg—you add to this instability. It is mitigated somewhat if
Next, rise on your left foot and, as your arms open (your right
your kick is kept low and done only against an unbalanced op-
hammering forward), kick with your right heel.
ponent. Figures 300 and 301 show these requirements met in a kick
FUNCTION : Your opponent has his left foot forward and strikes with
which is near the height limit for safety. Here you are countering,
his right fist. Cross from outside with your right forearm, grasp,
seizing, pulling, and attacking. In this posture he has no return. The
and pull him toward your right side as your right foot dashes for-
great prize here—the kidney: for no other reason should you go so
ward to hit his lower tibia (or, alternatively, strike his knee-cap
high.
with either a toe-sole double impact stomp or simply a toe, Fig.
295). As you put your right foot down, he strikes with his left fist
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