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renders the second attack harmless. It also creates space for your right arm to drive inside of his left, stri-
ke if you so choose and grab the back of his neck for a nerve pull. A strike can unbalance as surely as a
throw, particularly if it is to the carotid cavity, which can easily knock the opponent out. Not only does the
sharp pull on the back of the neck shock the spinal cord and disorient the opponent but it also gives you
control of the opponent’s head. Pulling the opponent’s head downwards disrupts his balance and gives
you complete control of him. The opponent cannot attack while being controlled like this and it is safe for
you to enter and finish in any way you choose. You are stepping into your opponent’s attack with an attack
of your own, the jong sao. The success of your counterattack is dependent on unbalancing the opponent
with your lop sao and the nerve pull on the back of his neck.
Application from the 1st section of the dummy form: Sifu Nearing steps into the oppo-
nent’s attack, engages his arm, unbalances him by pulling the arm and controlling the
head, then finishes with an attack of his own.
This sequence is followed by a bong sao which flows into a tan sao when the fighter steps to the outside of
the mook jong and jams the dummy leg. Depending on how the practitioner interprets this section there
is either a palm strike to the liver and ribs or simply a push on contact that prevents the shoulder butt. In
either case you are stepping into the opponent’s attack with an attack of your own from the outside under
the cover of your tan sao and jamming the opponent’s front leg. Not only are you using the opponent’s
forward energy against him by jamming the force of his attack before it gains momentum but you are
also applying yiu ma, or waist, energy to support the entire technique. The opponent is, in effect, running
into a brick wall while his attack is deflected. As in the sequence above there is damage being done to the
opponent but he is also being unbalanced for whatever finish the Wing Chun fighter sees fit. The entire
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