Entwined Maces (Front: Left & right straight punches - left neutral bow)
1. While Standing Naturally, have your left foot step back toward 6 o’clock into a right neutral bow (facing 12 o’clock) while simultaneously having your right hand execute a looping figure eight pattern that follows a path and not a line. Begin the figure eight pattern with a right inward handsword parry to the outside and top of your opponent’s left arm (striking diagonally down and to your left). Without losing continuity, flow into a right extended outward, downward, handsword to the outside of your opponent’s right arm (striking diagonally down and to your right). By consistently crisscrossing your opponent’s arms diagonally and down your opponent’s Height zones and Width Zones are kept in check. During this action your left hand checks at your solar plexus.
2. Just before your right hand completes the second block (when it crisscrosses diagonally and down to your right) grab your opponent’s right wrist (start the grab at the arm and work its way to the wrist). Immediately push-drag forward, pivot into a right forward bow, and deliver a left vertical punch to your opponent’s face while pulling your opponent’s right arm diagonally down and past your right hip. Your forward Body Momentum, resulting from your push-drag shuffle, coupled with your right hand pull, all contribute to Borrowed Force. (This should stop your opponent’s forward momentum.
3. Pivot (in-place) into a right neutral bow as you deliver a right thrusting inward handsword to the left side of your opponent’s jugular vein. Convert your left hand into a Positional Check against your opponent’s right arm. (This should force your opponent’s head back.)
4. Using a jousting motion execute a locked-out heel palm check to his left jaw hinge, while dropping into a left rear crossover and have your right foot step out (toward 1:30) into a right reverse bow as you buckle the inside of your opponent’s left knee. Simultaneous with the buckle deliver a right downward hammerfist to your opponent’s groin. Have your left hand positionally check over your right shoulder. (Your opponent should bend forward at the waist.)
5. From your right reverse bow, pivot clockwise (in-place) into a right front rotating twist stance (facing 12 o'clock). As you pivot, deliver a right raking vertical outward back knuckle strike to the right side of your opponent’s face. In this same torquing action, follow up with a left thrusting heel palm strike to your opponent’s sternum along with a left knee kick to his groin (employ Threading). At the conclusion of your heel palm strike and knee kick, cock your right hand alongside of your right ear (fist clenched and palm facing out). (Your opponent should be slightly bent forward, and temporarily frozen in-place.
6. Have your left foot (from the last position of the knee kick) plant back and toward 6 o’clock into a right neutral bow, (facing 12 o’clock) as you deliver a right inward downward hammerfist to your opponent’s left collar bone. This strike employs a Grafted Principle combining both thrusting and hammering methods to complete the maneuver. Have your left hand positionally check near your solar plexus. (The force of your strike should drive your opponent down as well as back.
7. Immediately execute a left rear crossover and execute a right back thrusting heel kick to your opponent’s solar plexus. (This should drive your opponent back as well as drop him to the ground.)
8. Execute a right front crossover from the last position of your right kick and cover out twice toward 6 o’clock.
