Detour from Doom      (Front: Right roundhouse kick)

1.  While in a right neutral bow, quickly shift your left foot (up the circle) toward 4:30 into a right 45 degree cat stance.  Simultaneously deliver a left downward block to the inside of your opponent’s right leg as you thrust a right vertical punch to your opponent’s face.  (This should injure your opponent’s right leg as well as drive his face back.)

2.  From your right 45 degree cat stance, deliver a right front snapping ball kick to your opponent’s groin.  (Your opponent should bend forward at the waist.)

3.  Plant your right foot toward 10:30 into a right neutral bow, immediately shifting into a right forward bow.  With this shift simultaneously execute a left vertical punch to your opponent’s solar plexus while checking on top of your opponent’s arms with a right horizontal forearm check.  (Your opponent should bend forward at the waist.)

4.  Deliver a right back knuckle strike to your opponent’s stomach as your left foot begins to shift toward 3 o’clock, into a right neutral bow (facing 9 o’clock).  (Your opponent bends further forward.)

5.  Have your left hand hook downward on the back of your opponent’s neck as you continue circling your right arm counterclockwise and deliver a right inward overhead hammerfist to the back of your opponent’s neck at the moment you settle into your stance.  Your left hand first checks before you chamber it alongside as well as below your left hip.

6.  As you pivot (in-place) into a right forward bow, convert your right hammerfist into a hook on the back of your opponents neck.  Immediately have your right hooking hand force his head down and toward you as you guide his head into a left upward heel palm thrust to and through the left side of your opponents jaw.  Immediately reverse the action as you execute a left hand claw to the right side of his face (on the way back) with your right hand still bracing the back of your opponent neck.

7.  Immediately have your left foot step toward 8 o’clock into a left neutral bow as your right arm slides towards you, and checks your opponents right shoulder, chambers, and then delivers a right inside downward ricocheting elbow strike to, and through, the left side of your opponent’s face or temple.  Have your left hand positionally check.

8.  Slide your right foot clockwise toward 5 o’clock while remaining in the left neutral bow, as you execute a right outward horizontal back knuckle strike followed by a left horizontal inward heel palm claw to his head and face respectively.

9.  Immediately deliver a right snapping ball kick to your opponent’s groin.  As you plant your right foot toward 11 o’clock, execute a right upward lifting stiff-arm back knuckle strike to his face.  Positionally check with your left hand.

10.  Right front crossover, and cover out twice toward 5:30.
Self Defense Techniques
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GREEN BELT
 
Obscure Claws
Encounter with Danger
Circling Destruction
Detour from Doom
Squatting Sacrifice
Escape from Death
Brushing the Storm
Menacing Twirl
Leap from Danger
Circles of Protection
Circle of Doom
Broken Gift
Heavenly Ascent
Capturing the Storm
Conquering Shield
Taming the Mace
Twirling Sacrifice
Cross of Death
Securing the Storm
Intercepting the Ram
Kneel of Compulsion
Clipping the Storm
Glancing Wing
The Back Breaker