Intercepting the Ram      (Front: Tackle)

1.  While Standing Naturally, hop to your left onto your left foot toward 11 o’clock and deliver a right knee kick to your opponent’s solar plexus.  Simultaneously deliver a right inward overhead hammerfist to your opponent’s right kidney as your left hand checks your opponent’s right shoulder.  (This should stun your opponent.)

2.  With your opponent’s momentum forcing you back, drop back with your right foot toward 6 o’clock into a left neutral bow (facing 12 o’clock) as you deliver a left inward overhead elbow strike to the upper spine of your opponent.  During this action your right hand acts as a sliding check along your opponent's back to his shoulders to keep his Height Zones in check.  (This should begin to force your opponent to the ground.)

3.  Immediately slide your left foot counterclockwise to 4:30 into a right neutral bow as you deliver a right inward downward diagonal punch which converts into a forearm elbow smash to the left side of your opponent’s jaw.  Simultaneously have your left arm act as a sliding check on your opponent’s right shoulder.  (This should drive your opponent’s head toward the ground.

4.  After striking your opponent’s jaw, continue to pivot to your left as you deliver right back scooping heel kick to the right side of his jaw.  (Your opponent should fall to the ground.)

5.  With your right kicking leg still in the air, re-trace its path and immediately execute a right rear thrust kick to the opponent’s body.

6.  From the contact position of your right rear thrust kick, execute a right front crossover toward 6:30 and without hesitation pivot counterclockwise into a left spinning back thrust kick to your opponent’s face.

7.  Plant your left foot (gauging leg), toward 12 o’clock, into a left neutral bow (facing your opponent) and immediately execute a right inward diagonal slicing knife-edge kick (from 4:30 up to 10:30) to and through your opponent’s face.  Without losing the counterclockwise circular flow of your right kick, execute a right knife-edge thrust kick to the inside of your opponent’s right knee.

8.  Without planting your right foot, execute a right front crossover, and cover out twice toward 7 o’clock.
Self Defense Techniques
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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