BUCKLING BRANCH (Front: Left step through straight kick)
1. While Standing Naturally, with both feet together, step back with your right foot toward 4:30 into a left neutral bow. Simultaneously block your opponent’s left kick (from the outside) with a left downward block as your right hand positionally checks. Instantly recoil your left hand counterclockwise into a diagonal position as a Positional Check. (Your intent is to generate pain to your opponent’s left leg, as well as to increase the width of his body from your deflection.)
2. With your opponent’s back turning toward you, deliver a right front snap ball kick to your opponent’s groin (entering from the rear). (This should make your opponent bend over at the waist. Both you and your opponent should be facing 10:30.)
3. Plant your right foot forward (again toward 10:30) into a right front twist stance (modifying it if necessary), and deliver a left knife-edge kick to the inside and back of your opponent’s right knee (keeping both of your hands open and in a defensive position). (This kick should buckle your opponent to his knees.)
4. From the contact point of your left knife-edge kick, have your left foot plant toward 9:30 into a transitory left reverse bow.
5. Immediately twist (counterclockwise and in-place) into a left front rotating twist stance, check your opponent’s left shoulder blade with your left hand, execute a right inward overhead hammerfist strike, having it travel over your opponent’s left shoulder, and to the front of his solar plexus, followed by a right knee kick to your opponent’s middle spine.
6. Replant your right foot back to its Point of Origin as you immediately pivot clockwise into a left reverse bow while executing a right vertical upward heel palm claw to the left side of your opponent’s chin and face, followed by a left inward heel palm claw to the left side of his jaw. (Execute your left arm in a stiff-arm manner, using Body Fusion.
7. Without delay, shift your left foot counterclockwise (toward 5:30), drop into a right close kneel stance as you execute a right underhand back knuckle strike (slight stiff-arm using Body Fusion) to your opponent’s head, as he is dropping.
8. Immediately leap and pivot counterclockwise in the air, and land on your left foot while simultaneously executing a right downward looping roundhouse kick to your opponent’s sternum. (This kick is similar to that used in “Leap of “Death”).
9. Have your right foot flow into a right front crossover, and cover out twice toward 4:30.
