OBSCURE SWORD     (Right flank: Left hand shoulder grab)

1.  With feet together, step directly forward to 12 o'clock with your left foot into a left neutral bow (facing straight ahead) with your right handsword cocked to your heart (palm up).  Simultaneously pin your opponent's right hand with your left hand to your right shoulder.  (This should disturb your opponent's balance, shift his weight forward, and check the use of his left hand.)

2.  Immediately pivot toward 4:30 into a right forward bow while delivering a right outward handsword to your opponent's throat.  (This should result in your opponent's head being driven back and away from you.)

3.  Follow up with a left front snap ball kick to your opponent's groin and plant your left foot back to your Point of Origin with your hands in a fighting position.  (The effect of this kick should buckle your opponent's legs, and possibly drop him to the ground.)

4.  Plant your left foot forward as a gauging leg as you execute a right front snapping ball kick to the inside of your opponent’s right knee.  During this action have your right clenched fist cock near your right ear, as your left hand positionally checks.

5.  From the Point of Contact of your right kick plant forward into a right neutral bow, facing 4:30.  Simultaneously execute a right inward back knuckle rake (traveling from your right to left, from top to bottom) across and through the left side of the bridge of your opponent’s nose.  Continue the flow of your right hand strike as it may possibly convert into a right hammerfist strike to your opponent’s collar bone, or right chest.  Marriage of Gravity is to be advantageously used during this action.

6.  Immediately execute a left rear crossover toward 6 o’clock.  Before you settle into a twist stance execute a right outward back knuckle strike to the right side of the bridge of your opponent’s nose.  At the moment you settle into your twist stance convert the flow of your action into a right upward elbow strike directly under your opponent’s chin.  All moves and strikes are to be in one continuous flow.

7.  With your right elbow now above your head pivot counterclockwise while adjusting your angles and sink into a left reverse bow to buckle the back of your opponent’s left leg.

8.  As you begin to pivot clockwise into a left neutral bow facing 4:30, have your left hand grab your opponent’s left shoulder, followed by your right hand grabbing his right shoulder, and with both of your elbows anchored turn your opponent’s body clockwise so he now faces 4:30.  Keep your opponent from falling back and toward your.

9.  Immediately pull your opponent’s shoulders down and execute a right knee kick to your opponent’s coccyx.  This action should force your opponent to move forward toward 4:30.

10.  As you plant your right foot toward 4:30 into a right neutral bow, execute two heel palm strikes to the back of your opponent’s shoulder blades as you force him onto his face and stomach.  His head should be pointed toward 4:30 with his feet spread and open on the opposite end.

11.  Left rear crossover on the inside of your opponent’s legs and deliver a right back heel stomp kick to the back of his testicles.

12.  Have your right foot glide and slide over opponent’s left thigh and calf before executing a right front crossover, and cover out twice toward 10:30.
Self Defense Techniques
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