ALTERNATING MACES (Front: Two-hand chest push)
1. While Standing Naturally, and as your opponent attempts to push you, step back with your left foot toward 6:00 into a right neutral bow stance (facing 12:00). Simultaneously execute a right inward block to the outside of your opponent’s left arm, while your left hand checks at your solar plexus. (This action should turn the width of your opponent’s body and redirect his forward momentum off center.)
2. Immediately collapse your right arm across the top of both of your opponent’s arms (to act as a check), as you deliver a left vertical thrust punch (tracking over your right arm) to your opponent’s sternum or solar plexus. This is done while pivoting into a right forward bow stance. Remember both the stance change and punch must work in synchronization with each other in order to maximize the force of your left vertical thrust punch. (Your opponent’s reaction should cause his body to bend forward at the waist.)
3. Immediately convert your left punch into a check by having it shift, palm open and down, on top of both your opponent’s arms. Simultaneously have your right hand rapidly travel inside and over your left arm as you deliver a right outward back knuckle strike to your opponent’s right temple. This transition is done while pivoting back into a right neutral bow stance. (The torque stemming from your stance change helps to increase the whipping action of your right hand. Properly executed this should cause your opponent’s head to be driven up and back, with perhaps his arms flailing upward.)
4. Immediately have your right hand snap back, as it then acts as a Positional Check.
