Form 4

Protecting Fans

[against 1-2 punch, closed stance]

1. Step left forward with left inward palm parry

2. Shift to left forward stance while performing wrist wrist hook

3. 45 right, with simultaneous:

   1. Chamber right to belt

   2. Right snap kick to groin/knee

   3. Left spear to eyes

4. Land in horse facing 45 left with right roundhouse elbow

[Isolation 1 before Mirror]

Isolation 1

1. Left over-shoulder spear

2. Right eye spear

3. Left rising elbow with right hammer behind to groin

4. L/R double hammer to front

5. Back two knuckles to sides

6. Mid uppercuts across body

7. L to R Feet together clear up to tiger heel palms to sides

Darting Leaves

[against jab, open stance]
[45 right]

1. Right cat stance with left inner block

2. Right snap kick with left 2-finger eye poke

[90 left for mirror]

Unfurling Crane

[against 1-2 punch, open stance]
[stay on 10:30 line]

1. Shift right back into middle stance with left scissor block

2. Shuffle forward into back stance with a right scissor block

3. Right tiger heel palm to face

   1. Flow into checking left back 2 knuckle strike

[90 right for mirror, stepping left back into middle stance]

Destructive Kneel

[cross, open stance]
[moving onto the 6:00 line]

1. Step right back into middle stance against 12:00

   1. with right wrist hook, dragging back into a left heel palm check to elbow

   2. Left knee buckles stance

2. Twist into left backfist to the ribs, right tiger mouth to throat

   1. Flow through to left side cup and saucer

   2. Right knee further buckles

3. Twist back with right backfist and left vertical punch to kidney

   1. Follow through

[mirror going back on 6:00 line]

Flashing Wings

[against jab, closed stance]
[turning onto 12:00 line]

1. Right back stance with right rising block [or outer block]

2. Step left forward to neutral with left inner block

3. Left checks shoulder, right roundhouse elbow to ribs

   1. Either forward stance, half kneel, etc.; works what feels right

4. Twist to right outward elbow to spine

   1. Flow into right knife to neck

5. Right slides to check arm, left knife to neck

6. Drop to half kneel as left slides down to keep checking the arm

   1. Right knife to throat [or palm heel to chin]

[Mirror on same line]

Gathering Clouds

[against jab or cross]
[90 left]

1. Horse stance

   1. Left inward palm parry

   2. Right middle-knuckle rib rake

   3. Right knife to kidney

2. Step right forward to right elbow sandwich

[to mirror: left steps up to twist, untwist 180 left, step right out to horse]

Circles of Protection

[against overhand hammerfist, open stance]
[step left back to twist/unfurl onto 10:30 line]

1. Left forward stance

   1. Block is a right-hand, guarded, rising wrist hook parry

   2. As the parry happens, left outward tiger rake to face

2. Right circles down to tiger heel palm to groin

   1. Half kneel stance

   2. Left checks right arm

3. Shuffle forward into neutral

   1. Left guarded backfist

[To mirror: 180 right, step left into twist stance, continue through into right forward stance]

Dance of Darkness

[against Kick-Punch]
[step right back facing 90 right into twist stance]

1. Twist stance, right sweeping lower block with left high check

   1. Universal-block-esque

2. Untwist forward into neutral

   1. Right guarded wristhook, as if completing a fan block

3. Right steps forward and prepares to twist to horse 90 right

   1. Right two-finger rake to eye

   2. Follows down to left side cup and saucer

   3. Untwist into horse with backfist and vertical punch to kidney

4. Left grabs and pulls into right back two knuckle

   1. Right drops down into backfist parry

   2. Bounces up into finger hook to eye

5. Left sweeps to the right, landing in twist stance

   1. Left comes up to either mantis hook the neck or tiger claw the face

   2. Right guards

   3. Land facing 90 left toward stumbling opponent

[Untwist facing 180 right to neutral for mirror; step left back for opening twist stance]

Thundering Hammer

[against jab, open stance]
[untwist onto 9:00 line]

1. Left neutral stance with left inner block

   1. Right in hanging positions

2. Shuffle forward into wide kneel stance

   1. Check opponent’s leg

   2. Right delivers forearm/reverse backfist strike to mid

   3. Left chambers high

3. Rotate for torque into left hammerfist to kidney

   1. Right circles up to check shoulder, wristhook-esque

   2. Technically 45 right to follow opponent

4. Left grab high and pulls head down

   1. Right over the top hammerfist to head

5. Step back into half kneel with right downward backfist

   1. Shuffle forward into underhard tiger palm heel to face

   2. Left continues checking through sequence

[To mirror: Twist left onto 3:00 line into left half-kneel; left delivers lower block either towards last opponent or towards new opponent. Then step right forward on the line]

Unwinding Pendulum

[against Kick-Punch]
[Turn right onto 7:30 line]

1. Step right back into twist stance with right sweeping lower block

2. Untwist into middle stance with left inner block

   1. Right arm in hanging guard

3. Left check shoulder as right sweeps forward

   1. Land forwards in twist stance, pull down into right crane wing to groin

[To mirror: Step left back into twist to face 90 left and set up left low sweep]

Reversing Circles

[against Kick-Punch (principle)]
[Stepping 90 right]

1. Right neutral with right side universal block

2. Shift back to cat with crane block

3. Step right out into right reverse forward stance

   1. Bajiquan mantis rising and groin strike

[Left to right, step left out 90 left to mirror]

Snaking Talon

[against (possible 1-) 2-1 Punch, closed stance]
[90 right, move left back to right cat stance]

1. Right cat stance with right side open-hand universal block

2. Figure Eight Parries

   1. Right inward palm parry

   2. into Right Wristhook Parry and Grab

   3. into left heel palm elbow check

3. Right snap kick

[Facing 90 left and landing right in back to mirror]

Circling Fans

[against 1-2 body hooks/uppercuts, open stance]
[Turning right onto the 9:00 line, left foot landing in back]

1. Right middle stance, dropping right elbow to guard body

2. Shift back to right cat

   1. Right low knifehand block

   2. Left low knifehand block

   3. Right snap kick

3. Land out in neutral with guarded right back two knuckle punch

[To mirror: Shift left back and face 180 left to left middle stance]

Circling Windmills [Isolation Set]

[Principle, not Technique]
[Turn 90 left]

1. Horse stance with arms still in vague universal block postition

2. Crane Block

3. Left Rising right Right Hammaer to Ribs

4. Mirror of 3

5. Right inner block

6. Triple finger slice into Crane Peck to Face

7. Mirror of 5 and 6

8. Eye Strike Sequence

   1. Double whip to eyes

   2. Double thumb poke

   3. Rotate into double two-finger poke

   4. Double outward finger slices

   5. Double crane pecks

   6. Cross wrist double tiger rakes

[No mirror]

Defensive Cross

[against Kick from Open Stance]

1. Step right back into Left forward stance, tiger claws crash down to block and pull to left hip

2. Right backfist [can block or strike], following through to hanging guard

3. Left tiger heel palm to face

4. Right snap kick

5. Land back in left forward stance, left pulls head down to right rising backfist

Bowing to Buddha

[Against Kick (potentially roundhouse or front)]

1. Drop to right kneel with right smothering lower block

   1. Block must shift to Inner Block position to avoid direct block

2. Shuffle forward with right rising elbow (strike or boxing block)

3. Maintain block, left heel claw to groin

4. Right downward backfist sandwich

[To mirror: Stand, step left forward and immediately drop down to kneel]

Prance of the Tiger

[against Lead Body Hook, closed stance]
[Stance towards 6:00, Facing 7:30]

1. Stand and drop back hard into left cat stance with a right sweeping block

2. Left leg knee stomp with right mid hammerfist

   1. Left hand guards

3. into Right blade to rear leg with back backfist

[To Mirror: Face 90 left and land right leg in back for left neutral stance. Step left back into right cat stance on 6:00 line for opening sweep]

Shield and Mace

[against jab, open stance]
[after blade kick, turn to face 10:30]

1. Left back stance, simultaneous right outer block and left mid punch

2. Shift to neutral, right reverse hammerfist to ribs with left check

3. Left continues to check downward, right circles up to tiger rake

4. Left keeps checking, drop to half kneel as right circles down to chip back of leg

5. Rear blade kick to back leg

[To Mirror: Land facing 90 right in right back stance]]

Five Swords

[against hook punch, ]
[Land left leg to face 12:00 in horse stance]

1. Step right forward with left universal block

   1. Right reverse knife strike

   2. Left guarded spear to eyes

   3. Right guarded reverse palm to solar plexus

2. Step left back onto 4:30 line into twist stance

   1. With left reverse tiger rake

   2. Right hand chambers high

3. Untwist into neutral with right guarded knife strike

[To Mirror: Twist with right lower to 90 right, step left through to neutral and complete universal]

Twirling Hammers

[against jab, closed stance]

1. Twist towards 12:00 with left reverse outer block

2. Step right through to neutral, right reverse backfist to head

3. Left elbow to ribs, right chambers high

4. Left wristhook with right hammer to kidney

[to Mirror: step right over to twist stance]

Closing [Triangle]

1. Left cross step to 4:30, facing 12:00, hands chambered

2. Step right up to crane

3. Step back to middle stance

4. Step left up to crane, hands come up in salute to right shoulder

5. Step left out to close