Block an attack, don’t block a block

--by Derrick Ho
This drill builds off the “genie and the bears” idea.  When people do pak sau, its more effective to pak sau the elbow.  Controlling the elbow lets you control the first and second king.  However, getting the elbow isn’t always strategically safe.  In the Art of War, your enemy is most vulnerable when he is stretched thin.  Sometimes all you can get is pak sau to the wrist, but I digress.

In wing chun you should Chase the center and should not do chasing hand kung fu.  You shouldn’t chase the elbow either.  For the purpose of this drill, your pak sau partner will chase the elbow to give you a chance to learn how to react to people that chase your elbow.

The second king likes to take a stroll around his castle, but if he sees his enemy fire arrows it would be wise of him to run back in his castle and duck.  In fear, he might hide under his bed

**b2d : back to defensive.  After throwing a punch, do not leave it extended,  You need to bring it back close to you so that it can be ready for either a block or another punch.

**bury elbow: if someone tries to get your elbow earlier, pull your elbow back before he can manipulate it

Hero		Image		Villain
left	right		left	right
outside pak to elbow	wu		b2d	punch to nose b2d
wu	outside pak to elbow		punch to nose b2d	b2d
outside pak to elbow	wu		b2d	punch to nose b2d
wu	outside pak to elbow		bury elbow and tan a bit	palm strike chest b2d
outside pak to elbow	wu		palm strike chest b2d	bury elbow and tan a bit
wu	outside pak to elbow		bury elbow and tan a bit	palm strike chest p2d

This table is meant to be an example.  If in practice it feels chunky, you can break it up to distill the core concepts detailed above the table. typically, in these drills the hero is block as the villian feeds him punches.  In this case however, the hero feeds the villian pak saus to the elbow.  The hero must block the punches that come at him, but if there is no punch, the hero must pak the elbow in order to let the villian bury his elbow.  The hero must feed the villain pak sau to the elbow.