Lap sau:
Never pull the opponent towards your self. They will crash into you with an elbow, shoulder or knee. And they can also just kick you in the nuts. This is why it is very important to move them away from your body. Pulling away from your body serves two important purposes:
1) It redirects your opponents attacks away from yourself
2) it “makes him wrong”--When you turn them it opens them up for attack.
Recall the siu lim tao. the part where you do the double fak sau. That is the direction the lap saw should go. however, unlike the fak sau, you must in addition, grab and pull down to the earth. You pull them away from their center of gravity.
Watch Alan Orr do the lap sau. He does not pull towards himself.
http://youtu.be/PhownwwVHdA?t=4m15s
Watch Ron Kong show you why it is bad to pull them towards yourself
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cYXKPfv9DZQ
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