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Yellow Tiger Technique Manual

DELAYED SWORD (Right Hand Lapel Grab)

  1. As your opponent grabs you with his right hand, step with your left foot to six o’clock into a right neutral bow as you execute a right inward block to the inside of your opponent’s right arm or biceps. Pin opponent’s right hand with your left hand as this move is executed.
  2. Execute a front snapping ball kick to your opponent’s groin.
  3. As your opponent bends forward, reacting to your kick, plant your right foot in its original position and execute a right outward handsword to the right side of your opponent’s neck. Apply marriage of gravity as you plant and strike simultaneously.

ALTERNATING MACES (Two-Hand Front Push)

  1. With feet together as opponent pushes , step back with your left foot into a right neutral bow stance as you execute a right inward and downward horizontal forearm block on top of the opponent’s right and left arms.  (At this point your left hand is cocked at your left hip.)
  2. Immediately deliver a left vertical thrust punch to the opponent’s sternum or solar-plexus while torquing into a right forward bow stance. (Your right arm is still across both his arms to act as a check.)
  3. Drop your left punching hand (palm open and down) on top of both of your opponent’s arms ( to check) and switch your right hand up and inside your left arm and out  into a right horizontal back knuckle strike to the right temple of your opponent.  While doing this, you are changing your stance back into a right neutral bow (using torque to increase the whipping action of your right hand).
  4. Immediately snap your right hand back into a cover position.
  5. No cover out is required.

SWORD OF DESTRUCTION  (Left Straight Or Round House Punch)

  1. With your feet together step back with your left foot into a right neutral bow stance as you execute a right extended outward strike to left inner wrist of the opponent’s left punch (at this point your left hand is covering near your solar-plexus).
  2. From your right neutral bow stance, immediately deliver a right front snap ball kick to your opponent’s groin.
  3. As you plant down (employing marriage of gravity) execute a right inward hand sword strike to the left side of your opponent’s neck.
  4. Immediately snap your right hand back to the inner wrist of the opponent’s left arm to act as a check (keeping your hand open, palm up, finger pointing away from you and your right elbow anchored down to protect your right rib cage).
  5. No cover out is required.

DEFLECTING HAMMER (Right Front Thrust Kick)

  1. With your feet together step back with your left foot into a right neutral bow stance as you execute a right deflecting downward block against the outside of opponent’s kicking leg. (This is done on a line from 11 o’clock to 5 o’clock.).
  2. From your right neutral bow, execute a left inward check to outside of the opponent’s right arm (at or above the elbow).
  3. Immediately shuffle forward (push drag) as you execute a right inward elbow strike to opponent’s right rib-cage or face, depending upon the circumstances.
  4. No cover out is required.

SWORD AND HAMMER ( Right Flank – Left Hand Shoulder Grab)

  1. With feet together and opponent (standing at 3 o’clock) with his left hand grabbing your right shoulder, step off right to 2 o’clock into a horse stance, and immediately as your right foot plants, swing both your arms to the right, your left hand goes to your right shoulder to become a pinning check to his left hand, and your right hand becomes a right outward hand-sword strike to his adams apple.
  2. As the opponent reacts to the handsword strike and bends backward, execute a right downward and backward hammerfist strike to his groin.
  3. No cover out is required.

Yellow Tiger Set Manual

STAR BLOCK–BLOCKING SET 1

THE CONCEPTS FOCUSED ON IN THIS SET ARE THOSE OF “POINT OF ORIGIN.” IN OTHER WORDS, YOU DO NOT HAVE TO RE- CHAMBER TO EXECUTE ANOTHER BLOCK. YOU CAN INSTANTLY AND QUICKLY TURN ONE BLOCK INTO ANOTHER. TRY TO IMAGINE A STAR AS YOU DO THIS.
  1. Start from a meditative horse stance facing 12 :00.
  2. Execute a right upward block.
  3. Leaving your hand as the focal point, execute a right inward block.
  4. From the inside, rotate at the shoulder and execute a right extended outward block.
  5. From there, circle it down counter-clockwise and execute a right outward downward block.
  6. Chamber the arm executing a right back elbow.
  7. Execute a right push-down block.

(Repeat on the opposite side, using the same sequence of blocks with the left arm.)

  1. Execute a left upward block.
  2. Leaving your hand as the focal point, execute a left inward block.
  3. From the inside, rotate at the shoulder and execute a left extended outward block.
  4. From there, circle it down counter-clockwise  and execute a left outward downward block.
  5. Chamber the arm executing a left back elbow.
  6. Execute a left push-down block.
  7. Repeat using the same sequence of blocks with the
  8. both arms.
  9.  Salute – Feet together – Bow