Praying Mantis Kung Fu: Palm Block Low High Strike

Video Transcript

"My name is Wes Rhodes. I'm from the Chinese Kung Fu Academy and this is praying mantis technique palm block low high strike. This is a technique it's two fold. You begin with a palm block inside, you drive the right fist out, and after you impact with the right, you're going to actually stand up and do a hammer strike using the outside of the fist towards the head. You can see one slow, it looks like this. One, two. And then a little faster, it goes just like that. To demonstrate it, the attacker's going to step in and punch with the right hand. Block, drive the fist in, and after you impact, stand up, drive the hammer strike towards the face. Do one more slow, so you can see it. One, two. Pulling the right arm back to drive power into the left fist. And do one a little quicker. One, two. One more time. One, two. The hammer strike can aim either for the throat, side of the head, or the face, it doesn't really matter as long as you hit them, and the punch aims for the solar plexis. This is another very useful technique in your arsenal because it's a complicated technique, you want to practice it diligently. Remember, you want to block first, one punch, two strike. That is how you perform the praying mantis technique palm block low high strike."