Hi, my name is Dan Schmidt from the Chinese Martial Arts Center in Seminole. Today we're going to be performing the Staff Thrust. So you want to start with both palms down, okay, thumb to thumb grip. Spread it out like this. Okay. Basically this technique is perform with the Duck Head. So the Duck Head, you want to keep the hand right at the solar plexus and the elbow tucked in and down, pull it very tightly. This hand is just straight out in front, grip it as tight as you can. Okay. So the technique, the thrust looks like this. Okay, so you thrust straight out, then if you want to switch to the other side, bring this hand in, as your body moves, Duck Head on this end. So turn thrust, turn thrust this way, okay, straight out. You notice the elbow's tucked in, make sure the arm touches the body. Don't have the arm too high, you want to keep it straight across, okay. So you're spearing straight in. So you're here, thrust, turn, thrust. Duck Head to Duck Head. Okay. So here's, here's how it works. So if I was to attack in, I just come straight in, thrust, straight to it, right at the solar plexus. Okay, now, it's very important to keep the Duck Head for this reason. So if he thrust and he thrust wrong, okay, so he doesn't have the Duck Head, it's off its mark, must be right the solar plexus. This is what happens. So if I was to attach in his staff, it goes straight down. Okay. So it's important to keep the Duck Head for this reason. So it's nice and tight in a proper position, okay, it doesn't go anywhere. That's how you perform the Thrust.
