Wanderingdragon wrote:Splitting 劈 Pī Metal Like an axe chopping up and over.
Pounding 炮 Pào Fire Exploding outward like a cannon while blocking.
Drilling 鑽 Zuān Water Drilling forward horizontally like a geyser.
Crossing 橫 Héng Earth Crossing across the line of attack while turning over.
Crushing 崩 Bēng Wood Arrows constantly exploding forward.
Splitting/chopping
Pounding/exploding
Drilling/rising
Crossing/overturning
Crushing/springing
kenneth fish wrote:At its basic level, the forward hand strikes forward and down (the arc may be long or short depending on which version of Xingyi - Li Cunyi vs Shanxi etc). The retreating hand pulls down and back. The effect is described in Chinese as like pulling apart a piece of firewood (forward hand presses forward and down with the palm, rear hand pulls back and down with the fingers).
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