mook jong man
Senior Master
Does your lineage use Bong Sau only as a means of redirecting a greater force or is it used to attack as well ?
In ours it does both , for example we will have the intention of striking through , but the strike is blocked or we are met with too much force so we will go into a Bong Sau to redirect and trap the opponents force.
The other way we use it is to attack the opponents balance , this is
where we will carefully coordinate rotating into Bong Sau with our step.
Done properly this will have the effect of uprooting the opponent out of his stance and weakening his arm structure.
At the point where we have penetrated the defence we can then tack a palm strike or a fist onto the end of our Bong Sau and turn it into a strike while keeping contact with his arm and protecting ourselves at the same time.
In ours it does both , for example we will have the intention of striking through , but the strike is blocked or we are met with too much force so we will go into a Bong Sau to redirect and trap the opponents force.
The other way we use it is to attack the opponents balance , this is
where we will carefully coordinate rotating into Bong Sau with our step.
Done properly this will have the effect of uprooting the opponent out of his stance and weakening his arm structure.
At the point where we have penetrated the defence we can then tack a palm strike or a fist onto the end of our Bong Sau and turn it into a strike while keeping contact with his arm and protecting ourselves at the same time.