rmcrobertson said:
Um...are all those eye slices? I'd thought that--in at least some of the applications--the later two, 'eye slices,' were grabs/manipulations of the hands that come up in response to the opening two eye slices...which, themselves, might be responses to a hand coming up in response to the right hammer/forearm?
They are six eye slices if you are doing it as written (which I have never considered binding....) Here is what I have as far as it is written (see moves 7-10 below) which is how I was taught the technique -- and you know the quote from Yul Brenner in The Ten Commandments, "So let it be written; so let it be done" but we all know what happened to him in the movie....
Again, I do like the first few moves of the technique, but I just can't see doing 6 eye slices. Maybe it is good hand dexterity training, but I think Finger Set is better for that. My personal opinion.
If you guys have changed that technique, let us know your version.
Thanks
Derek
Circling Windmills (Front- Two-Hand Push followed by a Right Punch)
1. An attacker at 12 o'clock pushes you with both hands.
2. Step back with your hands raised to say "I don't want any trouble." Your attacker follows with a right step-through punch.
3. Step back into a left neutral bow facing 12 o'clock as you execute a right upward / extended outward block to the outside of your attacker's right arm. Simultaneous with this block, execute a left palm strike to your attacker's solar plexus.
4. Circle your left hand counterclockwise as you claw up and out to your attacker's face. (Your arm should remain in a blocking position in order to keep your attacker's right arm in check.) Simultaneous with this strike, execute a right inward hammerfist to your attacker's left ribs.
5. Have your right hand circle clockwise up and under your attacker's right arm into a right upward parry to expose the right side of your attacker's body. Simultaneous with this upward parry, execute a left inward hammerfist to your attacker's right ribs.
6. Step your right foot to 12 o'clock into a right neutral bow as you buckle the inside of your attacker's right knee. With this motion, have your left hand reverse its circle and check your attacker's right arm diagonally down and simultaneously execute a right inward hammerfist across the bridge of your attacker's nose.
7. From the right neutral bow, execute a right outward horizontal finger slice (palm down) to your attacker's eyes. Follow immediately with a right inward horizontal finger slice (palm up) across your attacker's eyes. Execute another right outward horizontal finger slice to your attacker's eyes. (While slicing at the eyes, maintain your left hand against your attacker's right arm.)
8. Pivot into a right front rotating twist stance as you execute a left inward raking backfist to the bridge of your attacker's nose. (Your right hand will now check your attacker's right arm to their body.)
9. Pivot back into a right neutral bow as you execute a left outward horizontal finger slice across your attacker's eyes.
10. Execute a right front crossover sweep to 7:30 to your attacker's right foot as you execute a left inward horizontal finger slice across your attacker's eyes. As you settle into your twist stance, execute a left outward horizontal finger slice across your attacker's eyes.
11. Step your left foot to 7:30 into a right neutral bow facing 12 o'clock as your left hand grabs your attacker's right wrist to counter manipulate them. Simultaneously execute a right palm strike to your attacker's chin.
12. Using your attacker's chin as a Pivot Point, execute a right inward five finger circular claw (counterclockwise motion) while you pivot into a right reverse bow.
13. While maintaining the left hand grab to your attacker's right wrist, hook your right hand hand to the right and then back of your attacker's neck. Anchor your elbow and pull them down into a right heel hook. (Your arm acts as a brace and a sandwich.)
14. Land forward from your kick and execute a right front crossover to 7:30 as you execute a right rising back knuckle strike to your attacker's face.
15. Execute a left spinning rear kick to any available target on your attacker.
16. Land in a left front crossover and cross out.
