THE CIRCLE AND THE FLICK OF A SPEAR
Application of Spear against Single Knife
What would you do if your opponent grips the shaft of your spear? A good technique to counter this is the “circle”, which is a very important aspect of spearsmanship. Circles can be big or small depending on the combat situations. Here Sifu Wong uses a big “circle” followed with a “flick”, which not only releases the opponent's grip but also injures him. The two patterns employed to execute the “circle” and the “flick” techniques are known as “Han Xin Waves Flag” and “Sha Ceng Flicks Spear”. (Han Xin was a famous general; Sha Ceng was formerly a general in heaven but re-incarnated to accompany the great monk Tripitaka bringing back Buddhist sutras from India to China.)
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