technique discussion: pau choih

[htowndragon]

CLF and Lama, both very powerful techniques. question is, can you land it?

[diego]

i just jump left bow stance into him and press his upper body with my left hand and pow to the gut with added batman sound efx How do you do it in theory and can you land it?.

[Jeong]

Sometimes yeah. It's a good technique because most fighting doesn't come down the vertical line. I almost always use it as a defense technique, someone comes at me and I deflect, move in, and come over the top with Pau Choy.

[Steeeve]

You forget to mention hung gar ,Fu jow pai,tong bei,wing chun,pakua hsing I and so on used the pau choi...the vertical upward attack or defense...different names,different used ,different weapons....

You should be more descriptive about the chinese name you used ....

Steeve

[htowndragon]

its hard to be descriptive with chinese. since i am chinese, its kinda like "you should know what i'm talking about" lol

[The Xia]

Here is a photo of Lam Sai Wing striking with a pau choih.
http://www.lghk.org/en/gallery/lsw/pages/027_jpg.htm
It's used quite a few times in this video.
http://youtube.com/watch?v=a6Kx4iXZbW8

[lkfmdc]

Here is a photo of Lam Sai Wing striking with a pau choih.
http://www.lghk.org/en/gallery/lsw/pages/027_jpg.htm

in Lama Pai, that is a Pak Yik Paau, not a "pure" Paau

[lkfmdc]

this is Paau Choih

http://lionsroar.name/david_22.jpg

the pic is probably older than a lot of you on here

[bigdoing]

I've always used pau like an upercut. Thats how it was explained to me.
So, yeah, its not hard to land. its an upper cut....with more extension depending on the range.

Actually when I fight (its been a while)....so when i did fight......I worked one combo a lot....(chinese names from my teacher, im probably wrong ill just use english.)

combo....left hand faint.....right hand upper cut (pau)....left hand horizontal sao..right hand 45.sao....

I dirlled this combo a lot..stances vary dependent on situation obviously.

but yeah.....my two cents.

[jdhowland]

The most frequent use of paau that i've seen in sparring is as an uppercut with the arm bent. My favorite use is the classical longhand paau simultaneous strike and throw with the upper arm to the opponent's axilla coupled with "white crane skims water." When it's done right, the fist never touches your opponent. I love the deception in Chinese arts.

[CaliKF]

There are many variations of Pao Choih. In CLF and Hung the straight arm is probably one of the most common or "familiar" (for lack of a better word) as lkfmdc posted a picture of. Then you have the reverse or Fon Pao, the upper cut that we refer to as jiu geng pao.

I would say that the uppercut would be the "easiest" to land but when you combine the techniques like fan pao / pao then landing the straight arm can be landed as well. I don't use pao choih as an advancing or initiating movement as much as I do a defensive or reactive one.

[sanjuro_ronin]

Pau Chui = cannon fist ?

[lkfmdc]

Pau Chui = cannon fist ?

we actually use the charater for "sling"

[sanjuro_ronin]

we actually use the charater for "sling"

Singapore Sling ??

[CaliKF]

we actually use the charater for "sling"

Is there a corrilation for the sling and cannon? What I mean is we call it cannon fist as well. But I was wondering if the reason for the sling charachter would be because they didn't have one for that particular word?

Thanks