Po pai sou

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markt: which movement you mean? the 6th tiger? or the 1st leopard?

i think the idiom is related, it is the same idiom i have heard from my sisuk when i have asked him. he said. we have a saying, paai saan dou hoi, where paai saan means "row of mountain", and it is similar to lin waan 連環, ie. series of techniques, one after each other in succession.

[markt]

I mean the first leopard movement.
If I remember correctly, we also call this something like a 'grinding hand'.

[Mig]

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markt: yes, it is usually called "millstone hands".

Mig: although po paai sau is not (in our) gjffk, there are many references to it in the book, especially the section from gjffk sparring set.

[TenTigers]

looking at the meaning as breaking a barrage of continuous strikes-which is how I use it. If someone was using lien wan choy-chain punches, this technique "slides" inside, landing the saat geng sao-throat-killing palm. It is very "ballsy," but it works.
This was shown to me by WCK Sifu Alan Lee, who also trained in Hung Kuen. He said that this technique, or stepping off the line and landing sow choy were one of the only ways to beat chain punches. Pretty cool that a WCK Sifu shows Hung Kuen techniques to counter WCK!

[Daifong]

Ok, military formation was traditionally in terms of "rank" (as in, "front rank/ back rank") and "file" (as in, "single file")...

Sun Tzu said, "whether an army of one, or ten thousand, the principle is the same"...

Lead hand is called Chin Kap/ "front rank", rear hand then Hau Kap/ "back rank"...

Po = "Break"

Pai = "Rank"

Therefore, no matter ribs (Pai Guat), or head (Tou Bou), in Siu Lam Kyun bridging, we have today the Po Pai Sau Fat/ "Rank Breaking Hand Technique"...



Best,

Michael