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[Video of this waza fast and slow, from the side, and ideally, overhead]

Defense against a pursuit punch

• 7-3 inside with a simultaneous (Kūsankū) same-side downward pressing block and an opposite-side rising palmheel strike to the nose or chin.

Notes

T’ai Chi practitioners call this movement “Repulse the Monkey,” because when performed repeatedly, it looks as though you are fighting off an imaginary pack of hyperactive monkeys.