Pushing hands consists of partnered drills. The drills are designed to improve qualities useful in self defence such as sensitivity, balance, footwork, distance, timing and co-ordination.
There are eight major methods of pushing hands and these can be divided into fixed step or moving step.
Free style push hands allows students to test their skills developed in basic training and to compete in open competition.
Major fixed-step pushing hands (tuishou) drills include:
Major moving-step drills include:
There are eight major methods of pushing hands and these can be divided into fixed step or moving step.
Free style push hands allows students to test their skills developed in basic training and to compete in open competition.
Major fixed-step pushing hands (tuishou) drills include:
- Four Direction (the forces Peng, Lu, Ji, An)
- Reeling Silk/Chan Si
- Bow Down, Look up/Fu Yang
- Forearm Neutralizing/Zhou Lu
Major moving-step drills include:
- Four Corners (the forces Cai, Lie, Zhou, Kao - also called Eight Gates, Five Steps, or Dalu/Big Neutralizing
- Uprooting Wave/Cai Lang
- Seven Star Step
- Nine Palace Step
