52 Blocks These blocks are basically used as offensive blocks in this defensive system. 1. Skull & Crossbones.

This is only a bong sao with a back up hand. Opp throws a straight left jab. You execute Skull & Crossbones by lifting your left elbow up so that it is in line with your nose and the tip of your left elbow is at the level of your forehead. Your right hand is raised and placed on top of your left hand or behind your left arm. You rotate to your right side as you execute this block. Opponents fist will either land on your left elbow for a destruction or caught by your open right hand or deflected by your left forearm as in a bong sao. To counter, rush straight in with a left spearing elbow or left hooking elbow. 2. To counter, execute a straight or hook punch with your right hand or execute a left elbow strike. Do same on opposite side. Variation: You can use your same elbow to block both right and left srikes. 3. Closed Door or Half Rope a Dope. Opponent executes a left hook to your head. You execute a right rope a dope block and counter with a left upper cut punch at the same time as you block. Do the same with other side. Or, after you executed your closed door defense, check opponents right hand with your left hand and execute a back hand right spearing elbow to opponents face. This is where you use the closed door (right half rope a dope) to an open door for defense and attack by pointing your elbow outwards. 4. Open Door from right half rope a dope. From a right half rope a dope position, move your right elbow out to your right side so that it is intersecting with your sides center line or shirt and pants seams. Do same with opposite side. 5. Closed Door or Half Rope a Dope. Opponent executes a left hook to your head. You execute a right rope a dope block and counter with a left upper cut punch at the same time as you block. Do same with other side. 6. Triangle Trade. The basic Triangle Trade is executing outside slap blocks to knock straight punches down. Opponent executes a left jab, you counter by using a right slap block to outside of opponents left jabbing arm followed by a right horizontal elbow strike to left side of opponents head. Or, followed by a left horizontal elbow strike to right side of opponents head. You horizontal elbow strikes can turn into other types of follow strikes with the elbow.

Used against double left jab. Opponent throws a left jab. You execute a right slap block (pac sao) to outside of opponents left wrist. Opponent throws a second left jab. You execute a right half rope a dope and counter with a left straight punch of your own. Do same with other side. 7. Up Town. The basics of this movement is that you are rotating both of your arms in a circular movement into yourself on a horizontal plane as if you had two rags and waxing your car hood. Your left hand is circling clockwise and your right hand is circling counter clockwise. The goal is to place your same side arm on top of or the outside of the opponents straight punch and hook his elbow joint in the crook of your elbow on the same side and pull him off balance or just move his attacking arm outwards with this movement and execute a horizontal elbow smash with your hooking arm. Or, you could execute an elbow smash with your opposite arm. Used against double left jab. Opponent throws a left jab. You execute a right slap block (pac sao) to outside of opponents left wrist. Opponent throws a second left jab. You execute a left pac sao to inside of opponents left wrist and counter with a right hook punch of your own. Do same with other side. Variation: You can just execute a right hook punch after you execute your right pac sao. You can just execute a right hook punch after you execute your left pac sao. Note: This is the inside window movement in kung fu where both hands are circling to the inside. 8. The Book reading stance. Used against the left jab and double rope a dope defense. Opponent is in a double rope a dope defense. You execute a right hooking movement to hook opponents right forearm in the crook of your right arm and pull it down as you execute a left straight punch. Do same with other side. Opponent throws a left jab. You slap block (pac sao) to outside of opponents left elbow with your right hand and circle your right arm counter clockwise (jao sao) to trap opponents left arm in the crook of your right arm and pull opponent into your left straight punch. Do same with other side. Opponent throws a left jab. You slap block (pac sao) to outside of opponents left elbow with your right hand or throw a right hook to the outside of his

left elbow to push it to the side and rotate your hips to your left and execute a right elbow smash to opponents face followed by a straight left punch. 9. Cover the bullet. The basic block is that you execute a left slap block (pac sao) to the outside of opponents left wrist to knock his jab inwards away from your face and execute a left spearing elbow to opponents face. Do same on other side. Used against the left jab. Opponent throws a left jab. You execute a left slap block (pac sao) to the inside of opponents left wrist and guide it to the tip of your right elbow for a destruction as you raise your right arm up in a half rope a dope. Counter with an overhand left punch of your own. Note: This is the same as an elbow destruction from Paul Vanuk. Do same on other side. Variation: Instead of the destruction, you can just catch the opponents left jab in your own left hand while your right arm is in the half rope a dope position. Variation: Opponent throws a left jab. You execute a right slap block (pac sao) to the outside of opponents left wrist and guide it to the tip of your left elbow for a destruction as you raise your left arm up in a half rope a dope. Counter with an overhand right punch of your own. Note: This is the same as an elbow destruction from Paul Vanuk. Other defenses: High and Low Guan Sao. Your left arm is in a half rope a dope and your right arm is below it horizontally at your belt line with right palm facing outwards. From this position, point your left elbow to your extreme left. Right hand then goes to a right palm up block to a bong sao to a right slap block. Left bong sao, left slap block, left and right inside cirles to skull and crossbones with right hand on top as catching hand. Right half rope a dope with left hand horizontal under it. To skull and crossbones with left hand on top as catching hand. To skull and crossbones with right hand on top as catching hand. Right bong sao as wheeling smash. Left bong sao as wheeling smash. Right and left bullet covers. Right and left S&C. Right and left half rope a dopes. Right and left Dracs. X block. Inside circles with one arm smashing down on opponents arm with the other arm smashing down afterwards. To left and right dracs. To skull and crossbones with left hand

on top as catching hand to right palm up block. To right elbow pointing to your extreme right side with fist straight up. To right traditional forearm block to inside followed by your left arm going through your right arm and turning into a left half rope a dope. To left elbow pointing to your extreme left side with fist straight up. Right bong sao to drac to inward circles to S&C. to X block. To half rope a dopes to bong sao to dracs to bullet catching with both hands. Variation: Your right hand is on the left side of your face and your left arm is pointing down outside of your left leg. 10. Revolving Doors. You start out with a right half rope a dope. Rotate your hips to your left and you execute a downward bong sao (forearm strike) and circle your right elbow in a counter clockwise manner and back to a right half rope a dope. 11. Circling elbows. You start out with a right half rope a dope. Rotate your hips to your left and you execute a downward right elbow smash and circle your right elbow in a counter clockwise manner and back to a right half rope a dope. 12. Double Guard. You start out with a right half rope a dope. Rotate your hips to your left and place your left hand over your right elbow. 13. The Shield. This is a diagonal Drac with first pointing up and away. 14. The Crown (X block). Protects you from overhand hooks or straight punches to your head. 15. Downward elbows against upper cuts. Could use a downward pac sao with either hand but I do not advocate that. Too weak. 16. Supported half rope a dope. Here you execute a right half rope a dope defense but place your left palm against the inside of your left elbow for support. Do same with opposite side to protect against a right and left hook combo. 17. Windmills from kung fu. Could add weaving to this. 18. Rob the bank. Cross arm defense. Right hand is in the drac and the other hand is below the drac arm crossing the body for low line protection against upper cuts.

19. Supported Bong Sao. Execute a left bong sao but place right palm on elbow for support. Note: 52 blocks is not good against knife because sometimes the inside of your forearms are exposed to get gut; however, you can use 52 blocks with a knife to much effectiveness.

Training methods: Numerado. Have somebody hit at you where you only defend by using blocks. Then add counters Counter Punching. This is a person striking you and you block and use a counter PUNCH. Not combatives. Then counter with combatives. Misc Notes: A low bong sao can be used to block a low side kick. Most 52 and boxing blocks can be applied to kicks except you have to do them on the lower lines. Most 52 blocks against kicks have to do with executing elbow destructions to the kicking leg. 52 blocks uses one hand sticky hand techniques.