Studio X: Short Forms: Rank 4

Like the rank 3 short forms these all have two sides, left and right. Right goes first and starts with a right-handed attack.

Key

Strikes

• BB: Bird Break
• BF: Backfist
• BSw: Back Sweep
• CFSw: Circular Front Sweep
• CS: Cat Stance
• DBB: Downward Backfist Block
• DDBB: Double Downward Backfist Block
• DFFB: Double Forward Forearm Block
• DDPB: Double Downward Palm Block
• DPB: Downward Palm Block
• E: Elbow
• FSw: Front Sweep
• HP: Horizontal Punch
• IB: Intercepting Block
• ISH: Inward Sidehand
• LHS: Leg-Hanging Stance
• NS: Natural Stance
• RHK: Roundhouse Kick
• RP: Reverse Punch
• SK: Snap Kick
• TH: Twist Hit

Targets

• E: Elbow
• W: Wrist

23

		SK DBB		Left
IB		HP
		BF
TH		IB
		BF
IB		TH
BF
HP BS
	↑	IB
SK DBB				Right
HP		IB
		BF
IB		TH
BF
TH		IB
		BF
		BS HP
IB	↑
	NS

24

HP BS				Left
	↑	IB
		CS RP
UB	↓
		BS HP
IB	↑
RP CS
	↓	UB
HP BS
	↑	IB
		BS HP		Right
IB	↑
RP CS
	↓	UB
HP		BS
	↑	IB
		CS RP
UB	↓
		BS HP
IB	↑
	NS

25

	↻	SK DBB		Left
BS UB→		BSw→ HP→
	↺	FSw
RSH		DPB→
		(ROW) ⇈ BB  (RIH) ⇊ (LOW)
HP BS
	↑	IB
SK DBB	↺			Right
←BSw ←HP		←UB BS
FSw	↻
←DPB		RSH
(LOW) ⇈ BB
		BS HP
IB	↑
	NS

26

		RHK		Left
(RIE) ⇈ (OW)  HP		(ROW) ⇈ (OW)  HP	(1)
HP BS
	↑	IB
RHK				Right
(RIW) ⇈ (OW)  HP		(ROE) ⇈ (OW)  HP	(1)
		BS HP
IB	↑
	NS

1 Opponent's arm should be bent ~90° at the elbow, forming a convenient lever for application of force by the backs of the hands.

27

SK		RP		Left
TH		SK
IB BS		HP
	↺
	HS DFFB
	↻
HP BS		↓HP
	↑↺
LHS	DFFB
	↻
RP		SK			Right
SK		TH
HP		BS IB
	↻
	HS DFFB
	↺
↓HP		BS HP
	↑↻
	DFFB	LHS
	↺
	NS

28

SK		RP		Left
TH		SK
IB BS		HP
	↑
ISH CS		UB	(1)
	↓
HP BS		↓HP
	↺↑
LHS	DFFB
	↻
RP		SK			Right
SK		TH
HP		BS IB
	↑
UB		CS ISH	(1)
	↓
↓HP		BS HP
	↻↑
	DFFB	LHS
	↺
	NS

1 This is a low, inward sidehand which comes across the performer's knees to deflect an incoming kick. In reality this might also be executed as an open-handed parry.

29

	DDBB			Left
HP BS
	↑	IB
	DDBB
		BS HP
IB	↑
HP		CS
	↓	UB
		BS RP
	↻180°
RP BS
↓BF	↺180°
↓E		BS
	↓
	NS
	↑			Right
	DDBB
		BS HP
IB	↑
	DDBB
HP BS
	↑	IB
CS		HP
UB	↓
RP BS
	↺180°
		BS RP
	↻180°	↓BF
BS		↓E
	↓
	NS

30

		SK		Left
		CFSw
RSH		DPB→
		(ROW) ⇈ BB  (RIH) ⇊ (LOW)
HP BS
	↑	IB
←DDBB	↺
		LHS
IS	⊙↻450°	OS
BS	DDPB
	↓↻180°
RP BS
↓BF	↺180°
↓E		BS
	↓
	NS
HP BS				Right
	↑	IB	(1)
SK			(1)
CFSw
←DPB		RSH
(LOW) ⇈ BB  (LIH) ⇊ (ROW)
		BS HP
IB	↑
	↻	DDBB→
LHS
OS	⊙↺450°	IS
	DDPB	BS
	↓↺180°
		BS RP
	↻180°	↓BF
BS		↓E
	↓
	NS

1 This block/punch sequence is glue material between the left and right halves of the form; there is no corresponding block/punch at the end of the left side.