Combat Application of Amitabha Palm
I had just finished my practice and was going out to meet some friends at a local café for happy hour. As usual I parked a block or two away so as to enjoy a small walk before entering the café. As I rounded the corner, I noticed a man approaching in a Snake or like manner, meaning that his path of walking was staggered and zig-zagging. His shen was “dark”, I could tell he was definitely under the influence of something, I do not believe just alcohol.
I naturally read his intention, and became calmly alarmed, if I were a dog (which I am, ie Chinese zodiac) my ears were up. Earlier in my training, Sifu had warned me about people who harbour bad intentions and walk in a zig-zag fashion. I remember him saying,
“People who wish to harm you and walk directly at you with arms raised are quite foolish as they invite the conflict, be aware of this, but be more careful of those who zig-zag with their head down, for they may take you by surprise, and hit you when you least suspect it”
I was warned, and recognized the situation, I read the situation before it happened, the man approaching wished to mug me, throw an seemingly easy but brutal blow to my head, and make off quickly.
But here I wish to interject and point out a crucial point. When I say I read this situation, I do not mean that in a mystical visionary sense, naturally this has evolved from training the Shaolin arts, and I have tried and tested it naturally. As proof, here is another story, within a story.
While visiting another prominent Kung Fu school, one of the senior students decided they wanted to have fun and test me a bit. He approached me with his right hand concealed behind his back, and a smile on his face. So I asked him, “Why do you wish to hit me in the sternum with that Phoenix Eye fist you hide behind your back.”
“What are you talking about?” He jokingly replied as he exposed the fist and confirmed my judgment to be true.
We both laughed.
Shortly after, as we walked up a set of stairs he was behind me. And upon feeling his intention again I politely asked him if he didn’t mind removing his intention to hit me in my mingmen with yet again another Phoenix Eye fist.
“Wow, your good he said!”
I replied, “Of course, you know who my Sifu is!”
We laughed and joked about our, sparring.
I tell this part of the story to prove that my assessment was in no way an erroneous assumption, this skill has been tried and tested naturally through the course of living my life with joy and freedom.
Anyways, back to the original story.
As I before stated, I felt the approaching man’s intent and instinctively knew the technique he was most likely to use against me (a high strike to the side of my head). At the time I had my hands in my pockets at which I felt very unsafe, so as the man drew closer and his winding footsteps brought him to descend upon me from my left, I calmly brought my hands out of my pockets and performed the Amitabha Palm, found in the 4-gates set. My timing was excellent, skill and force present. At the precise time when I executed this pattern the I felt a deep shockwave of force, which also shocked me a bit, and the man literally bounced away and let go a snickering dark laugh. WOW!
I walked a few more paces, then turned around and watched the man walk a half a block more to make sure he didn’t try to hurt anyone else, which he didn’t. I continued on to Happy Hour at a café, and told the bartender the story, he said, “Yea, you never know what you’ll get walking around down here!”
I hoped you enjoyed my account, and before I state a few of my conclusions from this interaction, I welcome others to share the conclusions they make from this story.
Best Wishes,
Adam
I had just finished my practice and was going out to meet some friends at a local café for happy hour. As usual I parked a block or two away so as to enjoy a small walk before entering the café. As I rounded the corner, I noticed a man approaching in a Snake or like manner, meaning that his path of walking was staggered and zig-zagging. His shen was “dark”, I could tell he was definitely under the influence of something, I do not believe just alcohol.
I naturally read his intention, and became calmly alarmed, if I were a dog (which I am, ie Chinese zodiac) my ears were up. Earlier in my training, Sifu had warned me about people who harbour bad intentions and walk in a zig-zag fashion. I remember him saying,
“People who wish to harm you and walk directly at you with arms raised are quite foolish as they invite the conflict, be aware of this, but be more careful of those who zig-zag with their head down, for they may take you by surprise, and hit you when you least suspect it”
I was warned, and recognized the situation, I read the situation before it happened, the man approaching wished to mug me, throw an seemingly easy but brutal blow to my head, and make off quickly.
But here I wish to interject and point out a crucial point. When I say I read this situation, I do not mean that in a mystical visionary sense, naturally this has evolved from training the Shaolin arts, and I have tried and tested it naturally. As proof, here is another story, within a story.
While visiting another prominent Kung Fu school, one of the senior students decided they wanted to have fun and test me a bit. He approached me with his right hand concealed behind his back, and a smile on his face. So I asked him, “Why do you wish to hit me in the sternum with that Phoenix Eye fist you hide behind your back.”
“What are you talking about?” He jokingly replied as he exposed the fist and confirmed my judgment to be true.
We both laughed.
Shortly after, as we walked up a set of stairs he was behind me. And upon feeling his intention again I politely asked him if he didn’t mind removing his intention to hit me in my mingmen with yet again another Phoenix Eye fist.
“Wow, your good he said!”
I replied, “Of course, you know who my Sifu is!”
We laughed and joked about our, sparring.
I tell this part of the story to prove that my assessment was in no way an erroneous assumption, this skill has been tried and tested naturally through the course of living my life with joy and freedom.
Anyways, back to the original story.
As I before stated, I felt the approaching man’s intent and instinctively knew the technique he was most likely to use against me (a high strike to the side of my head). At the time I had my hands in my pockets at which I felt very unsafe, so as the man drew closer and his winding footsteps brought him to descend upon me from my left, I calmly brought my hands out of my pockets and performed the Amitabha Palm, found in the 4-gates set. My timing was excellent, skill and force present. At the precise time when I executed this pattern the I felt a deep shockwave of force, which also shocked me a bit, and the man literally bounced away and let go a snickering dark laugh. WOW!
I walked a few more paces, then turned around and watched the man walk a half a block more to make sure he didn’t try to hurt anyone else, which he didn’t. I continued on to Happy Hour at a café, and told the bartender the story, he said, “Yea, you never know what you’ll get walking around down here!”
I hoped you enjoyed my account, and before I state a few of my conclusions from this interaction, I welcome others to share the conclusions they make from this story.
Best Wishes,
Adam
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