Single hand push hands with counterstrikes

This footage is about 20 years old, and it is of Suehiko and myself doing single hand push hands . His first attempt at pushing me is neutralized because he formed his palm too soon creating a hollow at the

and inviting me to pluck him off-line and thrust towards his throat. The second interaction has me plucking him as he steps in before, he lands on his front foot, I counter thrusting towards his throat. The idea is to not let him get settled, so when I pluck him, he loses his center and control. The next interaction has me using the folding technique, causing him to fall into emptiness on his right side and allowing my elbow to strike his throat. When he recoils from this, I unfold striking at his throat, and then pull him in from his defensive hand and strike him with my left hand to his throat and then I follow up with a brush knee move striking him to his neck. All of these strikes are the result of me first de-stabilizing his posture with a gentle plucking technique.

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