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SALUTATION

Before each lesson or practice session, teachers and students greet each other with a Horse Stance Salutation. The Salutation is also given at the end of each lesson.

Slide your left foot out to a Horse Stance while raising your right fist, elbow bent, to a position in front of the center of your chest, as in fig. ssss1. (This fist signifies power.) Now, cover your fist with your left hand (signifying peace) as in fig. ssss1. Draw your left foot back to your right, drop your clasped hands to your waist, and bow forward with head and eyes pointing downward. In this way you show respect for your fellow students and for the ancient art that you are about to practice.

THE REVERSE PUNCH

The Reverse Punch is one of the most elementary hand strikes taught in Kenpo. To learn the punching technique, first assume a Horse Stance. Make fists (fig. ssss1) and place them in tight against your hip bones, palm-side upward (fig. ssss1). Your point of focus (the area you wish to punch) is located one arm's length in front of your solar plexus, which is the soft area just beneath your breastbone.