Records of Military Preparations, Volume 88: Training Systems, Part 1; Teaching Arts, Part 5

Manual for the First Route of Breaking the Staff

Four-Level, Intercept Externally, Thrust Internally

The method states: Circle externally and intercept, then circle internally. Watch me stand in the Four-Level position; the opponent intercepts my external circle and thrusts into my internal circle.

Double Seal, Single Block

The opponent thrusts into my internal circle; I split open the opponent's staff and thrust into their internal circle—whether at the hand, the heart, or the ribs—the external circle is the same.

Sealing the Spear and Locking the Gate

The opponent thrusts into my internal circle; I leverage the staff away, advance, and thrust into the opponent's throat.