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Tan Sao: Raising Hand

the concept of the Tan Sao is to learn to connect from the outside of the persons hand sliding down the persons arm.

Some principles:

Create a straight wrist A common mistake people make is they have a bent wrist. (refer to the video)

As long as your tan sao is in the center and you can use your wrist to re-direct the persons force.

A good tan sao will help to disapate energy by raising the force upward. This will give you a leveraged position.

The goal of a tan sao is to not push the energy, rather it was designed to guide the energy around the arm. Giving you the ability to control your oppenents energy.

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