Pak Sau
拍手
Literally: slapping hand
Also known as: Paak sau, Slapping hand
The slapping hand of Wing Chun: the palm shoots forward and collapses the opponent's contact arm; it differs from lap sau and tan sau.
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Pak sau (拍手), literally slapping hand, is a Wing Chun technique. The palm shoots forward in a rising, oblique motion, catches the opponent's contact arm, the bridge, and collapses it. It differs from lap sau, which pulls the arm down and opens the centerline, and tan sau, which deflects pressure upward off the centerline, precisely by the slap. Wing Chun is practiced from a relatively high, narrow stance with elbows close to the body, from which the hand techniques are performed. The style is southern Chinese kung fu of uncertain origin with at least eight family branches, of which Yip Man's and Yuen Kay-shan's are the most widespread.