Bagwork and sparring teaches a student how to use all parts of the body from hands, forearms, elbows, feet, shins and knees. It also focuses on: attack and defense; angles of attacks and defending; changing planes or levels; head movement; footwork;body movement and efficiency; conditioning of hands, arms, feet and legs; increasing tempo or speed; accuracy; stamina; strength and power; reaction and timing; deflection and counterattacking; trapping and takedowns; short and long attacks; bridging distance and above all reinforcement of techniques.

Choy Lee Fut Pennant Hills teaches sparring and bagwork. A student will learn the basic en guard position as well as attacking and defending techniques. Techniques are similar to boxing, kickboxing, muay thai and chinese kickboxing or Sanda. Techniques are also derived from the forms which are practiced on kick shields and with focus mitts. Practicing with kick shields allows the student to focus on conditioning, technique, and power. Focus mitts are used for speed, power and accuracy. Shadow boxing helps the student reinforce their techniques. Once the techniques become common, they can be applied to two man application drills and two man sparring. This involves free sparring and sparring with full padding ie chest guard, groin guard, shin guard, mouth guard, head gear and gloves.

Choy Lee Fut basics focus on “Bakgwa or 8 diagram angles”. This means angles of attacks can be from top to bottom, bottom to top, 45 degrees (left, right, up and down) and horizontal. These attacks can be executed with hands, forearms, elbow, feet, shins, and knees.

Basic hands and elbows learnt

Basic hand and elbow blocks learnt

Basics kicks and knees that are learnt

  • Cheung Ngan – spearing eyes punch
  • Charp Choy – stabbing punch
  • Loy Yum Choy – screwdriver punch
  • Yum Charp – screwdriver stabbing punch
  • Chune Choy – penetrating punch
  • Bil Jong – flicking Punch
  • Sau Choy – hooking punch with fist and forearm
  • Cup Choy – hooking punch with finger joints and knuckles
  • Pek Choy – stamping punch with fist or forearm
  • Dart Choy – backfist punch with fist
  • Gwa Choy – backfist punch with fist or forearm
  • Deng Choy – verticle punch using knuckles
  • Bao Jung – forward attack using the elbow
  • Sau Jung – sweeping attack using the elbow
  • Pau Jung – upward attack using the elbow
  • Wang Jung -horizontal attack using the elbow
  • Jet Kiu – centre block pushing with forearms
  • Chune – outside penetrating block past the centre-line using forearm or wrist
  • Yeung Kiu – outside yang block past the centre-line using forearm
  • Poon Kiu – inside block pushing down using wrist or hand
  • Au Sau – inside hooking block using wrist or inside of forearm
  • Gwa Choy – outside block past the centre-line using back hand, wrist or forearm
  • Pek Kiu – outside block past the centre-line using wrist or outside of forearm
  • Chin Jee – inside block using wrist or forearm
  • Gung Kiu – double block pushing with forearms to neck and chest
  • Gort Kiu – lower mid-section outside block past the centre-line using wrist or forearm
  • Gwan Kiu – lower mid-section inside block using wrist or forearm
  • Bao Jung – pushing block using the elbow
  • Sau Jung – sweeping block using the elbow
  • Pau Jung – upward block using the elbow
  • Wang Jung -horizontal block using the elbow
  • Jong Saat – strike knee to the centre-line for attacking and defending
  • Gwan Saat – circular knee to the outside of body for attacking and defending
  • Dung Geuk – straight push kick with heel of foot
  • Deng Geuk – straight nail kick with ball of foot
  • Sau Geuk – sweeping roundhouse kick with shin or top of foot
  • Chan Geuk – pushing sidekick above the waist with heel or blade of foot
  • Jarp Geuk – jamming kick below the waist with blade of foot
  • Yeung Geuk – yang kick lower than the waist with instep of foot
  • Chow Geuk – uprooting kick lower than the waist from top of foot and shin area
  • Dung Chan Geuk – spinning pushing side kick with blade or heel of foot
  • Au Sau Geuk – spinning hook kick with heel of foot
  • Kao Tun – takedown kick using heel of foot