Basic principles of defending against punches.DISCLAIMER: These clips are for entertainment and general informational purposes only. We are not instructing you, or encouraging you to do or to believe anything, except to view, enjoy, and think. Never forget that martial arts, like any rigorous course of physical activity, presents the risk of injury, sometimes serious, disabling, or even fatal. Actual techniques should only be practiced in a controlled environment emphasizing safety, under the direct supervision of a Black Belt instructor (in whom you have trust and confidence), and only after you have been cleared by your personal physician. The Gun Fu Manual (www.ironcrane.com establishes the criteria and performance expectations for those who undertake this particular path of personal growth. Because the scope of the style is so broad, testing criteria are defined by outcome, and not by how you are to achieve the outcome. For example, in demonstrating your competence in self defense, you would have to execute valid and complete responses to named attacks, within a given window of time (the time window would vary depending on your level). You determine what response to present, just so long as you accomplish the performance objective. This represents the crystallization of your training into confident performance. It is for this reason that Gun Fu has many guises and appearances. It is rare that two Black Belts will execute in exactly the same way. Gun Fu intends that …