I subscribe to a marketing newsletter. The latest newsletter begins with this quote :-

“Music is essentially 12 notes between any octave – 12 notes and the octave repeats. It’s the same story told over and over, forever. All any artist can offer this world is how they see those 12 notes. That’s it.”

• Bobby Maine (played by Sam Elliott) in A Star is Born (2018)

To me the five major strikes are like musical notes, five notes instead of twelve notes. We apply the five major strikes at short, mid or long range just like how the same twelve musical notes can be played at different octaves.

Once you are familiar with the five major strikes individually learn to string them up to form combinations. Try using them first at the long range because that is how you practice them in the beginning.

As you become more and more well versed, try applying the five major strikes at the mid range before progressing to the short range. My original impression of a technique like Sau Chui is that it is a long range technique but interestingly you can use Sau Chui at the short range. It is matter of how to do it exactly.

So begin with simple steps. Look into how to use Yum Chui, then tack on another major strike and another until you have at least three strikes in a row. It can be as simple as three Yum Chui, one after another or two Yum Chui followed by a Sau Chui.