For the next part, we move on to 6-NGK-3-B. This is the technique that NGK is famous for.

6-NGK-3-B Exercise No. 1

i) Imagine a strike at the centre of your chest. As you visualize the strike coming, step off the line of attack to your right, turning your body to the left as you do so and use your right index finger to help you to move to avoid the strike.

ii) As your right index finger does its work, stretch your right arm further up. This will cause your body to turn a bit more to the left, leaving your chest to be near parallel to the line of attack.

iii) Once your chest is near parallel to the line of attack, drop your right arm down, drawing an arc from 12 o’clock to 6 o’clock, ending with the palm of your right fist facing upwards.

iv) As you drop your right arm, relax your legs so that you will sit down into a horse stance.

Note – did you notice that this is the same block as 6-Blks-3? If yes, now you know how 6-Blks-3 is really performed. In fact, the above (i) to (iv) is basically the movement of 6-Blks-2 to 6-Blks-3.

6-NGK-3-B Exercise No. 2

In the first exercise we worked on the defending arm because it is the most important part of the technique.

You will get an interesting expression on your partner’s face when you apply this block properly.

After getting the hang of the block then we can add the punch.

i) Perform (i) to (iii) from 6-NGK-3-B Exercise No. 1.

ii) Now, as you move into the blocking motion of (iv) from 6-NGK-3-B Exercise No. 1, add the punch.

My teachers in NGK liken the movement of blocking and punching to that of turning a steering wheel. So as your blocking right arm moves to 6 o’clock, your left punching arm moves clockwise up to 12 o’clock as you punch forward.