Place a long hose on the ground. The hose is curled.

Next, connect the long hose to a tap. Now turn on the tap a little. The water comes out through the hose which is still curled.

If you turn on the tap to the maximum, the water will surge out strongly, straightening the hose. This is basically what the training of the Elongated Wrist does. It turns on the energy from your body out through the wrist, onwards to the hand and towards the target area.

Sometimes people ask me how does one do a palm strike with a straightened wrist. You can’t. When you strike with an open palm, your wrist will naturally bend. But the energy is still flowing through the wrist.

This is why a palm strike may look like a light slap but the struck opponent seems to be hit by a disproportionate larger force. Without the Elongated Wrist training a light slap is just a light slap.

Train the Elongated Wrist until you feel as if you no longer have a wrist. Then keep training until even if you bend your wrist the energy flow is still there.