Bajiquan
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Bajiquan is a traditional Chinese martial art that features explosive, short-range power in close-combat and is well known for its rapid elbow and shoulder strikes. Its full name is kaimen bajiquan .
Bajiquan is also known as the "bodyguard style", as this was the style taught and used by personal bodyguards for Mao Zedong, Chiang Kai-shek and Puyi.
Master Wu Lianzhi, in the typical stance of bajiquan style
Zhou Jingxuan of Tianjin, holding a typical bajiquan posture. The sideways-protruding elbow is often used for striking in this art.
Strike (attack)
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A strike is a directed, forceful physical attack with either a part of the human body or with a handheld object, intended to cause blunt or penetrating trauma upon an opponent.
Senegalese Naval Infantry and US Marines practice striking.
Bas-relief of an elbow strike to the jaw at Angkor Wat(12th century) in Cambodia