螳螂八打八不打總論/Tanglang Ba Da Ba Bu Da Zong Lun – Tanglang’s Eight Strike Eight No Strike Overall Theory

八打/Ba Da – Eight Strikes:

一打眉頭雙睛(眉弓及眼睛處)，

二打唇上人中(人中穴的一點)，

三打穿腮耳門(面頰和耳門處)，

四打背後骨縫(肩胛骨內外緣)，

五打肺腑胸膛(兩肋骨頭區域)，

六打撩陰高骨(恥骨上方部份)，

七打鶴膝虎頭(髕骨小腿上節)，

八打破骨幹斤(臁骨手臂中節)；

1. Strike the brows above both eyes (the eyebrows’ arch & both eye sockets)

2. Strike the lip on Renzhong (the Renzhong cavity’s point)

3. Strike through the cheek ear gate (the cheek & ear gate point)

4. Strike the back’s rear bone seam (the shoulder blades’ inner & outer edges)

5. Strike the lung organ’s chest cavity (both rib bones beginning area)

6. Strike with Scoop the Yin toward the raised bone (the area of the pubic bone’s upper part)

7. Strike the Crane’s Knee & Tiger’s Head (the patella on the lower leg & above the joint)

8. Strike & break the bones of the frame sharply (the bones within the arm & leg joints)

八不打/Ba Bu Da – Eight No Strikes:

一不打太陽為首(太陽穴的部份)，

二不打對正鎖口(胸口劍突區域)，

三不打中心內壁(硬軟肋結合部)，

四不打兩肋太極(兩腋下的部份)，

五不打海底撩陰(下陰的整體處)，

六不打兩腎對心(腰眼左右區域)，

七不打尾閭風府(骶尾骨的區域)，

八不打兩耳扇風(耳窩及周邊處)。

1. Don’t strike Taiyang on the head (Taiyang cavity’s area)

2. Don’t strike at the main lock gate (the pit of the stomach’s protruding area)

3. Don’t strike the heart’s inner rampart (the stiff part where the ribs join)

4. Don’t strike the two rib origins (the area of both armpits)

5. Don’t strike the Seabottom with Scoop the Yin (the body’s lower Yin point)

6. Don’t strike both kidneys’ facing centers (the holes on both sides of the lower back)

7. Don’t strike the Weilu & Wind Mansion (the sacrum & tailbone areas)

8. Don’t strike the two ears with fanning winds (the ear hollows & surrounding points)

八打者，使之疼痛昏迷，應手而即倒也，故眉頭雙睛之等處宜打之。八不打者，俱系傷命之處，其人罪不至死，不必取其性命，故太陽鎖口等處宜避之。

The Eight Strikes are for causing an opponent to feel pain & lose consciousness, they are convenient & quick to throw out, therefore they are all appropriate targets. The Eight No Strikes are without exception linked to life wounding points, if a person isn’t guilty to death then there’s no need to take his life, therefore it is appropriate that they should all be avoided.