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The spear-thrust is "hard" compared to the spear-shoot

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Besides piercing an opponent with the shooting-technique, you can also pierce him with the thrusting-technique. The thrust is “harder” than the shoot. Therefore it is preferred when piercing through hard objects, like an amour.

The thrust is performed by moving the spear forcefully forward with both hands holding it. The shoot is performed by holding the spear with the front hand as a pivot, and gliding it forward with the back hand.

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Yellow Dragon Emerges from Cave

After “Hold Bow Shoot Tiger” (shown in previous video clip) is the pattern “Yellow Dragon Emerges from Cave” which implements the thrusting technique. If an opponent tries to move away, chase after him with another thrust. Notice that earlier this Yellow Dragon pattern is performed with the spear like a staff, i.e. attacking with the blunt end of the spear shaft. Now the attack is with the spearhead.
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Thrust, Shoot and More Reach

Grandmaster Wong explains the difference between the Yellow Dragon pattern and the Hold Bow pattern. Both patterns are used for thrusting. Notice the difference between the thrust and the shoot as in the pattern “Green Dragon Shoots Pearl”. If an opponent is far away, you may move your back foot forward to your front foot. For more reach, you can move further forward and thrust with one hand.
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Stabbing an Opponent Without him Knowing

The various patterns are repeated in this video clip. Notice that when using the spear like a dagger, you move a step backward as an opponent closes on you, and you stab him without him realizing. When you use the spear like a staff, ensure that you do not cut your back hand with the blade of the spearhead.
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Mechanics of Thrust and Shoot

This is part of Sequence 4 of the set. After using the spear like a staff, you use it for some thrusts. Notice that in a shoot, you use your front left hand as a pivot and glide the spear shaft forward with your back right hand. In a thrust, you shove both hands forward at the same time.
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Thrusts from the Right, the Left and the Centre

Besides attacking from the centre, you may also use the thrust to attack from the right and from the left. The reach of the thrust is shorter than the shoot where you glide the whole spear shaft forward. What advantages you think this thrust, despite its shorter reach, has over the shoot?
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1. Introducing the Traveling Dragon Thirteen-Technique Spear
2. The Circling and the Thrusting Techniques of the Spear
3. Using the Spear against the Butterfly Knives and the Big Knife
4. Spear Counters against the Downward Chop and the Reversed Sweep of a Big Knife
5. The Spear against the Versatile Three-Sectional Staff
6. Circling and Shooting against Various Sweeps
7. Once you have the Skills, learning Techniques become Fast and Easy
8. Sharing Secrets of the Spear
9. The Shoot -- the Most Representative and Most Deadly of Spear Techniques
10. Learning Various Spear Techniques like Circling, Flicking and Lifting

11. How would you Counter the Downward Chop of a Big Knife?
12. Using the Spear like a Dagger or a Staff
13. The Spear Thrust and the Spear Shoot
14. Reviewing the first Five Sequences of the Set
15. Outside-Door and Inside-Door Applications
16. Covering the Four Corners against All Attacks
17. Remarkable Achievement at the Weapon Course
18. Making Flowers with the Spear
19. Various Ways of Making Flowers
20. Confusing your Opponents with Variations and Changes in Making Flowers

21. Learning the Spear Set in just Two Days
22. The Difference between Patterns and Techniques
23. The Thirteen Techniques of the Traveling Dragon Spear

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