Open-hand strikes

Open-hand strikes are basically any strike with the hand where a fist is not made. These strikes are stressed early in Viam Chao because of the potential for damage to the hand with closed-hand strikes like punches, especially for people with more delicate skeletal infrastructure in the hand.

Open-hand Strikes

 * arm blast
 * eye gouge - gouge, jab
 * knifehand - inside, outside, vertical
 * palm strike
 * ridgehand - inside, outside, vertical
 * wrist strike - (crane strike)