XING YI QUAN FIVE ELEMENT FIST

PAO QUAN, THE POUNDING FIST OF THE FIRE ELEMENT

Pao Quan, or Pounding Fist, is of the Fire Element. Xing Yi Quan Xue describes it "like a shell shot out from a cannon...has the most intense property in the most vigorous style" (P. 104). 

Being part of the Fire Element, Pao Quan belongs to the heart. It is indeed very explosive.

Looking at this fist, I am intrigued by the fact that it, unlike most of the other Wuxing, or Five Element, fists, uses the rear fist to attack. At least, Pi Quan, Beng Quan, and Zuan Quan all attack with the leading hand. Pao Quan seems to be different. :P

Pao Quan is applied to the inside, where the leading arm intercepts and lifts an oncoming strike just as the rear fist shoots out to hit the heart or ribs. Pao Quan is quick, but can be countered by the uppercutting Zuan Quan fist (as Water trumps Fire). However, Pao Quan is counter to Pi Quan, as Fire destroys Metal in Xing Yi.