Host defence against disease causing microbes involves actively identifying and eliminating invading pathogens. This begins with the innate immune system where host phagocytes engulf and destroy these microbes, followed by triggering of an adaptive immune response. The success of a pathogen depends on it...
(an offshoot of Shaolin that Gina Marchetti: Martial Arts, North and South 82 EnterText 6.1 features strong "external" hand techniques based on rakes and gouges) and the "soft" style of Pai Mei (known for its "internal" techniques in which defence is based on "sucking in" vulnerable ...