Lian Padukan primarily requires its exponent to execute a continuous barrage of hand, elbow, knee and foot strikes in combination. Lian does not emphasize locking and grappling as the means to end a fight. In Lian Padukan the primary motive is to knock down the opponent with the most pain-inflicting movements in the shortest time. Once the opponent is incapacitated, the Lian exponent has the choice of ending the fight with knock-out strikes or of restraining the opponent using locking techniques.