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Whenever possible, all techniques should be chambered (cocked) before execution and after so maximum power may be imparted into the technique. In training this is an overt, complete motion, while in an actual self-defense situation, it is usually a covert, truncated motion. In a self-defense situation, most techniques are executed with minimal, if any, chambering, except for the coup de grace, when a full chambered, full power technique is used to finish off the attacker.

Chambering for kicks usually involves raising the knee. In the side kick, hook, or heel kicks, the knee of the kicking leg is pulled back across the front of the body with the lower leg held parallel to the floor. This allows all the large muscles of the upper leg to thrust behind the foot. If the kick were to come straight from the floor to the target, it would not be as powerful and it would be easy for the opponent to block or jam. By re-chambering the leg to this high cocked position, it makes it easier to execute subsequent powerful kicks without returning the foot to the floor. In the roundhouse kick, the knee of the kicking leg lifts straight up with the shin parallel to the floor for the same reasons as the side kick.

Chambering for hand techniques usually involves crossing the arms. Depending on the technique used, the attacking arm may cross over or under the other arm. The arms are tightly crossed one over the other with one elbow over the other. From this position, if either arm is grabbed, the other is free to react. If the arms are crossed with one in front of the other, if the leading arm is grabbed and pushed backward, it will trap the other arm and prevent any reaction with the arms.

If chambering is always used in training sessions, it will led to quick techniques that also have maximum power. Like everything else, it takes extensive training to chamber quick enough to make blocks ineffective. 

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