Notes
Continuation of Power Hour 1.
搂膝拗步 Lǒu Xī Ǎo Bù
- Second move: shovel heel out, go down on standing leg.
- Don’t move left hand - stays on line. Right hand doesn’t move forward.
- Third move: Left shoulder and kua come together.
- Don’t let the head go down.
- Right hand don’t toss left. In with elbow.
- Fourth move: When right hand goes out, don’t toss the shoulder right.
初收 Chū Shōu
- First move: bring elbows into line.
- Second move: Elbow comes in, opposition to front kua which goes out.
- Back doesn’t move forward or back.
- Elbow hits the dantian and bounces back on the line through the fist. Don’t move the hand.
斜行拗步 Xié Xíng Ǎo Bù
- First move: kick with the heel, stretch the underside of the knee straight. Don’t use the front of the knee.
- Kua and elbow in opposition.
- Second move: Left forearm on the line.
- Attach elbow to torso and rotate torso from the bottom. Top doesn’t move at all.
- Axis is the center of the body.
- Make sure to rotate fully until elbow folds into the line of the left forearm.