Power Hour 2

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.
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