Power Hour 5

Notes

Continuation of Power Hour 4.

180° turn such as the fifth move of 斜行拗步 Xié Xíng Ǎo Bù

• This move is used in other parts of the 一路 Yīlù and in the 二路 Èrlù.
• Axis is right shoulder to right kua.
  • Don’t turn the torso.
    • In with right elbow.
    • Open right kua so that leg turns >90° to the right.
  • Don’t drop the right kua.
    • Open through the left side of the body so that it rotates around the axis.

再收 Zài Shōu

• First move:
  • Both hands hold a stick that aims 45° down. As though holding onto a shovel. Don’t move the hands.
  • Left knee does not move forward or backward. On top of the heel.
  • As though left arm passes through a hole that is next to the left knee. As though using a shovel.
  • Don’t drop the left kua / don’t protrude the butt behind the left kua / maintain the rod to the heel.
  • Left shoulder cannot reverse and come forward. It turns over the joint from Fetching Water.