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"The following is a guide and offers information you may have missed in a group environment. It is not a memory test. If you have areas of discomfort these exercises can be used to suit. The basic idea is to stimulate and raise your spirits."

 Wushu Greeting . Stretching . Kua . Meriduian Tapping . 10 Postures . The Hand Form . Ward Off Left . Roll Back . Press . Close.

 Head To Toe Routine

 

Meridian Double Hand/Finger Tapping

 

NB Listen to the tingling in your fingers/hands as you preform the Qi Gong, this is a very similiar feeling to Qi circulation, but this feeling is for the whole body, not just the hands.
  

  Qi Gong

 

10 Postures

  

13 Postures

 


Breathing
Small Circulation

Dantian (Generally) Draw a line from the head to the toe and navel to the spine.
Then imagine 3 cm below that point towards the middle of your body.
 
 

Form
Fourth Principle
Relax the waist and looosen the hips. Also
tuck in your tail bone slightly.

Allow your waist and hips to be relaxed and free moving. Slightly tuck in your tailbone.The waist leads the movement. This is said to again encourage your
Qi to sink down towards the Dan Tien (centre point).
Tucking in your tailbone also slightly rounds your back which stretches / opens
up your spine. Practice by drawing a small circle around your imagined centre point by rotating your waist and hips.

This is said to again encourage your Qi to sink down towards
the Dan Tien (centre point). Tucking in your tailbone also slightly rounds your
back which stretches / opens up your spine.
 

Yang Family Hand Shape
1. Palm
Palm: Extend your fingers towards the straight, but bent slightly and slightly
spaced between each fingers, the thumb is more open (Tiger Mouth).
The palm remains the same shape throughout. Turning the forearm and wrist
changes the direction and meaning. Internally one also changes the meaning.
(Grabbing, Pulling, Pressing, Sitting, Striking.)
 
   
 


The Yang Family Hand Form
Basic Introduction & Practice

Preperation, Beginning, Ward Off Left adding Ward Off Right,
Roll Back and Press if time.
 

Warm Down Qi Gong
13 Postures

Three Circles
Draw three circle from up to down / Out to in.
Close.