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Warm Up

 Head To Toe Routine 

  

Qi Gong

 

10 Postures

  

13 Postures

 

14 Postures


 

Push Hands

Single arm fixed step - Horizontal Circles

 

Single arm fixed step / Horizontal Circles is fairly quick to grasp bits of and is similar

to Cloud Hands with a partner for those who know the Form.

 


Form

The first Four Essential Principles all relate to your body shape and alignment.

 The next five all relate to understanding energy and how you move


 

5. Solid and Empty Stance

(As you shift the weight on your body from the left leg to the right,

the leg taking the weight is towards Solid or full, the right towards empty.)

 

Try not to let your front knee go over your toe.

Try to ensure your back leg knee is also in line with your toes as much as possible.

  

Click here for other Principles

 


 

We are going through Preparation, Beginning, Grasp The Sparrow's Tail (Ward Off left

Ward Off Right, Roll Back, Press, Push), Single Whip,

Raise Hands & Step Forward, White Crane Spreads its Wings. Left Brush Knee & Push,

Hand Strums the Lute and Left Brush Knee again.

 

 

Images of Yang Jun produced by permission of Fang, Hong.
Secretary / Department of Membership Services.
The International Yang Family Tai Chi Association.   

 

Brush Left Knee & Push

 

       

 

Left Brush Knee. Turn body, right arm go down circle, left arm go up circle. Step out.

Then turn to front. Left arm brush out. Bend knee. Right arm push out.

 

Right Brush Knee. Move back weight slightly raising up left arm (palm still down). Turn

body opening left toes to N/E. Rotate left arm into Palm up. Move forward weight, knee

follow toe. Now repeat Brush Knee on oppposite side, back of palm downwards sweep

as with left. 

        

 

Hand Strums The Lute

 

                 


 For more info look at the form section or

take a look at the video. Also I've added a Ten Essential Principles list and

the Ten Postures and Thirteen Postures Qi Gong