Power Hour 2

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.