Power Hour 5

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#.