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Thaùi-Cöïc döôõng sinh                                             Ñoã Quang-Vinh



               X- Step back to drive away monkey (part 1)


               This move composes 3 cycles with 2 parts for each one.
               The upper part is advancing, the latter is drawing back.
               The first cycle starts from the East-South forwarding to the
               North, back to the West-South. The second cycle starts from
               the  West-South  forwarding  to  the  North  and  back  to  the
                                     rd
               East-South.  The  3   cycle  starts  from  the  East-South
               forwarding to the North and back to the West-South.

                   A- First cycle:

                       1- First part: stepping forward

                       a-  Starting from the “Four-Six” Stance. In this stance
               with  the  front  leg  is  the  left  one  and  the  During  such
               twisting waist, the left palm is opened and considered as a
               book for the practitioner reading on it, and when the move
               terminates  at  the  Climbing  Mountain  Stance  towards  the
               West,  overturn  it  vertically  facing  to  the  West  in  order  to
               punch is sitting on the rear bent knee supporting the 60% of
               his whole weight.

                       b-  Like  the  bird  spreading  its  wings,  stretch  both
               arms with opened palms seemingly being ready to catch the
               globe. Stand straightly facing to the East-South, and looking
               backward at the rear arm (fig. 1), and continue to follow it
               while it is moving forward to punch at the North later with                             (1)
               its wrist as described in the next part below:







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