Page 77 - Let's Practice NUTRI-LIVING TAI CHI Excercises

Thái Cực Dưỡng Sinh Ðỗ Quang-Vinh

a- First Cycle:
Twist the waist towards the north, open the left toes,
and rotate left heel to follow, while your right hand remains
on the high, your left arm lowering down to draw up a (4)
clockwise arc supporting the right elbow, now press down (5)
your left foot (Fig.1-2), open your left palm up, then lower it (6)
down to sweep a clockwise arc passing by the groin, when
your waist twisting stopped at the west, your right foot
stepped already sideways near to the left heel. This moment
you’re now standing on slightly bent knees, and you open
right palm to draw up a clockwise arc in front of your eyes
so that you may look at the left palm which is moving as if
you’re reading or looking at yourself in a mirror lay on this
palm.
Just at the moment two feet are adjacent, your left arm (7) (8) (9)

moved already to the west, then you open right palm and
capsize down your left hand and lower it down to sweep a
counter-clockwise arc passing by the groin towards the right
side. When you twist the waist, you should always look at
your opened palm. Here ends the first cycle of "Wave Hands
like Clouds" (Fig. 2- 12)

(3) (10) (11)

(1) (2)
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