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center. This is a speedier Single Change than the one you have
learned. But the Snake Posture eschews the final toe-in. As you
thrust backward with your right palm under your armpit, turn
your right toes to the right and, turning your left palm upward,
extend it as your right hand, palm down, is carried to a point near
your forehead (Figs. 381-382). Now you simply walk the circle
with the left hand, palm up, in the center (Fig. 383). Kuo liked
this method, but often called it Pai Hao (Stork). The name is not
important, the technique is. So learn it well.
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