Page 21 - Let's Practice NUTRI-LIVING TAI CHI Excercises

Thaùi-Cöïc döôõng sinh Ñoã Quang-Vinh

IV- Apparent Close Up (or Pushing forward &

Pulling Hands back) = rowing as prevent, as block, as
the wind blew the door shut.
Preparation: Release loosely mind and body. Have the

stance with two feet forming the letter V. (fig. 1)

1- Start from the Climbing Mountain Stance, but (1) (2)
while you begin to raise up the left heel on tiptoe, you are (3) (4)
slowly raising up your hands at the waist, then the palms
upwards, swivel them around the wrists as axis until the
palms facing down, then let the open hands raising up
vertically with palms facing to the front, this moment, the
forearms close to the armpit like you are carrying something
under your arms, then while you do the Climbing Mountain (6)
Stance ended by dropping freely and slowly its heel to touch
the ground, push forwards your wrists (not your hands
which are still keeping in vertical position), so your forearms (5)

are still parallel to the ground. Press your front foot, and
you are now in the Climbing Mountain Stance (Fig. 2-9) (7)
(8)
2- Once you are already in the “Climbing Mountain” (9)
Stance, let the hands facing the palms parallel to the ground
(Fig. 10). While you open the front foot in order to fold the
back knee in the “Four-Six” Stance, you withdraw the wrists
in order to get the forearms backwards until the wrists (11)
(10)
leaning against the waist. This terminates one cycle to
restart the new one (Fig. 10-12).

3- Repeat those both stances many times as much as (12)
possible according to your capability. Then practice in the
alternate direction by changing the front leg into the back
leg and vice versa.

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