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VI- Rubbing clouds

Twist the waist along the same side of the front leg.
If the front leg is the right one, you are twisting clockwise
your waist along that side and vice versa.

A- Right Rubbing Clouds:

This is twisting waist clockwise whose the right leg is in
front.
1- You are in the “Pushing forward & Pulling Hands
back” of the “Climbing Mountain Stance” (Fig. 1).

* Open the right toes, the back sole sticking (1) (2)
to the ground, bend the back knee on the “Four-Six Stance”,
keep the right heel as axis while twisting clockwise only the
waist, therefore the two arms as well as the right toes
automatically draw an arch along the twisting waist with
two palms opened facing the right side. With this motion,
the practitioner is seemingly rubbing the clouds, or more
pragmatically, rubbing the film of oil on the river’s surface of
water along the arch around to the right side (Fig. 2).

* The body’s plan will face towards the East.
At this position, after finishing drawing the arch of a

quadrant (Fig. 3), the two arms continue its itinerary to
complete its half circle, and then draw back to the waist
(Fig. 4).
(3) (4)
* Remember that, during the practice, your
vision must always follow the direction of your arms’ move.

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