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Turn the left palm to face upward and the right palm downwards.
Turn the palms to diagonally face each other. Raise your left
foot just an inch or so and - leading with the toes - move it
in a clockwise arc to finish parallel with your right foot with
toes pointing NE and heel SW.
Shift 70% of your body weight into/over the left leg.
Lift the toes of your right foot (just an inch or so) and pivot
clockwise on the heel until the toes and knee point SE. Bring
your left hand to your body centre-line at about waist level,
palm up.
Draw your right hand back in towards the centre of your chest
and position it above the right hand, palm down.
Turn your head to your right to face directly SE. Turn your
shoulders and then hips clockwise to finish with your shoulders
aligned left/NE right/SW. Keep the toes of your right foot raised
and conclude this phase of the posture with 70% of your weight
in/over the left leg, "holding a circle at your body centre-line"
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Pivot as far as you are able on the right heel and put it
down (for now) toes and knee pointing NE. Turn your shoulders
and then hips anti-clockwise 90° to face N/NE with your
shoulders aligned (for now) left/NW right/SE. Shift 70% of your
body weight into the right leg and place the toes down.
Lift the toes of your left foot (just an inch or so) and pivot
anti-clockwise on the heel until the toes and knee point NW;
then lower your toes to the floor. Turn your head to your left
to face directly NW. Turn your shoulders and then hips anti-clockwise
to finish with your shoulders aligned left/SW right/NE.
As you turn 180° from SE (Tiger) corner to NW (Dragon),
raise your left arm diagonally across your chest and bring it
to shoulder height and extended out away from the body, fingers
pointing NW, palm facing down. The right hand remains at shoulder
height throughout the 180° turn as described above and travels
palm down from SE to NW to finish alongside the left, fingers
pointing NW, palm facing down. The fingertips of both hands
should arrive together at the NW diagonal; held at about shoulder
height, arms extended (but never stiff), palms facing down.
Shift 70% of your body weight into/over the right leg. "Withdraw
hands/arms": Turn the palms away from you and "Withdraw"
both hands simultaneously in vertical parallel arcs over an
imaginary circle (imagined there in front of your belly) towards
the corresponding shoulders to finish facing NW, fingers up
and elbows down - ready to press NW. "Withdraw into
Cat Stance left": Lift your left foot a few inches and
reposition it to alongside the rightt with the heel raised and
the toes and (left) knee facing directly NW. Step NW with the
left foot and shift 70% of your body weight into/over that leg.
Extend your arms away from your body at shoulder height to "Press"
both hands NW, palms facing away from you. Soften your hands
(relax your wrists and fingers) upon completion of this "Press". |


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Relax/soften your hands and draw the elbows in close to
the body.
Shift your weight back into/over the right leg. Lift the toes
of your left foot (just an inch or so) and pivot clockwise on
the heel until the toes and knee point NE; then lower your toes
to the floor.
Shift your weight back into/over the left leg. Lift the toes
of your right foot (just an inch or so) and pivot clockwise
on the heel until the toes and knee point E. Turn your head
to your right to face directly E.
Turn your shoulders and then hips clockwise 135° in all;
finishing with your shoulders aligned left/N right/S. Raise
your left hand to above that elbow and position it at about
shoulder height with the palm facing (E) away from you. Rotate
your right hand clockwise to thumb uppermost so that the palm
faces towards you with your (right) elbow pointing S.
Take a small step forward to E with the right foot and shift
70% of your body weight into/over that leg. Keep your back upright.
Press the left palm forward and slightly upward to meet your
right hand and bring the wrists together. With the hands still
joined at the wrists, flatten your left hand to cover your right
wrist. "Separate Hands": Leading with your wrists
and knuckles, draw the left hand out towards N and the right
towards S to about a shoulder width apart, palms facing you.
"Withdraw Hands": Turn the palms away from you and
"Withdraw" both hands simultaneously horizontally
towards the corresponding shoulders to finish facing E, fingers
up and elbows down - ready to push E. "Withdraw into
Cat Stance - right": Lift your right foot a few inches
and reposition it to alongside the left with the heel raised
and the toes and (right) knee facing directly E.
Step E (out of Cat Stance) with your right foot and shift 70%
of your body weight into/over that leg. Extend your arms away
from your body at shoulder height to "Push" both hands
E, palms facing away from you. Soften your hands (relax your
wrists and fingers) upon completion of this "Push". |


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SINGLE WHIP |
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Raise your left foot (just and inch or two) - pivot it anti-clockwise
at the ankle to realign it and place it back down again now
beneath your (left) shoulder-line with the toes and knee pointing
N. Shift your weight back into/over the left leg.
Lift the toes of your right foot (just an inch or so) and pivot
anti-clockwise on the heel until the toes and knee, for now,
point N; then lower your toes to the floor. Shift your weight
back into/over the right leg. Lift the toes of your left foot
(just an inch or so) and pivot anti-clockwise on the heel until
the toes and knee point directly W; then lower your toes to
the floor.
Turn your shoulders and then hips anti-clockwise 180° to
eventually (passing through N) face directly W with your shoulders
aligned left/S right/N. Keep both arms parallel at shoulder
height and sweep them in an arc across at eye-line from your
right (E) to your left (W). Throughout this turn the left hand
should remain palm down. As your shoulders and hands pass through
N, turn your right hand to palm facing you. "Make a
beak" with your right hand by holding the thumb between
the other four fingers - at shoulder height with your elbow
below the wrist level. Begin to make the beak first with your
fingers pointing upwards and in line with your wrist.
As your left hand approaches W, allow it to fall in a curve
towards your right hip and then raise it up in an arc (like
a whip) to pass across your right armpit. As the left hand passes
above the left foot (falling in a curve towards your right hip)
bring your left foot back a little and place it next to the
right with the toes only touching the floor (Cat Stance - left).
'Drop' the beak held in your right hand by relaxing your wrist
so that the bunched fingers and thumb point downwards. At the
same time extend this right arm outward a little to N. Turn
your head to your left to face directly W.
Raise your left hand to above that elbow and position it at
about shoulder height with the palm facing (W) away from you.
Step W (out of Cat Stance) with your left foot and shift 70%
of your body weight into/over that leg. Extend (never lock)
your left arm to push/press W with the left palm. Soften your
left hand (relax your wrist and fingers) upon completion of
the push/press. |


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FAIR LADY WORKS AT SHUTTLES (1st. section) |
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Release/soften the 'beak' held in your right hand. Shift
your weight into/over your right leg.
Lift the toes or your left foot and pivot clockwise on the heel
until the toes and knee point NE; then lower your toes to the
floor. Turn your upper body clockwise to align shoulders left/NW
right/SE and hips left/W right/E.
Raise your right hand to about shoulder level (like "putting
your hand up" to a question) with the palm facing NW. Scoop
you left hand down past your left hip and then on up towards
your right elbow - finishing with your left forearm held close
to your body at waist/belly level and with the elbow pointing
NW and fingers SE.
Shift your weight into/over your left leg. Lift the toes or
your right foot and pivot clockwise on the heel until the toes
and knee point E; then lower your toes to the floor.
Shift your weight into/over your right leg. Lift your left foot
just a few inches and reposition it to alongside the right with
the heel raised and the toes and knee pointing directly NE.
Raise up your left hand and forearm (keeping it parallel with
the floor) towards your right hand - your left wrist following
the (vertical) line of your (right) forearm. Continue to raise
your left hand until it passes over your right hand (held above
the elbow and with the palm facing NE). Rotate your left wrist
clockwise (thumb turning towards you and then pointing down)
and position it above your right hand with the fingers pointing
SE, elbow NW and palm (thumb down) to NE.
Step (diagonally) forward (NE) with your left foot. Maintaining
the position of both hands (right hand fingers up, left fingers
pointing SE - both palms facing NE), extend both arms away from
your body to "double-push" NE. |


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FAIR LADY WORKS AT SHUTTLES (2nd. section) |
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Shift your weight back into/over your right leg. Commence
a wide 360° anti-clockwise circle with your left hand. Your
arm should remain straight (but never stiff of 'locked' throughout
this circling motion.
Lift the toes or your left foot and pivot clockwise on the heel
until the toes and knee point SE; then lower your toes to the
floor. Commence a wide 180° clockwise arc with your right
hand. Shift your weight back into/over your left leg. Turn your
upper body clockwise to align shoulders and hips left/NE right/SW.
At this point your left hand/arm should have travelled a 180
of its 360° anti-clockwise circle. As your right hand passes
over your right foot (on its way to completing its 180°
downward clockwise arc) - raise your right foot and reposition
it to alongside the left with the heel raised and the toes and
knee pointing directly S.
Extend the 180° arc made by your right hand by continuing
(now upwards) past your waist to finish with your right forearm
held close to your body at waist/belly level and with the elbow
pointing SW and fingers (towards your left elbow) NE - palm
up. By this time you should be facing (approximately) SW.
Step back (NE) with your right foot and reposition it just a
little behind/beyond your right shoulder line and then lower
that heel to the floor. Shift your body weight into/over that
right leg. Lift the toes of your left foot and pivot clockwise
on the heel until the toes and knee point SW; then lower your
toes to the floor.
Turn your shoulders and then hips clockwise to align your shoulders
and hips left/S right/N. Lift the toes or your right foot and
pivot clockwise on the heel until the toes and knee point NW;
then lower them to the floor.
Raise your right hand and forearm (keeping it parallel with
the floor) up towards your left hand - your right wrist following
the (vertical) line of your (left) forearm. Continue to raise
your right hand until it passes over your left hand (held above
the elbow and with the palm facing NW).
Rotate your right wrist anti-clockwise (thumb turning towards
you and then pointing down) and position it above your right
hand with the fingers pointing SW, elbow NE and palm (thumb
down) to NW.
Shift your weight (forward) into/over your right leg. Maintaining
the position of both hands (left hand fingers up, right fingers
pointing SW - both palms facing NW), extend both arms away from
your body to "double-push" NW. |


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FAIR LADY WORKS AT SHUTTLES (3rd. section) |
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Shift your weight (back) into/over your left leg. Commence
a wide 360° clockwise circle with your right hand. Your
arm should remain straight (but never stiff of 'locked' throughout
this circling motion and finish raised to about shoulder level
(like "putting your hand up" to a question) with the
palm facing SW.
Shift your weight back into/over your left leg. Commence a wide
180° clockwise arc with your left hand. Midway through the
hand/arm motions above - shift your weight into/over your right
leg. Extend the 180° arc made by your left hand by continuing
(now upwards) past your waist to finish with your right forearm
held close to your body at waist/belly level and with the elbow
pointing SE and fingers (towards your left elbow) NW - palm
up. Lift your left foot just a few inches and reposition it
to alongside the right with the heel raised and the toes and
knee pointing directly SW and with your shoulders and hips aligned
left/SE right/NW.
Turn your head anti-clockwise to face/look directly SW. Raise
up your left hand and forearm (keeping it parallel with the
floor) towards your right hand - your left wrist following the
(vertical) line of your (right) forearm. Continue to raise your
left hand until it passes over your right (held above the elbow
and with the palm now facing SW).
Rotate your left wrist clockwise (thumb turning towards you
and then pointing down) and position it above your right hand
with the fingers pointing NE, elbow SE and palm (thumb down)
to SW.
Step (diagonally) forward (SW) with your left foot. Maintaining
the position of both hands (right hand fingers up, left fingers
pointing NW - both palms facing SW), extend both arms away from
your body to "double-push" SW. |


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FAIR LADY WORKS AT SHUTTLES (4th. section) |
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Shift your weight back into/over your right leg. Commence
a wide 360° anti-clockwise circle with your left hand.
Your arm should remain straight (but never stiff of 'locked'
throughout this circling motion. Lift the toes or your left
foot and pivot clockwise on the heel until the toes and knee
point NW; then lower your toes to the floor.
Commence a wide 180° clockwise arc with your right hand.
Shift your weight back into/over your left leg. Turn your
upper body clockwise to align shoulders and hips left/SW right/NE.
Shift your weight back into/over your left leg. At this p
oint your left hand/arm should have travelled a 180 of its
360° anti-clockwise circle. As your right hand passes
over your right foot (on its way to completing its 180°
ownward clockwise arc) - raise your right foot and reposition
it to alongside the left with the heel raised and the toes
and knee pointing directly N. Extend the 180° arc made
by your right hand by continuing (now upwards) past your waist
to finish with your right forearm held close to your body
at waist/belly level and with the elbow pointing NE and fingers
(towards your left elbow) SW - palm up.
By this time you should be facing (approximately) NW. Step
back (SE) with your right foot and reposition it just a little
behind/beyond your right shoulder line and then lower that
heel to the floor. Shift your body weight into/over that right
leg. Lift the toes of your left foot and pivot clockwise on
the heel until the toes and knee point NE; then lower your
toes to the floor. Turn your shoulders and then hips clockwise
to align your shoulders and hips left/W right/E.
Shift your weight (back) into your left leg. Lift the toes
or your right foot and pivot clockwise on the heel until the
toes and knee point SE; then lower your toes to the floor.
Raise up your right hand and forearm (keeping it parallel
with the floor) towards your left hand - your right wrist
following the (vertical) line of your (left) forearm. Continue
to raise your right hand until it passes over your left hand
(held above the elbow and with the palm facing SE). Rotate
your right wrist anti-clockwise (thumb turning towards you
and then pointing down) and position it above your left hand
with the fingers pointing NE, elbow SW and palm (thumb down)
to SE.
Shift your weight (forward) into/over your right leg. Maintaining
the position of both hands (left hand fingers up, right fingers
pointing NE - both palms facing SE), extend both arms away
from your body to "double-push" SE.
Corner Step - link from "Fair Lady".
Pivot anti clockwise on the ball of your left foot to point
the toes and knee directly N.
Turn your shoulders and hips anti-clockwise to align them
left/W right/E and face/look directly N. Relax/soften your
right hand and position it at about shoulder level, palm down.
Rotate your left hand anti-clockwise to reposition it to palm
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GRASP SPARROWS TAIL - WARD OFF LEFT |
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Shift 70% of your body weight into/over your left leg. Raise
your right foot (just an inch or two) and, leading with the
toes, sweep your right foot forward in an arc towards your
left foot and reposition it beneath your right shoulder paralell
to the left foot and with toes facing E. Draw your right hand
in towards your body and position it palm down at about shoulder
height. Lower your left hand in an outward and then downward
arc to finish palm up near your right hip.
(Hold a Circle - on your right hip), and shift 70% of your
body weight into/over your right leg. Lift your left foot
a few inches and reposition it to alongside the right with
the heel raised (Cat Stance left)
Turn your shoulders and then hips anti-clockwise a little
to ensure that you now face directly N with your shoulders
and hips aligned left/W right/E. If necessary, pivot anti-clockwise
on the ball of your left foot to ensure that the toes and
knee of that foot/knee point directly N (Cat Stance left).
Shift 70% of your body weight into/over the left leg.
Lift the toes of your right foot (just an inch or so) and
pivot clockwise on the heel until the toes and knee point
NE; then lower your toes to the floor.
Hold a Circle: Raise the right hand, palm down, to about shoulder
height. Scoop the left hand up in a curve towards the elbow
of the right arm to finish palm up near your right hip. Shift
70% of your body weight into/over the right leg.
Cat Stance left: Lift your left foot just a few inches and
reposition it to alongside the right with the heel raised.
Still facing N - turn your shoulders and then hips clockwise
to finish with your shoulders aligned left/NW right/SE. With
your left heel still raised, pivot anti-clockwise on the ball/sole
of your foot to position the toes and knee to also face directly
N.
Step N with your left foot and shift 70% of your body weight
into/over that leg.Raise your left arm in an upward and outward
diagonal N to shoulder level, palm up. Move the right hand
first forward a little with palm outward and then inwards
towards your right hip in downward diagonal arc. As the hands
approach each other make them a little harder (stiffen the
fingers) with each becoming hardest as they pass each other
midway (right above/left below) and soft again upon completion. |


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Draw your left hand in towards your body and position it
at about shoulder height with palm facing downward and the elbow
relaxed beneath it. Scoop your right hand up in a curve towards
the elbow of the left arm to finish palm up near your left hip.
Shift 70% of your body weight into/over the left leg. Lift your
right foot a few inches and reposition it to alongside the left
with the heel raised. Turn your head to your right to face directly
E.
Turn your shoulders and then hips clockwise to finish with your
shoulders aligned left/N right/S.
With your right heel still raised, pivot clockwise on the ball/sole
of your foot to position the toes and knee to also face directly
E.
Step E with your right foot and shift 70% of your body weight
into/over that leg. Raise your right arm in an upward and outward
diagonal E to shoulder level, palm up.
Move the leftt hand first forward a little with palm outward
and then inwards towards your left hip in downward diagonal
arc. |


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