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Illustrated Chen Taijiquan Routine II (Cannon Fist)

Figure 38-3 Figure 38-4

Note: In Movement 3, the bodywork should be light and agile.

Posture 39 Fan Hua Wu Xiu
(Overturn Waves, Brandish Sleeves)

1． Relax the left hip joint, and turn the torso left, with the weight shifting left
into a left-weighted, side bow-stance. At the same time, the left palm twining re-
versely and the right one directly push up and left in a concave curve. The left palm
ends above the left foot, level with the left shoulder, facing left and forward, with
the fingers pointing up and right, and the right one in front of the left chest, facing
left and backward, with the fingers pointing right and forward. The palms have a
forearm-length separation between them. The eyes look left. (Figure 39-1)
2． Relax the right hip joint, and turn the torso right, with the weight shifting
first right and then left, the left shoulder protruding. At the same time, the left palm
twining directly and the right one reversely pull right and down in a concave curve,
with the left one in front of the abdomen, facing up and right, the fingers pointing
left and forward, and the right one outside the right hip, facing down, the fingers
pointing left and forward. The eyes look left and forward. (Figure 39-2)

3． With the left leg twining directly and the right one reversely, the feet jump
up. The keens lead energy, with the crotch sinking. The body turns 90 degrees left
in the air. The feet land on the ground at the same time, forming a horse-riding
stance, the torso facing southwest. At the same time, with the shoulder joints piv-
oting, the left palm twining first reversely and then directly and the right one first
directly and then reversely chop down in a convex curve as the body turns left. The
right palm ends up facing left, the fingers pointing up, right and forward, the right

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