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IV. Postures of Chen Taijiquan Routine II (Cannon Fist)

Figure 39-1 Figure 39-2

elbow aligning with the right knee; and the left one in front of the abdomen, facing
right, the fingers pointing up to the right front. The eyes look right and down. (Figure
39-3)
Note: “The palms pushing up and left” in Movement 1 embodies the princi-
ples of “moving left before right”, “moving up before down”, and “giving before
taking” in practicing Chen Taijiquan.

Posture 40 Yan Shou Gong Chui (Cover Hand, Thrust Punch)

1． Relax hip joints, and sink the weight, with baihui (GV20) gently pulled
up. At the same time, the left palm twining directly rotates out, the wrist flexed in,
sinking to pause outside the left knee, facing up, with the fingers pointing in; and
the right one makes a fist, twining directly to rotate out, sinking to rest outside the
right knee, the heart of fist facing up, the eye of fist facing out. The arms are bent,
leaving the armpits empty. (Figure 40-1)
2． The weight shifts onto the right leg. With the heel pivoting, the left foot
turns in on the ball. The weight shifts onto the left leg.
With the heel pivoting, the left foot turns further in on the ball, the toes point-
ing northwest, the body turning right, the torso facing northwest. At the same time,
with the left hip sinking, the right knee twining reversely rises. The left palm and
the right fist twining reversely arc up and forward to end up in front of the eyes,
with about 20 centimetres between them, the center of the left palm facing the face
of the right fist. (Figure 40-2)
3． Stamp the right foot sharply and flatly inside the left one, parallel with the
left one. At the same time, the right fist twining further reversely punches down,

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