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Illustrated Chen Taijiquan Routine II (Cannon Fist)

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Note: To steady the upper body as the left foot sweeps, the right foot should
be well rooted, and the fast speed at which the body turns right also contributes to
the sweeping of the left leg.

Posture 50 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 rest 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 pause 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 50-1)
2． The weight shifts onto the right leg. With the heel pivoting, the left foot
turns in on the ball, the weight shifting 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, 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 50-2)
3． Stamp the right foot sharply and flatly inside the left one, parallel with the
left. At the same time, the right fist twining further reversely punches down, left
and forward, with the heart of fist facing down and the eye of fist facing left and
backward; and the left palm twining further reversely sinks to rest over the right
forearm, facing down. At the end of their travel, the two forearms cross in front of

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