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Illustrated Chen Taijiquan Routine II (Cannon Fist)

6． Relax the left hip joint. Sink the left buttock and turn the right one, with the
torso turning left, the weight sinking and shifting into a left-weighted, side bow-
stance. At the same time, the elbows twining directly strike in, the left one aligning
with the left knee. With the wrists slightly flexed out, the heart of the left fist faces
up and right and the heart of the right one faces up and left. The eyes look outside
the right elbow. (Figure 7-6)
7 ． With the stance unchanged, relax the left hip joint, and turn the torso fur-
ther left. At the same time, the fists twining reversely close in, the wrists flexed in,
the hearts of fists facing down and their eyes facing in, the elbows protruding, and
mingmen (GV4) slightly expanded. (Figure 7-7)

Figure 7-5 Figure 7-6 Figure 7-7

8． Relax the right hip joint. Sink the right buttock and turn the left one, with
the torso turning right, the weight shifting left. At the same time, the left elbow
twining directly arcs out and right to end in front of the left chest, corresponding
with the right knee, with the heart of fist facing in and the eye of fist facing left;
and the right fist twining directly arcs right and down to stop outside the right knee,
with the heart of fist facing up and the eye of fist facing right and back. The eyes
look right and backward. (Figure 7-8)
9． Relax the right hip joint, and turn the torso further right. At the same time,
the right fist twining reversely arcs out and up to the upper front of the right shoul-
der, with the heart of fist facing in and the eye of fist facing back, the right elbow
dropping, the right chest opened; the left one twining directly arcs out and down to
end in front of the abdomen, with the heart of fist facing in and the eye of fist fac-
ing up. (Figure 7-9)

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