Reading: The name describes the move. The leg movements are not kicks. Rolling and circling movements of the hip joints separate the legs. Close Reading: Level 1: Paraphrasing- State in your own words the meaning of each sentence. In this move you simply lift your right or left leg. Don’t Read more…
Reading: Before you ride a horse you pat it and talk to it to find out how it feels and is likely to act. Thus this move is like testing a horse Close Reading: Level 1: Paraphrasing- State in your own words the meaning of each sentence. Before you get Read more…
Reading: Once the move was called yuen shou, “Moving your hands.” But that did not sound very poetic and it was changed to yun shou, “Cloudlike hands.” Your hands move like clouds on a breezy cloudy day; they are like fluffy white clouds turning as though they were round plates Read more…
Reading: Your arms make two striking circles as you turn your body. Close Reading: Level 1: Paraphrasing- State in your own words the meaning of each sentence. In this move as turn your body your arms make circles like a windmill Level 2: Explicating- State the main point. This Tai Read more…
Reading: This is three movements in one. You move your opponent’s hand, stop it, and strike. Jin bu means to take a step forward; as you do this your hand moves your opponent’s hand. As you continue moving, your hand stops or blocks your opponent’s hand. Finally you shoot out Read more…