Stand in Wuji

Preparation

1. Shift 100% into your right foot opening the gates of the body
2. Step out shoulder width with your left foot, toes pointing forward
3. Shift 100% across into the left foot, allowing your waist to drift toward the right
4. Turn your waist forward and turn in your right foot so that both feet are parallel
5. Center the weight in both feet, keeping your knees bent and lower back relaxed

Beginning

1. Allow your arms to float up in front of you as though your wrists are being pulled up by a string
2. Extend your fingertips in front of you and allow your elbows to relax back toward your body as you palms slide back toward your shoulders
3. Extend your fingers up as your elbows relax down. It is as though you are pressing down clouds until your hands are at your sides.

Grasp Sparrow’s Tail, Ward Off Left

1. Shift all of your weight into your left foot as you turn your body towards the right—making a ball with your right hand at shoulder height and your left hand at hip height. Simultaneously pivot on your right heel to turn your toes out.
2. Shift all of your weight into your right foot, carrying the ball across.
3. Take an empty step forward—heel first--into a mountain stance that is shoulder width.
4. Shift 70% forward into your left leg as you turn your waist square, ensuring that your left knee is over your second toe. Simultaneously, allow your left hand to rise across from your heart and your right hand to descend toward the side of your right hip as you turn in your right foot 45 degrees.

Ward Off Right

1. Shift forward and turn your waist toward the left getting the ball, this time with your left hand at shoulder height and right hand at hip height. Allow your right heel to peel up from the earth.
2. Turn towards your right, pivoting on the ball of your right foot as you take your empty step into a mountain stance facing the right.
3. Shift 70% forward into your right foot as you turn your waist. Simultaneously allow your right hand to rise across from your sternum as your left elbow drops. Turn in your rear foot 45 degrees. Both hands are across from each other with your left fingertips pointing toward your right thumb.

Roll Back

1. Turn your body towards the right bringing your right palm across from your shoulder and your left fingertips to point to your right elbow with the palm up.
2. Shift back 100% as you turn your waist to the left, allowing your left arm to swing out from the side of your body as though you’re hugging a friend and your right hand to come toward your left hip.

Press

1. Turn slightly forward allowing the left hand to fold into the left shoulder.
2. Shift 70% forward as you continue to turn the waist square. Simultaneously, allow your right hand to rise across from the sternum and your left elbow to descend bringing both hands together touching at the base of the palms.

Push

1. Shift back into your right leg allowing your hands to separate and drift back towards your body.
2. Then shift forward 70% into the right foot as your hands travel slightly away from your body.

Single Whip

1. Shift back 100% into the left foot allowing your arms to fall parallel to the earth.
2. Turn your waist to your left pivoting on your right heel keeping your fingertips and toes moving with your waist.
3. Shift 100% across into your right foot allowing your waist to drift a little to the right as your right hand forms a beak at shoulder height and your left hand makes a basin near your right hip.
4. Turn your body toward the left extending the beak hand out from your shoulder, pivoting on the ball of your left foot.
5. Take an empty step to the left into a mountain stance.
6. Shift forward 70% into the left foot and turn your waist as your move your left arm like a windshield wiper, bringing the palm across from your shoulder.
7. As you turn your right foot in 45 degrees, turn the palm over so that is facing away from you.

Lifting the Arm

1. Shift back into the right foot allowing the left arm to fall parallel to the earth.
2. Pivot on the left heel 45 degrees
3. Then shift all of the weight into the left foot allowing both palms to open towards the center.
4. Scoop both arms toward the center line of the body imagining that your fingertips are touching opposite sides of a single piece of paper aligned with the center of your body. Simultaneously bring your right foot in so that your heel is touching the earth a little forward to the side of your center line. Your right palm is extended further and your left palm is across from your right elbow.

Shoulder Strike

1. Allow your arms to descend toward your legs as you bring your right leg back towards your body. Turn your waist to the left at the same time to line up your shoulder.
2. Take an empty step forward as though into a mountain stance but turn your right toes in a little. Simultaneously, allow your left arm to rise to hip height.
3. Then shift 70% into your right foot without turning your waist. Allow your left hand to fold in across from your sternum as you look over your right shoulder

White Crane Spreads Wings

1. Shift all of the weight into the right foot, allowing your left hand to descend on the inside as your right hand rises on the outside.
2. As you reach the final expression of the posture, both palms are facing out and the left foot comes in with the ball of the foot touching the earth just to the side of your center line.

Brush Knee Twist Step

1. Begin to turn your waist toward the right as you allow your right elbow to descend and your arm to swing out to your side. Simultaneously, allow your left arm to come up and fold in so the hand is across from your right shoulder.
2. Turn back slightly to the left and allow your left hand to drop toward your hip as your right hand folds into your shoulder.
3. Take an empty step with your left foot into a mountain stance.
4. Shift 70% forward into your left foot and turn your waist as your left hand brushes by your left thigh and the right elbow drops bringing your right hand out away from your shoulder.

Play the Pi Pa

1. Keeping the waist level, shift 100% forward into the left foot and allow the right hand to drift slightly forward.
2. Take an empty half step forward with your right foot.
3. As you shift back 100% into your right foot, allow your left arm to rise on the outside and your right hand to drift back toward your body across from your left elbow. Simultaneously bring your left heel in so that it touches just to the left of the center line of your body

Brush Knee Twist Step

1. Begin to turn your waist toward the right as you allow your right elbow to descend and your arm to swing out to your side. Simultaneously, allow your left arm to fold in so the hand is across from your right shoulder.
2. Turn back slightly to the left and allow your left hand to drop toward your hip as your right hand folds into your shoulder.
3. Take an empty step with your left foot into a mountain stance.
4. Shift 70% forward into your left foot turn your waist as your left hand brushes by your left thigh and the right elbow drops bringing your right hand out away from your shoulder.

Step Forward, Deflect Downward, Parry & Punch

1. Shift back 100% into the right leg allowing both arms to descend towards your body as you pivot out on your left heel 45 degrees.
2. Shift forward into your left foot allowing both arms to drift away from the body as you make a fist with your right hand—so that the mouth of the fist is facing the left palm.
3. Take a C-step with the right foot, placing it across from the left instep.
4. Shift 100% across into the right foot as your left arm rises so that your thumb is about ear height while your right elbow comes into position to knock on a door.
5. Turn your waist to the right, allowing the back of your fist to knock on the door and drop down to your right hip as you extend your left hand in front of you. Simultaneously, take an empty step forward with your left foot into a mountain stance.
6. Shift 70% forward into your left foot and turn your waist bringing your fist forward as though your were handing a bunch of flowers. Simultaneously, allow your left arm to fold in toward the body.

Withdraw and Push

1. Turn your body to the left allowing your fist to extend forward as your left and drops under your elbow, palm up.
2. Shift back 100% into your right foot opening up the right hand as it retracts above the left palm so both palms are now facing your shoulders.
3. Sink and turn both palms forward. Shift 70% forward and come into the push

Crossing Hands

1. Shift back 100% into your right foot.
2. Turn your body toward the right and allow your right fingers to pass in front of your eyes as you pivot in on your left heel.
3. Shift 100% into the left foot as both hands drop down to your sides and the right foot steps to shoulder width and parallel across from the left foot.
4. Keep the weight entirely in the left foot as both hands rise in front of you to throat height with the right hand on the outside.