Embrace Tiger, Return to Mountain

1. With all the weight in the left foot, turn your body to the left allowing both palms to descend down, the right palm to heaven and the left palm to earth.
2. As you continue to turn, allow the left arm to swing away from your body. Keep your right hand at your right hip.
3. Turn toward the right and take an empty step into a corner mountain stance as your hand left hand folds in to your shoulder.
4. Shift forward 70% and turn your waist as your right hand brushes by your thigh and your left hand comes forward from the shoulder.
5. As you turn in your left foot, turn your right palm up.

Roll Back

1. Turn your body towards the right allowing your right hand to rise so you’re looking at your right palm and bring 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.

Diagonal 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% 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 facing the corner.
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.

Fist Under Elbow

1. Shift back 100% into the right foot as the left arm falls parallel to the earth.
2. Step out with the left foot so your toes are facing the cardinal direction.
3. Shift all of the weight into the left foot.
4. Take a small step forward with the right foot, keeping the toes out 45 degrees.
5. Shift all the weight across to the right foot, turning your waist to the left, and stirring the wind with both palms facing the left.
6. Fold hands and left leg into your side.
7. Begin to extend the left heel toward the floor in front of you as the left fingertips move up toward the sky and your right hand descends down the left forearm and makes a fist under the elbow. 100% of the weight is still in the right foot.

Step Back to Repulse the Monkey 1

1. Turn waist body towards the right so that your right arm swings out to the side of your body as the left fingertips reach forward palm down.
2. Turn your waist back a little to the left so that your right hand folds in toward your shoulder and your left palm turns up.
3. Take an empty step back with your left foot, shoulder width and parallel with your left toes landing first this time.
4. Shift back 100% into the left foot, allowing your left arm to descend toward your side and the right hand to arrive in front of your right shoulder.
5. With all of your weight is in the left foot, turn in your right foot so both feet are parallel.

Step Back to Repulse the Monkey 2

1. Turn your waist towards the left so that your left arm swings out to the side of your body as the right fingertips reach forward palm down.
2. Turn your waist back a little to the right so that your left hand folds in toward your shoulder and your right palm turns up.
3. Take an empty step back with your right foot, shoulder width and parallel with your right toes landing first this time.
4. Shift back 100% into the right foot, allowing your right arm to descend toward your side and the left hand to arrive in front of your left shoulder.

Step Back to Repulse the Monkey 3

1. Turn your body towards the right so that your right arm swings out to the side of your body as the left fingertips reach forward palm down.
2. Turn your waist back a little to the left so that your right hand folds in toward your shoulder and your left palm turns up.
3. Take an empty step back with your left foot, shoulder width and parallel with your left toes landing first this time.
4. Shift back 100% into the left foot, allowing your left arm to descend toward your side and the right hand to arrive in front of your right shoulder.

Diagonal Flying

1. Turn the waist to the left again, allowing the left arm to swing out from the body as the right hand extends and descends slightly.
2. Turn the waist back to center, folding the left arm in at shoulder height and holding the ball with the right hand at hip height.
3. Take and empty step with your right foot into a corner mountain stance.
4. Shift 70% forward into your right foot and turn the waist to the corner as your right hand rises and extends in front of you at throat height and the left hand descends and extends toward your side. Turn in the left foot.

Wave Hands Like Clouds 1

1. Shift forward into the right foot and turn the waist to the right, getting the ball on the right side of the body with the right hand on top as your left heel peels up.
2. Take a short empty step forward with the left foot so that both heels are even and the left toes are facing the cardinal direction.
3. Shift across into the left leg as your left hand rises in the middle and your right hand descends to the side. Finish holding the ball with the left hand on top, 100% of the weight in your left foot.

Wave Hands Like Clouds 2

1. Keeping the weight balanced on your left foot, step in with your right foot keeping both feet parallel.
2. Shift across into the right leg as your right hand rises in the middle and your left hand descends on the side. Finish holding the ball with the right hand on top, 100% of the weight in your right foot.

Wave Hands Like Clouds 3

1. Keeping the weight balanced on your right foot, step out slightly wider than shoulder width with your left foot; still keeping both feet parallel.
2. Shift across into the left leg as your left hand rises in the middle and your right hand descends on the side. Finish holding the ball with the left hand on top, 100% of the weight in your left foot.

Single Whip

1. With the weight still in the left foot, take a short empty step forward with the right foot.
2. Shift 100% into your right foot allowing your waist to drift a little to the right as your right hand rises and forms a beak at shoulder height and your left hand descends and makes a basin near your right hip.
3. Turn your body toward the left extending the beak hand out from your shoulder, pivoting on the ball of the left foot.
4. Take an empty step to the left into a mountain stance.
5. 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.
6. As you turn your right foot in 45 degrees, turn the palm over so that is facing away from you.

Snake Creeps Down

1. Keeping most of the weight in the left foot, pivot out on the right heel so that it is open more than 90 degrees. At the same time, allow your left palm to fold in across from your sternum.
2. Shift back 100% into the right foot, allowing the left hand to descend down your center line toward the groin.
3. Pivot your left foot in on your heel as you turn your waist to the right.
4. Sink into your legs, and turn your hips towards the left as the back of your left hand touches your left thigh.
5. Pivot out on your left heel, pointing the toes to the corner.
6. Shift 80% forward into the left leg allowing your left hand to come out in the direction of your left knee and your right hand to open and descend toward your right hip.

Golden Pheasant Stands on Left Leg

1. Continue shifting the weight forward into the left foot, allowing your body to get closer to your left hand and your right heel to peel up from the earth.
2. Lift your right knee as your right fingertips point to the sky. Simultaneously, allow your left hand to descend to weighing tendencies.

Golden Pheasant Stands on Right Leg

1. Allow your right leg to relax down and step back slightly with the toes out at 45 degrees across from your left heel as your hands to come to your center with both palms down.
2. Shift 100% into your right foot, allowing your left knee and fingertips to rise.

Separate Right Foot

1. Allow your hands to relax to the center line of your body as you step back slightly with the left foot out at 45 degrees.
2. Shift 100% back into the left leg as the right fingers point to the sky and the left hand gestures at rolling up the sleeve so the left fingertips are across from the left elbow.
3. Begin to turn the waist to the left, slightly extending the right hand and turning the palm down.
4. Continue turning the waist to the left pivoting in on the right heel and moving your hands as though you are throwing a bale of hay to the left.
5. Slightly turn the waist to the right turning on the ball of the right foot this time allowing the left arm to fold in so that the wrists are crossed with the left wrist on top.
6. Turn both palms away from you.
7. Turn your body to the right as you lift your right leg, toes pointed to the right corner, and open the fan of your arms. Look over your right leg.

Separate Left Foot

1. Allow both hands and your right foot to relax to the center line of your body.
2. Step slightly forward with the right foot at a 45 degree angle.
3. As you shift into the left foot, allow your left fingertips to rise toward the sky as your right hand gestures at rolling up the sleeve so the right fingertips are across from the left elbow.
4. Then begin to turn the waist toward the right slightly extending the left hand and turning the palm down.
5. Continue to turn the waist toward the right, tossing the bale of hay forward this time with your arms as you pivot in on your left heel.
6. As you turn your waist back to left slightly, bring your left foot in toward your center and allow the right hand to fold in so that wrists are touching with the right hand on top.
7. Turn both palms away from you.
8. Turn your waist toward the left as your bring your left leg up, toes facing the corner, as you open the fan of your arms.

Turn and Kick with Heel

1. Allow your left leg to relax toward your center.
2. Turn the waist to the right gesturing to the right with the right hand and allowing the left arm to fold in.
3. Turn the waist back to the left 180 degrees, spinning on the right heel or stepping around, as your right hand swings up and across, landing on your left wrist.
4. Sink into your right leg allowing the left leg to bend and rise.
5. Push out with the left heel as your hands separate, right hand to the side and left hand over your leg.

Brush Knee Twist Step Left

1. Relax your hands and leg back toward your body as you turn your waist to the right, holding the ball with the right hand on top and the left palm down.
2. Take an empty step with your left foot into a mountain stance.
3. 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. Turn in your right foot in to 45 degrees to end in a solid mountain stance.

Brush Knee Twist Step Right

1. Shift 100% back into your right foot as you turn your waist to the left pointing your left toes out 45 degrees. Simultaneously, allow your right fingers to come to the left side of your body and your left palm to turn up.
2. Shift 100% forward into your left foot allowing the left arm to rise to your side and your right and to descend toward your left hip.
3. As you take an empty step forward with your right foot into a mountain stance, allow your hand to fold in toward your shoulder.
4. Shift 70% forward into your right foot and turn your waist as your right hand brushes by your right thigh and the left elbow drops bringing your left hand out away from your shoulder.

Low Punch

1. Shift back 100% into your left foot as you turn your waist to the right pointing your right toes out 45 degrees. Simultaneously, allow your left fingers to come to the right side of your body and your right palm to turn up.
2. Shift forward 100% into your right foot making a fist with your right hand by to the side of your hip and allowing your left hand to descend toward the front of your hip.
3. Take an empty step forward 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 fist extends forward and down.