Instruction 1 (Fig 7-433,434,435) The body turns right, the left hand arcs down to in front of the abdomen from the upper left, the right hand arcs to the right front from below through the left to in front of the right shoulder.
Note: When practicing, the rotation of the waist and turning of the back must be primary. When the body turns left (Qián Zhāo), and when it turns right (Hòu Zhāo), the crotch must be open and the knees together. When Qián Zhāo changes to Hòu Zhāo, the direction of the jin changes. As the hands change from shùn reeling to nì reeling1 and from nì reeling to shùn reeling, the feet do not move. During this time, the changes from shùn to nì is fairly clear in the lower limbs.
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Instruction 1 (Fig 7-436,437,438) Raising the right foot, take a large opening step out to the right, touching down with the heel. The hands, left outside, right inside, rotate to the right and move out. The left hand moves to the upper left of the head, the right hand moves to above the right knee.
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Instruction 2 (Fig 7-439,440,441) The center shifts right. The left hand arcs down from above to above the left knee, the right hands arcs up from below passing in front of the abdoment to the upper right of the head.
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1 The terms "nì" and "shùn" refer to a sense of the energy flow something like the difference between rowing a boat upstream (nì) versus downstream (shùn). In the context of silk reeling (chán sī gōng), we have nì chán (nì reeling) and shùn chán (shùn reeling). [tr]