Section 3 Videos - 2026
Topics covered in today's class:
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As hands rise, the kuas sink
Form
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Cut the Clouds
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Snake Creeps Down
Topics covered in today's class:
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Elbows & Knees Connect
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Toss a weight to feel the qua bending
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Make your movements start from inside and go outwardly, sequentially
Form
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Snake Creeps Down - more details, and applications
Topics covered in today's class:
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Open the shoulder blades by hollowing the chest
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Hollow the entire front of your body to round the back of the body, creating a turtle shell
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The hands and feet hollow, reflecting the hollow of the body. If the body is not hollow, the hands cannot hollow as wee. The connection between them is lost
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As you sit, the hollowing moves your hips back taking the pressure off your knees
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Hollow the hands by connecting the thumbs and pinkies. When you spiral the arms, you create a very long line from your pinkie to the back heel.
Form
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Snake Creeps Down - Move arms in wave-like motions
Topics covered in today's class:
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Rotate the Ball
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Open the shoulder blades by hollowing the chest
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Hollow the entire front of your body to round the back of the body, creating a turtle shell
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The hands and feet hollow, reflecting the hollow of the body. Open all the hollows to create the sphere around you
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As you sit, the hollowing moves your hips back taking the pressure off your knees
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Hollow the hands by connecting the thumbs and pinkies. When you spiral the arms, you create a very long line from your pinkie to the back heel.
Form
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In the Horse Stance, let the pinkies lead the movement
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Notice the Single Whip hidden between the Opening and Cut the Clouds
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Sink to shift the weight when going into Cut the Clouds
Topics covered in today's class:
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Expansion - feeling it, doing it, connecting it
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Opening the shoulder joint using the shoulder blades
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Be mindful as you move each joint and each part of you
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Keeping Peng-Jin throughout the movements
Form
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Snake Creeps Down
Topics covered in today's class:
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Feeling the toes extending in front of you
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Moving the scapulae forward and downward to create a wave motion on the arms
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The feet turning are opening and closing doors. As you advance, open a big gate with your feet
Form
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Cut the clouds
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Snake Creeps Down
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Golden Rooster stand on One Leg