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  The Cloud Hands  Bow 52 Form

Preparation

  1.  Beginning Wu Chi to Tai Chi
  2.  Ward-Off Left
  3.  Grasping the Grasp the Sparrow's Tail:
    1. Ward –Off Right
    2. Roll- Back
    3. Press
    4. Push
  4. Single Whip
  5. Lifting Hands
  6. Shoulder Strike
  7. White Crane Spreads Wings
  8. Brush Knee and Push- Left
  9. Play Guitar
  10. Brush Knee and Push Left-Right Left
  11. Step Forward, Deflect Downward, Parry and Punch
  12. Apparent closing
  13.  Wu Chi - Closing of Part 1
  14.  Embrace Tiger and Return to Mountain
  15.  Grasp the Sparrow’s Tail:
       a.     Ward-Off Right
       b.     Roll Back
       c.     Press
       d.     Push
  16. Diagonal Single Whip
  17. Fist Under the Elbow
  18. Repulse Monkey
       a.     Right
       b.      Left
       c.      Right
  19.   Diagonal Flying
  20.   Lifting Hands
  21.    Shoulder Strike
  22. White Crane Spreads Wings
  23.   Brush Left Knee
  24. Pick up the Needle from the Sea Bottom
  25.   Fan through the Back
  26.   Turn and Chop with Fist
  27.   Deflect Downward, Parry and Punch
  28. Grasp the Sparrow’s Tail
        a.      Ward –Off Right
        b.      Roll-Back
            c.   Press
              d.         Push
  29.   Single Whip
  30. Wave Hands in the Clouds- three times Left
  31.  Step Out with Right foot and Single Whip
  32.   Snake Creeps Down
  33.     Golden Pheasant Stands on One Leg Left Foot
        a.Golden Pheasant Stands on One Leg Right Foot
  34.   High Pat on a Horse and Separate Right Foot
  35.   High Pat on a Horse and    Separate Left Foot
  36.   Turn and Kick with Heal
  37.     Brush Knee and Push– Left and Right
  38.      Brush Left Knee and Punch Downward
  39.   Grasp the Sparrow’s Tail
        a.          Ward –Off-right
       b.     Roll-Back
        c.          Press
        d.          Push
  40.   Single Whip
  41. Fair Lady Works the Shuttles X 4
  42.   Ward- Off Left
  43.   Grasp the Sparrow’s Tail
        a.      Ward –Off-right
       b.     Roll-Back
        c.          Press
        d.          Push
  44. Single Whip
  45. Snake Creeps Down (Squatting Single Whip)
  46.  Step Forward into the Seven Stars
  47. Retreat and Ride the Tiger
  48. Turn 360 and Lotus Kick
  49. Bend the Bow and Shoot the Tiger
  50. Deflect Downward, Parry and Punch
  51. Apparent Closing
  52. Closing of Form return to WU CHI