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Instructional Video
How to Perform Sky and Ground Palm
This change differs from the previous palms in that the arms do not complete their change until you take the Sweeping Step.
Stand on the edge of the circle facing in the counterclockwise direction. From Holding the Spear Posture, lower the right hand down the front of the body with the palm facing away, while the left hand rises from its extended position with the palm facing to the body.
You can over stretch this posture by raising the left shoulder and straightening the left elbow. If you want to maintain the Wuji Posture alignments, you will not straighten the left elbow. I prefer the latter posture, but either is acceptable.
Sky and Ground Palm
Walk as before and perform the Simple Change, maintaining the posture when you toe-in. Change hand positions as you toe-out. Drill the right palm up, inside the elbow of the left arm, as you drop the left palm down. As the arms change positions, they twist in opposite directions. The arms continue to change positions as you perform the Sweeping Step.
This change differs from the previous palms in that the arms do not complete their change until you take the Sweeping Step.
Sky and Ground Palm as a Mother Palm of Baguazhang
The Sky and Ground Palm is practicing a key transition movement from the Double Palm change as a static posture. Most Baguazhang schools incorporate large sweeping movements of the arms with a sudden lowering of the body. In martial terms these are throws or clearing actions to enter your opponent’s center.
For our purposes, the raised arm, twisted in one direction, the lowered arm twisted in another direction, and the torso, twisted toward the center of the circle presents a challenge for our focused attention. Imagine you are cutting a groove in the ceiling and floor with your hands as you walk. If you let the twist of either arm relax, you will fall off the groove and have to start over.
San Ti Shi, or the Three Body Posture, combines the lessons of Wuji and Yin Yang Posture and integrates martial intent. In this posture, we divide the body into three sections that are further divided into three more sections. The primary division is the head, the hands, and the feet. We divide t…
You use our hands all day, yet pay little attention to what they are doing. Studies that map parts of the human body to brain function draw pictures of the body that represent the relative size of each body part to brain function. These pictures show the hands huge compared to the rest of the bod…
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