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Yang Long Form

1. Commencement

  a) Facing North (to pick an arbitrary direction), stand loosely with your feet together, arms at your side.  
  b) Step your left foot to the side so your feet are at hip to shoulder width (not too wide).  Relax your knees a bit, and 
     notice your posture is a lot like embracing the horse. 
  c) Your arms raise up, circling forward in the Sagittal Plane, is if they are 
     being lifted up at the wrists by ghosts, until you are in the Frankenstein's Monster posture. Elbows relaxed, shoulders 
     down, when your wrists are level with your shoulders, stretch your finger tips out.  
  d) Slide your wrists back, hands level, towards your shoulders and as they approach your shoulders push your palms down, palms 
     parallel to the floor.  The inside of your wrists will touch the top of your thighs, to the side.  
  * While your arms are floating up, the force for this is generated from the bottoms of your feet pushing into the ground.
  * While you are pushing down, settle your posture down as well.

2. Grasp Sparrow's Tail: Ward Right then Left

  a) As one motion: shift your weight to your left foot; turn about ninety degrees to the right letting your left wrist lag 
     behind; lift and curve your right arm to about shoulder height and curve your left arm under at about hip height; pivot 
     your right foot on its heel so your toes point East.  You end up standing mostly back on your left foot (still pointed 
     North), your right foot light and facing East.  Your right and left arms are curved in space as if holding a giant ball in 
     front of you.
  b) Shift your weight forward mostly onto your right foot, keeping your center of weight no further forward than the ball of 
     your foot.  Complete the shift by pointing your hips East, which will turn your left foot in to point North-East.  Arms are 
     still holding the big ball.
  c) Remove all weight from your left foot, sinking into your right leg a little as it absorbs the shift. Step your left foot in 
     to touch your right, then circle your left foot out to the left/rear (passing through East, NorthEast, to North), toes 
     pointing North.
  d) As one motion: shift your weight to your left foot; turn about ninety degrees to the left; switch your left arm from being 
     under the big ball until it is on top of the big ball, palm facing your chest at about shoulder height; press your right 
     hand palm down with the inside of your right wrist touching the top-outside of your right thigh.  Your right hand passes 
     through the curve of your left arm as it passes through the ball.  Complete the shift by pointing your hips North, turning 
     your right foot in to point NorthEast.
  * Your feet will, in almost every stance, follow a consistent placement.  Your forward foot points in the direction you are 
     facing at the end of a move, and your back foot will point about forty-five degrees out from that line.  Your feet are at 
     corners of a box (or diamond), and if you draw a straight line perpendicular to the angle of your back foot, passing in 
     front of that foot's big toe, this line will pass through the instep of your forward foot. 
  * After each shift, your weight will be 60% to 70%  on the forward foot, with a bit of a kickstand-like bracing in the back 
     foot.  
  * The back leg should remain rounded though mostly straight, with the knee still out and not sagging in.
  * The knee of the front leg should not stick out forward of the front toes.  The shin of the front leg remains vertical and 
     above your heel,  but will be tipped forward a bit.  The thigh of your front leg should balance on top of the shin, and 
     start directly above your foot.

3. ...Ward Right ... later 4. ...Roll-back 5. ...Press 6. ...Push