Ward Off Tai Chi Movement

Video Transcript

"Hi I'm Jan Kain. Continuing on with our Tai Chi lesson today. We are going to move forward into our grasping the sparrow's tail sequence. Last movement we did was looking into the palm, shifting the weight on to the left. So now we're going to move on and the next move in our Tai Chi series for grasping the sparrow's tail sequence is going to be ward off. So make sure you are looking into your left palm, weights all the way on your left leg. So now you can pick up the right foot. As you get ready to step towards the right, both hands are going to flip over, you are going to step again, heel, toe, shift the weight forward all the way to the right leg. Body is square. And your hands look like a "t". Right palm faces you, left palm faces away. Sink the weight into your hips, more weight on the right foot then the left. We call this ward off because we are ready, you're always ready for an opponent. So this is also working strength, balance, coordination, a lot of inner strength. A lot of the meditative aspect, moving a lot of chi and a lot of energy and force. So from here we will be ready to move on. To the next step in the sequence."