Video: One-Handed Forward Tai Chi Silk Reeling

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Forward tai chi silk reeling with one hand is performed with a circular motion of the arm that is coordinated with a weight shift from side-to-side. Learn one-handed forward silk reeling with tips from a tai chi expert in this free martial arts video.

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Ok, the first silk reeling practice and the most commonly practiced silk reeling is forward silk reeling. So again we are going to start with the feet approximately right underneath the shoulders. We are going to start with the right hand, so we are placing the left hand on the hip. And the right hand comes out, palm outwards facing the right. The eyes will follow the hand. Your eyes however, never go downwards so as we move off to the left and the hand circles, we are going to keep the eyes simply in the same direction as the hand. So to start this motion our weight is in the right foot to the front side. We're going to start by allowing the hand to circle downwards and the weight goes to the back to the right side. And starts to transfer to the front of the left. So the palm is now starting to face upwards and we are transferring the weight to the left side. So now the weight is transferred to the front of the left, then return the arm over, turn over the shoulder as the weight moves to the back of the left hand and we turn the hand over and go back to where we started. So the hand is taking a large circular motion. Inhaling as the hand comes under, exhaling as the hand comes over. As the hand comes under we are going to feel the energy going into our pinkie and the hand twisting somewhat back and up. Going over the energy goes into the thumb and pressing outwards. Inhaling, exhaling.

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One-Handed Forward Tai Chi Silk Reeling

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