- Sink the whole body and shift more weight to the right foot. Do not lean forward, but keep the body upright.
- You will feel your left leg getting lighter and your left heel being lifted up.
- Balancing on the right leg and pivoting on the left toes as fulcrum, slowly turn your whole body anti-clockwise towards the front, initiating the turning from the waist.
- Throughout the turning, ensure the body is always upright and not twisted. Maintain your hand positions as before (still holding the Taiji ball) while you turn.
- Until you are facing the front, and is able to balance all your body weight on the right leg, lift up your left leg and place it forward gracefully(do not jerk or be seen as suddenly stepping down as if you are off balance) landing your left heel first, on the spot where your left toes used to be. Step the whole left foot down completely.
- Sink the body down and using your 'Yi', direct more weight to your left leg until you are well-balanced on both feet. Then continue to direct more weight to the left so that your right leg becomes lighter. Raise the right toes slightly and pivoting on your right heel as fulcrum, turn them anti-clockwise towards the front until the right foot is pointing 45% between the front and right facings.
- Using the 'Yi', sink the whole body down a little further, with both hands still holding the Taiji ball. Check that the body is upright, facing the front and comfortably balanced by ensuring that the (胯) hip joint is sunk deeper too.
- Continue to sink the body further, concentrating on both heels and feel the 'Gong Tui' (躬腿) effect pushing up through your legs. This will activate both the hands simultaneously as such - left lower arm rolling outwards and upwards until it is parallel to the floor until the left palm is right in front of your chest (palm facing inwards), while the right palm presses downwards until it is by the right side of your body. When it stops, the right shoulder should be relaxed, the right elbow too, but slightly curved, and the right palm facing backwards with all 5 fingers pointing to the ground, opened and relaxed.
