Step 6: 拦雀尾 (Grasp the sparrow's tail)

1. Using the 'Yi', sink more weight onto the left leg, yet not leaning forward, and feel your right heel being lifted up.
2. With most of the weight on the left leg, and pivoting on the right toes as fulcrum, turn your whole body clockwise (to the right), initiating the turning at the hip (胯). While turning, relax both arms and feel your left palm turning inwards and downwards slightly whereas your right palm turns clockwise while it is still next to your right thigh.
3. When the whole body stops turning, you should have turned about 75 degrees, balancing heavily on the left leg, very lightly on the right toes and both palms facing each other, like holding a very big and elongated balloon diagonally across your body, left palm at chest level and right palm next to your right thigh.
4. Continue to sink more weight on the left leg so that you can lift up the right leg effortlessly to land your right heel down where your right toes previously.
5. Sink further, with more weight to the right leg now, with the right toes pressing down until the right foot is completely flat against the floor.
6. As you sink further, you will feel the left palm continue turning inwards and downwards while the lower right arm flexes up (fulcrum at the right elbow) simultaneously. When they stop, both palms should be right in front of your chest, right palm facing inwards, right wrist slightly bent, as if holding a mirror and left palm facing down and out (also diagonally) with the middle left finger pointing to the bottom of the right wrist. At this stage, both your elbows should be pointing down.
7. Sink more onto the right leg so that you can turn your left toes clockwise, pivoting on the left heel until the left toes are at a 45 degree facing to the left. Check that your body must be facing the right, by sinking the hip joint (胯) further deep in.
8. Continue sinking the whole body and you will feel a recoil up from your left sole through your left leg {the 'Gong Tui' (躬腿) effect} to turn your waist clockwise, turning your whole upper body further to the right.
9. At the end of this move, your upper body should have turned 10% - 15% further to the right, with both hands staying in the same posture - left fingers pointing at the right wrist joint.