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Excerpt from "The Complete Works of Chen Pan Ling's Chinese Martial Arts Teachings" (中華國術教材全集) , page 315 (Poster 1)
Please note: Extra words added to the posture description for clarity, as well as additional notes and comments, appear in [square brackets]. Text in (regular parentheses) is the author's text.
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三. 上步打擠
(一). 由前式, 徐徐吸氣, 上體續向右擰約四十五度, 将體重移坐右腿, 兩掌隨身擰, 右手心向外翻, 約與肩平; 左手心向裏翻, 約與眼平, 兩掌向右上[扌+履], 面對西南, 目視左掌, 如圖6。
Posture 3. Step Up to Press
(1) [Continuing] from the previous movement, slowly inhale. Continue to twist the upper body approximately 45 degrees towards the right and shift the weight to sit on the right leg. While the body turns, both palms follow [the movement], with the center of the right hand flipping outward at about shoulder level and the center of the left hand flipping inward at about eye level, [ending with] both palms are doing rollback [lǚ] to the upper right. Face the southwest and look at the left palm as in Figure 6.
[Note: There is no unicode font character for lǚ (roll back). It is a composite of扌and 履.]
Figure 6
(二). 由前式鬆腰徐徐沉氣, 坐實右腿, 左腳前邁一步, 左小臂向胸前下切, 右手指根扶於左腕內, 然後蹬開右腿成左弓步, 向前打擠。左手心朝內, 食指頂勁, 右手指根向前頂勁, 同時頂頭塌腰, 氣沉丹田以貫兩掌, 面南, 目視左掌, 如圖7。
(2) [Continuing] from the previous movement, relax the waist and slowly sink the Qi. Sit solidly on the right leg, and take one [empty] step forward with the left foot. Slice the left forearm down in front of the chest, and use the root of the right hand's fingers to support [i.e., brace] at the inside of the left wrist. After that, begin to push through the right leg to end in a left bow stance [gong-bu] and do a press [jǐ] forward. The center of the left hand is facing inward with energy [concentrated] at the end of the index finger, while the root of the right hand's fingers is sending energy forward. At the same time, push through the crown of the head and settle down into the waist. Sink the Qi to the dan-tian, and then pass [the Qi] into the two palms. Face south and look at the left palm, as in Figure 7.
[Note: Although the instructions don't say to exhale, I assume that the exhale happens whenever it says to "sink the Qi".]
Figure 7
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