1) Raise up your head ... don't drop your head
2) Look forward ... your enemy is in front of you
3) Lower the chin ... good for health and self defense
4) Your tongue touches the roof of your mouth ... slightly
5) Your teeth knock each other ... slightly
6) Your neck is relaxed ... follows your hand
7) Your chest is relaxed ... not out, not proud
8) Lower your shoulders ... lower your elbows
9) Your hand reaches upward slightly ... your Chi moves to your fingertips
10) Your fingers stretch with some force ... brings Chi to fingers
11) Put your weight and idea to Sea of Chi ... Chi goes down and comes up
12) Sit to the hip ... that's a hard job
13) Round the arm and back ... like a bow
14) Go in your bottom ... from the cat we learn a lesson
15) Forward to attack ... back leg like a bow
16) One step forward ... one leg heavy, the other leg light ... grip the ground and sit all the way to one leg ... balance your whole body
17) Hand and leg should come at the same time ... leg arrives and hand stops ... don't separate ... all is together ... they do the same work, the same thing
18) To go forward the light leg should circle up and step wider from the center line
19) To step forward the light leg goes lightly under like a chicken ... very light ... let one leg do the whole work ... the other leg is nothing ... what is Yin is Yin ... what is Yang is Yang ... what is heavy is heavy ... what is light should be very light
20) Body straight ... relaxed
"This 20 System you should understand. From the top to the bottom I tell you all about. Therefore, all movement should be round, smooth and slow movement to go up smoothly and come down smoothly and slow and to come down should be light like dragon or an eel swimming in the water. Why they can do so good? Because their footing is good. They do whta's called rowing the boat. Walking and training one leg is good...When you practice these exercises your movement should be round and smooth. Don't angle. Should be round and smooth."
"Those who set out to learn the exercise, do not misjudge the value of The Chinese Five Word Song."
Verses 133-134
"The Chinese Five Word Song" was written by Master Li Tung Fung during the early part of China's Sung Dynasty. Master Li learned Hwa-Yu T'ai-Chi Ch'uan (Liu Ho Pa Fa Ch'uan Fa) from Master Chen Hsi-I, creator of the martial art and health exercise. Master Li Tung Fung took refuge in the mountain of Yun, southeast from the Lok district. While living on Yun, he authored the famous Chinese Five Word Song, which serves today as the only extant treatise explaining the principles of the original Liu Ho Pa Fa.
Hwa-Yu T'ai-Chi Ch'uan was a closed-door martial art for almost 1,000 years. Master John Chung Li opened the door to hundreds of students in China, the United States and Europe. Master Li translated The Chinese Five Word Song and added his commentary to each of the 134 verses to help students understand the truth within Internal Martial Arts. We are privileged to now offer the insights to this phenomenal martial art and healthcare science through the publication of The Chinese Five Word Song.
We are extremely pleased to announce the publication of The Chinese Five Word Song. It's filled with tremendous insights into the philosophy and guiding principles of Internal Martial Arts from one of the true masters of the 20th Century.
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