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Wudang Zhang Sanfeng Taiji 28 @ de Purple Heaven Palace on Wudang Mountain with Master Gu's students

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Thai Cuc Quyen
is like a great river
that keeps rolling on unceasingly.

In motion
all parts of the body must be light
nimble
and strung together.

The breath should be excited,
and the spirit should be gathered.

Let the postures be without breaks or holes,
hollows or projections,
or discontinuities and continuities of form.

The motion should be rooted in the feet,
released through the legs,
controlled by the waist,
and manifested through the fingers.

The feet, legs and waist
must act together simultaneously,
so that while stepping forward or back
the timing and position are correct.

If the timing and the position are not correct,
then the body becomes disordered,
and the defect must be sought in the legs and waist.

Up or down,
front or back,
left or right,
are all ...