STIRRING THE ENERGY OF THE LEFT AND RIGHT BODY
(Pomona, CA 1/99)

For all of these movements, the left side is slow and precise,
the right side fast and vigorous.  These passes are aimed at
a circular core or disk of energy that extends from below the
groin to about chest level.  When the left hand strikes, it
goes to the lower edge of this core.  When the right hand strikes,
it goes to the upper edge.  When the left knee is raised, it goes
only to the lower edge--the back is rounded and the foot is held
suspended for several seconds.  When the right knee is raised,
it goes as high as it can, and the toe points to the ground:

1.      The left hand performs "Gathering Energy in a Ball From the
        Front of the Left and Right Bodies and Breaking It With The
        Back of the Hand".  As the left hand breaks the gathered
        energy, the left foot slides a step to the side, the right
        following slowly.  Pause as the left hand retrieves to the
        left hip.  As the right hand breaks the gathered energy,
        step quickly right to the original position.

2.      The left hand performs "Gathering Energy Of The Left and Right
        Bodies In A Circle Which Is Perforated With The Tips Of The
        Fingers".  As the fingers perforate slowly the first time,
        the left foot slides up a step.  On the second perforation
        the elbow "opens up", causing the entire arm and hand to
        vibrate as it moves forward.  As the right hand perforates
        the first time, the knee is raised, toe pointed, and the right
        foot steps forward on the second.

3.      The left leg and arm perform "Hoisting Left and Right Energy
        Upward", the back rounding as the foot is held suspended, the
        left palm facing the knee.  The left foot steps forward as
        it descends.  The knee raises as the right steps forward.

4.      The arms are raised into the "High Push With the Fists".  The
        left fist is loose a bit below the horizontal; the right fist
        is tight and perfectly level.  As the left foot slides forward,
        the left fist strikes to the front, not crossing the midpoint.
        The right foot steps as the right fist strikes forward.

5.      The feet come parallel.  The fists drop to waist level, palms
        facing, to begin "A Low Push With the Fists".  As the left elbow
        punches slowly foward, engaging the abdominals, the left foot
        slides back.  The left elbow is retrieved.  As the right fist
        punches forward, the right foot steps back even.

6.      The hands become leopard paws as the hands perform "A Wheel With
        the Fingers Contracted At the Middle Joints"--begin with the left,
        held loosely by the left hip.  As the back rounds and the
        body twists slightly to the right, the left claw arcs slowly
        up to a position in front of the face.  The right claw arcs
        forcefully from the shoulder as the left returns to the left hip.
        Perform twice.

7.      Following the hand with the eyes, the left arm pivots back from
        the shoulder twice and performs "Hitting Energy In Front Of The Face
        With An Upper Thrust Of The Fist".  The back is rounded, foot lifted,
        loose fist held by the knee.  The left foot steps forward as it
        descends.  Finish right, knee raised as it steps.

8.      The left hand performs "Drawing Two Outward Circles of Energy
        and Smashing Them By The Navel" , the left hand followed by the
        eyes as it makes one and 2/3 backwards circles, then slowly
        vibrates to a point just left of the centerline at solar plexus
        level, palm facing right.  The left foot slides forward as the
        arm strikes.  The right arm circles back quickly, and the right
        foot steps forward without raising the knee as it makes a forceful
        strike to a similar position.

9.      The left hand performs "Drawing Two Circles of Energy Laterally
        With The Index and Middle Fingers Extended".  The fingers are held
        loosely as the left knee is raised, the body rounded, and the
        fingers scoop deeply down to the left side and end with a loosely
        held fist, middle knuckle extended, by the knee.  The left foot
        steps as it descends.  The right knee is raised as the right
        completes the movement.

10.     The loose left fist slowly strikes down to the sides, palm forward,
        then slowly circles up for "Stirring The Energy Around The Temples".
        The fist contacts the temple as the back is arched slightly, then
        the left foot slides forward as the fist slowly arcs down as far
        as possible behind the left hip, eyes following.  The right mirrors
        forcefully, stepping on the last downward strike.

This series has three accompanying breaths:

1.  Offering The Breath
2.  Moving Energy with the Breath from the Top of the Head to the
    Vital Centers
3.  The Altitude Breath

It is followed by the First Gazing technique.