Collected works and current thoughts
General
- Palm Changes 2 - 8 start with palm change 1
- Each palm changes end with the same sequence
- Palm change 3 “turns the wheel” to switch to the other side
Single Palm Change
- Cut and clear the pie
- Chop across the body with your inside hand, palm up
- Sweep across your inside palm with your outside palm, facing away from the body
- Carry the wood
- Horse Stance,
- Arms form a circle, fingers of both hands pointing to each other
- Sweep back and when you get to the opposite side, twist at your waist
- Horse Stance,
- Pull up the shutter and push out the moon
- The original inside arm medially rotates as you raise it to above your forehead (the shutter)
- Yor original outside palm, pointing fingers down, presses from your solar plexus (mid dan tien) to under the shutter
- Hide the Flower Under the Leaf
- Turn to facing away from the center of the circle,
- Hold a ball, original inside arm on the top (solar plexus level, or mid dan tien), hold original outside arm on bottom (just below belly button - lower dan tien or more commonly dan tien). Palms facing each other.
- A Lonely Goose Flies Out
- Turn to the side of your upper arm (original inside arm) as you sweep your hand, palm curved, as if scooping ice cream.
- Keep moving around until you come back the inside of the elbow of your other arm (original outside arm).
- A Pair of Geese Fly Together
- Sweep both hands in an arch, keeping the lonely goose hand near the elbow of your other arm.
- Continue until you are facing in to the circle, back to dragon palms
Double Palm Change
- Single Palm Change
- A Pair of Geese Fly Together
- Twist on the ball of your inside foot, pushing the heal forward
- Sweep both hands to the outside of the circle
- Swing your original outside leg in a full circle
- As you start to turn your head, spear hand the original inside arm
- Fascia pull back on the original outside arm
- Hide the Flower Under the Leaf
- A Lonely Goose Flies Out
- A Pair of Geese Fly Together
For each of the remaining palm changes, start with the double palm change, but only do the last three steps once at the end of the palm change.
Same Step Palm Change - Bullwinkle
- Step through and strike with spear hand, palm up, while raising the shutter to your forehead
- Bullwinkle inside
- Bullwinkle outside
- Hide the flower
- A Lonely Goose Flies Out
- A Pair of Geese Fly Together
Reverse Step Palm Change - V to the chin & Remove the helmet
- Double palm change
- Twist to face outside the circle
- Hands together, chin strike
- Lift elbow (left), pull down right
- Kick groin
- Throw off the helmet
- Pick the fruit
- Hide the flower
- A Lonely Goose Flies Out
- A Pair of Geese Fly Together
Twisting Body - immediate spear hand, throw body
- Double palm change
- Fan through, block with outside, strike with inside hand
- Facing outside the circle, throw person over body
- Hit back of head, mule kick
- Dragon pushing (odd number of times)
- Feign groin kick with inside leg, step it down and either mule kick, hooking kick, or spinning kick, end up facing out
- Hide the flower
- A Lonely Goose Flies Out
- A Pair of Geese Fly Together
Threading Through
- Double Palm Change
- Fascia Grab and pull, spear hand palm up, 3x
- Co step outside
- Turn around, block Fascia grab, grab/strike
- Hide the flower
- A Lonely Goose Flies Out
- A Pair of Geese Fly Together
Grinding Body
- Double Palm Change
- Ball of rear foot, block side and head
- Step, Groin strike, 2x
- Hide the flower
- A Lonely Goose Flies Out
- A Pair of Geese Fly Together
Return to Source
- Double Palm Change
- Heal strike, full circle while forming the lotus
- Outside leg forward, Grab both wrists, Head Butt
- Scissors step forward
- 180 Strike down with forward hand
- Hide the flower
- A Lonely Goose Flies Out
- A Pair of Geese Fly Together
