Push the Mountain, Move the Sea for Dummies

Ok, so we are not dummies.  Some of us just need a little refresher coarse in this TaiChi form so that we can advance in our art form.  Thanks to my lovely wife (my own research librarian), I am able to provide all of us a place where we can refresh our minds in this form.  Here is the form broken down:

1. Raise hands then lower hands
• Palms up, wrists lead and fingers follow.  Remember to point your elbows to the floor.
2. Hold Ball
• Imagine your Chee as a real ball.  Place your right hand near shoulder height and your left hand down under your belly button.
3. Step to the left into a Horse stance while dropping your hands.
• Remember to sink into this Horse stance.
4.  Raise hands then lower hands
• Palms up, wrists lead and fingers follow.  Remember to point your elbows to the floor.
5. Raise hand to the side, up to shoulder height, bring palms inward past the ears, then straight out forward with palms vertical.
• Remember to keep your elbows pointed down and close to your body at all times.
6. Step to the right into base position as you lower hands
7. Raise hands to sides, cross right in front of face
• bring hand to inside when crossing
• lower with right hand on top
8. Raise hands to front (palms up), turn, then stretch open to sides as you breathe in.
9. (Reign in the horses) Slow close of fist, bring to ear level, (Push horses away) push out to sides with palms out, then gently close fists and bring in to shoulder width.
10. Raise fists (fingers forward) with eyes following hands.
• Repeat 3x
• Feel like fists are on a rail that allows them to raise and lower from the shoulder.
• Fist position is thumb on outside touching third finger.
11. Raise hands in Push Sky (fingers inward with palms to the sky), the lower and trace around a large sphere. Turn hands out at waist and trace sphere to top.  At the top, slowly Push Sky.
• Repeat 3x
• After third time on the downward movement, brings hands in relaxed fists 
12. Extend fingers as you touch toes.
• Repeat 3x
• Keep knees relaxed but not bent.
13. Three crossing positions after cross hands
• Left hand high, right hand low
• Right hand high, left hand low
• Left hand high, right hand low
• Right hand high, left hand low
• LOWER hands with right hand on top
14. Hold ball 
15. Step to the left into a Horse stance while dropping your hands.
16. Raise hands at sides (palms to floor) cross flat palms in front with Left, right, left, then lower with right on top
17. Step to the right into base position as you lower hands - Condense the Chi

This is how a master does it!  Enjoy!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VjxttGCgSRE