shibashi instructions
page 6

• Turn like a flying wheel
• Stepping and Bouncing a Ball
• Balancing the Chi to Close

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Turn like a flying wheel

overall effect
imagine that you are a old fashioned windmill with big wooden sails turning first in a clockwise direction and then in an anti clockwise direction

• circle clockwise up:

• breathe in
• turn waist to 10:30
• shift weight to left foot
• arc arms round and up above head
• raise body

• circle clockwise sky:

• turn waist to 12:00
• shift weight to center

• circle clockwise down:

• breathe out
• turn waist to 1:30
• shift weight to right foot
• arc arms round and down until straight down
• sink body

• circle clockwise ground:

• turn waist to 12:00
• shift weight to center

• NOTE: change direction:

• circle anticlockwise up:

• breathe in
• turn waist to 1:30
• shift weight to right foot
• arc arms round and up above head
• raise body

• circle anti clockwise sky:

• turn waist to 12:00
• shift weight to center

• circle anti clockwise down:

• breathe out
• turn waist to 10:30
• shift weight to left foot
• arc arms round and down until straight down
• sink body

• circle anti clockwise ground:

• turn waist to 12:00
• shift weight to center

Repeat: circle anti clockwise up thru circle anti clockwise ground 4 times

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overall effect
it's like watching a puppet on strings with the arm connected to the opposite knee. So when your left arm goes up your right knee comes up and your right arm is connected to your left knee .

• transition move:

• raise body
• bring arms to sides of body

• left bounce up:

• Shift the weight to left foot
• breathe in
• raise left arm to chest height
• fingers point to 12:00
• raise right knee until parallel with ground

• left bounce down:

• breathe out
• draw left arm to left side
• fingers point to floor
• put right toes down then right foot down

• right bounce up:

• Shift the weight to right foot
• breathe in
• raise right arm to chest height
• fingers point to 12:00
• raise left knee until parallel with ground

• right bounce down:

• breathe out
• draw right arm to right side
• fingers point to floor
• put left toes down then left heel down

Repeat: left bounce up: thru right bounce down 4 times

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imagine that you are scooping water in your hands to cool your forehead and then using the sides of your palms to brush away any spills down the front of your body...

• transition move:

• bring hands to front of body at hip height
• palms face up - palm edges almost touching
• sink body

• raise chi:

• breathe in
• raise body
• gently curve arms up until palms face forehead

• ground chi:

• breathe out
• turn palms downward
• draw arms down to waist height
• sink body

• calm moment:

• breathe in
• press both palms downward
• turn palms to stomach.
• breathe in slowly
• breathe out slowly
• breathe in slowly
• breathe out slowly

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