Ba Shou ( 8 hands ) Video (2.5 Meg)

Ba shou is a cycle of 8 hand positions.

This is a very addictive little cycle with lots and lots of things to explore. If anyone out there can be bothered to lean the cycle with the hands ( deceptively complex - took me about 4 weeks of 1 hour / day to get through without stopping ) then send me an .mpeg or .avi and I will be motivated enough to explain the foot movements!!

This is done here in a hard static style so that you can see the moves. You can take any of the sections and rework as 1 single move using the better flow to explore. That should keep you going for ...... ohhhh quite a long time.Oh dear - my 8th move on different on both sides...back to the drawing board!

How to do it...

Here are the 8 positions:

Side		Font
	Position 1
	Position 2
	Position 3
	Position 4
	Position 5
	Position 6
	Position 7
	Position 8

Then do this:

Do all 8 positions with 1 hand.
Do all 8 positions with the other hand.
Do all 8 positions with the both hands.
Repeat with both hands 8 times. However each time you have finished with the left hand, pause for 1 move. This will mean that the hands become 1 step out of phase with each other each cycle, producing all the possible combinations of these 8 moves. At the end of 9 complete cycles the hands will be back in sync with one another.
Repeat previous step with foot positions.
Do all positions with both hands.
Drink tea!!