From a standing position, with the feet at shoulder width, draw your loosely clenched fists up to your upper chest.
Bend forward from the waist, extend the arms forward, make tiger claws with palms down. Bring the head down to the level of the hips. Keep the back as straight as possible. Bend the knees slightly.
Draw the arms back to the knees as you squat down low, look downward.
Draw both arms up the body to your upper chest, fingers loosely clenched, gradually stand up and lean back as you look up. Arms are draw up close to the body as as you stand up.
Bring both arms up a to ears and then above your head, and then forward and down as you step forward with the left foot into a short lunge posture. The hands form a tiger claw as they come down.
Step back with the left foot to a centered position and bring the arms to the sides. Imagine dragging the captured prey back to the Tiger's body before the killing bite to the prey's neck.
Repeat exercise but step out to the right side.
Movement source citation: Tiger Frolic, Movement 2, Seizing the Prey, pp. 33-41. Wu Qin Xi (Five Animal Frolics): Chinese Health Qigong. Compiled by the Chinese Health Qigong Association. Beijing, China, Foreign Languages Press, 2007. 102 pages, includes an instructional DVD. ISBN: 9787119047799. VSCL.
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