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touching the floor at the same time. The landing looks sloppy if you land one foot or hand at a time. Caution: Repeated practice of this technique on a hard, unforgiving surface such as a concrete slab will result in a right knee that pops and crackles when you are young, and then no longer works when you are over 40. Be very selective about what type of surface you do this jump on. Sprung wood or dirt is best. 22. The Lawnmower Man - After a brief pause, step forward with the left foot, and back hand block with left and right hands turning them in a circle until the left hand is at the left waist and the right hand is in front of the right shoulder. This technique is extremely difficult to describe in text, but here's an attempt. From the U punch, hook the back of the left hand using the back side of the palm heel posture. The right hand does the same. Move both hands clockwise, keeping the palm heels facing into the center of the circle your hands are describing in front of you. Once the hands are vertical with the right on top in front of the face and the left on the bottom in front of the belt knot, they are really facing to the sides now. Rotate your wrists so that they are back-end leading again as you continue around this circle of doom one more time. This time, the palm heel backside blocks (otherwise known as round blocks) never make it back to the vertical position. Instead, pull them to your sides as you draw the circle a second time. The left palm heel is drawn at the left waist, the right is drawn over-hand style at the right shoulder. Step forward a second time and repeat the action in mirror image. 23. Upper Block Reverse Punch - Pivot on the right foot, turn sharply 180째 and put the left foot over into the front foot position of a left front stance. As you pivot, focus the rising open hand that precedes all upper level rising blocks. As you reach the halfway point of this transition focus a left rising block upper level in mid-step. As you step down, reverse punch with the right hand and kiai. The timing of the entire single step is 12--3. Finish by returning to the both-armsdown-and-out posture of the beginning of the kata.
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