Support this project at www.patreon.com/watchjavi This drill is for all those who love the false stance and those who desire to spend more time with it. I like this drill because I find it easier to step backward into a false stance, compared to stepping forward. The upper body portion is not too difficult. It’s very circular and flows nicely.
If you take a look at the video you will see that I utilize a very familiar stance in order to transition to the alternate side. It’s a cross-leg stance, also known as heel-toe transition. It is the false leg, the front leg, that steps backward into a cross leg stance. The hips then need to turn to un-twist. Then the front leg becomes the false leg. If you need to, you can isolate the legs for the drill and identify the transitions and the weight transfers.
As far as the hands. Let them continue the circle that is initiated by the retreat of the body into the false stance. In the stepping transition, the hands fall and then pickup again on the other side when the stance alternates.
One of the hardest things for this drill is in the fundamentals. It’s hard not to not rise up, even though the name of the posture is Stand High to Search Out the Horse. The place where you’d tend to do that is in the false stance. So keep an eye on that and use the cross-leg stance to remain low when alternating. Don’t forget to stretch out the thighs afterward.
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