Form 16: Zuo You Deng Jiao (Heel Kicks-Left and Right)

This form is named after a leg technique in Tai Chi Boxing of chinese martial arts. To perform this form, one leg supports the body, the other curves and then kick with tiptoes hooked, releasing force from the heel. Kicking with the left or right foot is named "Zuo Deng Jiao" (Left Heel Kick) or  "You Deng Jiao" (Right Heel Kick), and the continuous movement of kicking with the left and right feet altemately is termed  "Zuo You Deng Jiao"  (Heel Kicks-Left and Right).

Key point
Bend the supporting leg slightly and keep the waist and crotch sunk and relaxed. Circle and cross two palms in harmony with knee bending and leg lifting, with the upper part of the body upright. Part two palms in harmony with heel kick, releasing force from the heel.

Detailed Explanation
Lower limbs: Transfer weight leftward, step on the ground with the left foot slowly, and take the right foot back to the inside of the left foot; curve the left leg slightly, lift the right leg with the knee bent and kick right forward slowly, with tiptoes hooked up.
Upper limbs: As weight is transferred onto the left leg, take back and lift the right leg, thread the right palm over the left forearm and circle it upward and rightward and then downward, leftward and upward, circle the left palm downward and leftward, across the left waist, and then leftward, upward and rightward, cross two palms in front of the chest (with the right one outward), with wrists reaching the shoulder height; while kicking with the right leg, part two palms to both sides in an arched way, with the palms facing outward, the wrists leveled to the shoulders, the elbows bent slightly, the right arm aligned to the right leg, and eyes looking at the right palm. Left Heel Kick has the same movements as Right Heel Kick, simply in the opposite direction.