Form 3: (Zuo) Dan Bian (Single Whip-Left Side)

This form compares the movements of waist straightening, neck uplifting and body turning to the handle of a whip and the movement of spreading arms for attack to the whip. As the name implies, the movements are like riding a horse and raising the whip.

Detailed Explanation
The 42 Forms have two s'ngle_w,hips, namely Zuo Dan Bian (Left Single Whip) typical of the  Yang-style Tai Chi Boxing, and You Dan Bian  (Right Single Whip) typical of the Sun-style Tai  Chi Boxing. To perform Zuo Dan Bian, one hand suspends and forms a hook shape and the other  whisks or shoots out before the chest.
Lower limbs: Take a step left forward with the left foot, landing with the heel; transfer weight forward to form into a bow stance.
Upper limbs: Change the right palm, into a hooking hand at the same height to the shoulder; circle the left palm left forward, and turn the left palm and push it out forward, with the palm forward, the wrist leveted to the shoulder, the tip of the forefinger pointing to the nose tip, and eyes looking at the left palm.

Key Point
Uplift the head, sink the shoulders, relax the waist,keep the crotch relaxed and down, and extend arms left and right with the waist as pivot. Move force from the feet, through the back, to fingertips.