Prelude #4
 
Theme: Hexagram:
  A♭ major    Meng "being caught"

The salute is a signal from the student to the teacher that the student is ready to practice and learn. Standing with feet flat and straight ahead the
student should have squared his or her shoulders. The eyes are looking straight forward and one inhales lightly before the actual salute. The left arm is held with the elbow bent and near the leftside ribs so that the bottom of the hand is roughly level with the heart. The hand is held with the palm facing toward the right, perpendicular to the floor and fingers extended upward. The thumb is relaxed, parallel to the ground and pointing toward the heart with about a three inch distance to the chest.
The right elbow is bent with the forearm parallel to the ground. The right hand is in a fist palm downward. Note that the four fingers are clenched and the inner (right) tip of the thumb touches the centerpoint of the middle finger. The actual salute occurs when the fist moves to the left and contacts the area of the left palm just below the bases of the left fingers. Then both hands move parallel to the ground and away from the chest for about two inches. The student holds this position until the teacher's salute is complete. Then the hands retract, the right fist separates by moving to the right and the hands slowly drop outward and down until they are touching the gall bladder meridians on the outside of both legs.
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