單勾雙換式 dan gou shuang huan shi
The names of the change include ‘Swallow casts through the forest’, ‘Dealing with front and rear,’ and ‘Shrink the body to change to a shadow’. The change trains basic deerhorn knives techniques (all the single hook changes can be done directly with the deerhorn knives). The footwork is similar to the dragon double palm change, in that it uses larger koubu and baibu, but once again, moves more quickly through.
Description: Starting in single hook form with the left hand into the circle.
Action One: Right koubu, stepping into the circle a little bit. The foot should koubu enough that it is now parallel and inside the inner walking line. Turn the left arm to cut, but do not move it much yet, be sure to have a good hooking power.
Action Two: Left foot full baibu to the outside, aligning to an open mabu directly away from the circle. Left horizontal brace to the outside, keeping the right hand extended and hooked behind.
Action Three: Right koubu to the outside, stepping through with the foot turned in. Come through to chuanzhang strongly with the right hand, hooking and extending the left hand behind.
Action Four: Sit into the right leg and turn to look into the circle centre, coiling the left arm palm up and coiling the right arm to balance the action. Continuing the movement, step the left foot lightly to go back to the circle, and sweep the left arm past the knee, then hook and sweep out to the back. Chuanzhang the right hand to the circle line, then turn in to walk in the single hook shape with the right hand in.
