SEQUENCE: Raise Hands and Step Up Sequence is repeated 3 times in the form see video 105.

POSTURE: Traditionally first seen as posture number 4 in the Long Form.  Raise Hands and Step Up is also translated as ‘Raise Hands and Step Forward’, Tí shǒu shàng shì 提手上势. 

There are two other entry point for this posture, one following ‘Slanting Flight’.  This sequence follows the ‘Single Whip sequence’.  There is an alternative entry point following Repulse Monkey; with the bouncy springy sensation in the left leg lift the toes off the ground in the right foot and turn the foot anticlockwise on the heel.  The right hand sinks down as the right thumb turns outward rotating the palm to face up.  At the same time the left hand floats up with the left thumb turning inward rotating the palm to face towards the right palm.  Move your centre of gravity over the left leg flexing or sinking down into the left leg.  The right knee floats up then step behind touching the ground with your toes.  Turn the right heel in moving your bouncy springy sensation to the right leg.  Lift the toes off the ground in the left foot turning the left foot clockwise on the heel.  The left thumb turns inward rotating the palm to face down as the hand sinks diagonally down.  The right hand floats up as the left foot turns the waist and then the shoulders clockwise sending the right hand diagonally up across the body (Throw the Frisbee).  Then sit back transferring the bouncy springy sensation to the left leg.  The right hand sings down as the right thumb turns inward rotating the palm to press towards the left thigh entry to ‘Squeeze the Beach Ball’.  Raise Hands and Step Up is performed with 3 breaths; see guide