Waist Turning exercise for Taiji Warm-up Exercises

8) Waist Turning exercise
Stand upright with your feet shoulder width apart. Clench both fists and raise them horizontally in front of the chest, bend the elbows and bring the fists to face each other. Keeping your feet still, twist your waist to one side at roughly 45 degrees. Return to the starting position and do another twist (same direction) up to 90 degrees. (Fig 2-16) Do not over twist! Do two twists in each direction (Fig 2-17), making the first a gentle one, and the second a harder one. Repeat this movement eight times in each direction.