Jingang Gong Part 8: Heel Raises, Rhythm and the Finish

Prepare the hands before bringing the feet together

Raising and Lowering the Heels (Liang Zu Dun Dun Yin Shi Xiao) follows Part 7 with feet shoulder-width apart and fists at the navel. Draw the hands apart, cross, lift, and press down first. Bring the feet together and raise the heels at step 6.

Left and right refer to your own sides.

Steps 1–5: cross, lift, and press down

1. Prepare: keep the feet apart and fists at the navel.
2. Draw the palms apart: open the fists, palms upward, fingers extended. Draw the hands horizontally to the sides and pause briefly.
3. Cross: return to the navel and interlace the fingers; touch the thumb tips together and little-finger tips together.
4. Lift on the centre line: palms slightly upward, lift before the chest toward the area between the nose and upper lip; pause briefly.
5. Turn and press down: turn palms downward and press along the centre line until the arms are straight and close to the body; pause briefly.

This resembles the hand preparation in Part 6, but heel movements follow rather than looking back. Keep the original foot position during this preparation; feet come together in step 6.

Steps 6–7: feet together, heels up, gentle lowering

6. Bring feet together and raise the heels: slowly lift the heels while the balls of the feet remain on the ground. Keep the crossed hands in the pressed-down position from step 5.
7. Lower gently: lower the heels softly. The manual groups five raises and lowers into one section: the first two are relatively higher and slower, with longer intervals; the last three are lower and quicker, with shorter intervals.

The pattern “1——2——3—4—5” illustrates the relative rhythm, not fixed seconds. The lowering is not a forceful stamp.

Step 8: separate the feet and return the hands

At the end of the part, separate the feet to shoulder width. Turn palms upward and lift the hands near the navel. This finishes Part 8; the routine’s separate closing follows.

Continue to preparation and closing for the full upward, outward, and downward hand route.

The traditional name does not establish a health effect

The traditional name identifies this part. It does not establish that heel movements treat digestive disease or dependence on tobacco or alcohol, and it is not a reason to abandon medical care. For learning, identify the balls of the feet staying grounded, the heels lifting, and the gentle lowering.

What does five per section, at least five sections mean?

The manual counts one lift and lowering as one movement, five movements as a section, and describes at least five sections. On that counting system, five sections equal twenty-five raises and lowers. The first two in each section are slower and higher; the last three quicker and lower.

This explains the source’s counting, not an amount prescribed to every reader. Participation, range, and repetitions depend on movement restrictions, the person’s response, and guidance. Do not turn the lowering into jumping or hard stamping.

Two connections remain after the heel movements

First separate the feet to shoulder width; then turn the palms up and lift near the navel. That completes Part 8. The whole routine still has the closing sequence of lifting, separating, and lowering the hands.

Parts 6 and 8 share similar crossed-hand preparation but different tasks afterward: looking behind in Part 6 and feet-together heel raises in Part 8. Remember that next task to keep the parts distinct.