LiuHe Posts

The LiuHe Posts exercise uses an arrangement of 6 wooden posts on which the practitioner must stand on or navigate between. It teaches fundamental footwork mechanics and positioning. The exercise where the disciple stands on the pillars is first practiced on small wood diskson the ground, allowing beginners to get used to the patterns before stepping on the posts themselves.

Disciples of the MeiHua would navigate the posts and imagine that they represented live opponents in order to overcome the fear of being surrounded.