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SPRING AND SWING FREE LEG AROUND TO BOTTOM MAN'S FAR SHOULDER (c);
TRANSFER WEIGHT TO THIS LEG BEFORE BRINGING OTHER LEG UP;
PRESS SHINS AGAINST BOTTOM MAN'S HEAD FOR SUPPORT
(d).
HAND-TO-HEEL SHOULDER MOUNT
HINTS TO BEGINNERS: The balance is much steadier if the bottom man will wait until the top man is up and in balance before he rises from the squat position to the stand.
VARIATIONS
Hand-to-heel shoulder mount to sit.
Shoulder mount; top man jumpsdown in front, and executes dead-man fall backward (he is caught bybottom man and lowered); bothgrasp each other's ankles, and dodouble roll forward.