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For the first section I think it would be appropriate to take 4 images as splitting these up in separate threads might be a bit too much

OK I don't intend to always be the first poster (other then introducing the images), but here my first input

We start erect, aware of the surroundings, alert.

We draw the fists up collecting power and pump yourself up using reverse breathing to aid doing so.

The moves that end in the forward palms in figure 4 are part of the dragon, and we do a sound "Hoh!" thats a bit of a "I got ya" intention. That also fits the happy feeling of the dragon. Nothing overly emotional, just an added flair to support the movement.

For applications, some of the major uses to me seem the forward cut aimed at the collarbone, also to free yourself from a bearhug (with sinking of the body simultaneously). Also shifting your body sideways in a catstance to evade an incoming fist and cutting his arm, including the elbow, which can be injured with the cutting finale move (chun bridge?).

We start with feet together, hands at the sides. Inhale to the middle dantien, raise your hands up,palms up, and inhale. Curl yuor fingers in pinky first, one by one to form fist,pull to chamber,sinking the breath to the lower dantien as you open the stance into YJKYM.
OPen the hands, and cut down, by sinking the elbows first, with the forearms sinking as you exhale. Continue by extending the knifehands straight, extending the energy to the fingertips.
Inhale, turn the palms up,sink the elbows,sink the dantien, then slightly raise the palms-lifting palm-exhale-sink,contract the lats. The energy is felt in the sides,out through the arms..Rooted in the stance.
Inhale and Again,curl the fingers in to form fists, then draw the forearms inward,pulling as you do,exhale. Contract the dantien.
*exhaling is done "miserly," meaning always maintain reserve of breath. One inhale can have several exhales.

most of the things have been already said, just couple of notes

1-9 is interesting section, both beginner's (gjffk) and advanced (tsk, which also ends with this section). our system is like a interconnected circle...

interesting thing is the coordination of the breathing, bridges and body movement - swallowing, spitting, lifting, sinking.

text accompanying number 1 is almost like those form taijiquan classics (top of the head, hei sinking to daan tin... ).

anyway, the text (especially applications explained) not always matches the picture. another interesting thing is that there are parts of gjffk sparring set explained, like number 3

number 4 - do you guys do it as uppercuts (tung tin cheui)?

all the best