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Tai Chi Yang Style Long Form (88 Form)
Tai Chi Yang Style 88 Form
Part 1
Attention/preparation
1.Commencing Form
2 Ward Off
3.Grasp Birds's Tail
4.Single Whip
5.Raise Hands
6.White Crane Spreading Wings
7.Brush Knee and Twist Step -- Left
8.Hands Strum the Lute
9.Brush Knee and Twist Step(3 times)
10.Hands Strum the Lute
11 Deflect Down, Parry, and Punch
12.Apparent Close-Up
13.Cross Hands
14.Return to Mountain with Tiger
Part 2
15.Obliquely Grasp Birds's Tail
16.Fist Under Elbow
17.Step Back and Whirl Arms -- (3 times)
18.Diagonal Flying
19.Raise Hands
20.White Crane Spread its Wings
21.Brush Knee and Twist Step
22.Needle at Sea Bottom
23.Flash the Arm
24.Turn to Strike
25.Deflect Down,, Parry, and Punch
26.Step Up and Grasp the Bird's Tail
27.Single Whip
28.Wave Hands Like Clouds (5 times)
29.Single Whip
30.High Pat on Horse
31.Right Kick (toes ponted)
32.Left Kick (toes pointed)
33.Turn and Left Kick With the Heel
34.Brush Knee and Twist Step (twice)
35.Step Up and Punch Down
36.White Snake Showing Tongue
37.Deflct Down, Parry and Punch
38.Kick with Right Heel
39.Move Left to Tame the Tiger
40.Move Right to Tame the Tiger
41.About Turn and Kick with Right Heel
42.Strike Opponent's Ears with Both Fists
43.Kick with Left Heel
44.Turn and Kick with Right Heel
45.Deflect Down, Parry and Punch
46.Apparent Close-Up
47.Cross Hands
48.Return to Mountain with Tiger
Part 3
49.Obliquely Grasp Bird's Tail
50.Side-Step Single Whip
51.Part the Wild Horse's Mane (3 times)
52.Ward off to left and right
53.Single Whip
54.Fair Lady Lays at Shuttles (at 4 Angles)
55.Ward Off Left and Right
56. Single Whip
57.Wave Hands Like Clouds (5 times)
58.Single Whip
59.The Snake Creeps Down
60.Golden Rooster Stands on One Leg -- Left and Right
61.Step Back and Whirl Arms (3 times)
62.Diagonal Flying
63.Raise Hands
64.White Crane Spreads its Wings
65.Brush Knee and Twist Step -- Left
66.Needle at Sea Bottom
67.Flash the Arm
68.Turn to Strike
69.Deflect Down, Parry and Punch
70.Step Forwad and Grasp the Bird's Tail
71.Single Whip
72.Wave Hands Like Clouds
73.Single Whip
74.High Pat on Horse
75.Thread Palm
76.Turn, Cross Hands, and Kick
77.Brush Knee and Punch
78.Step Up and Grasp the Bird's Tail
79.Single Whip
80.The Snake Creeps Down
81.Step Up to Seven Stars
82.Step Back to Ride the Tiger
83.Turn for Lotus-Leg Swing
84.Draw the Bow to Shoot the Tiger
85.Delect Down, Parry and Punch
86.Apparent Close-Up
87.Cross Hands
88.Closing Form
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Tai Chi 24 Form
A book of Yang Style Long Form (88) is available for £8 per book. If you are interested in obtaining this book, please email westnorfolktaichi@hotmail.co.uk or ask in class.
Section 1:
1) Commencing Form
2) Part the Wild Horse’s Maine.
3) White Crane Spreads its Wings
Section 2:
4) Brush Knee and Twist Step.
5) Hand Strums the Lute
6) Step Back and Whirl Arms
7) Grasp Sparrows Tail. Left.
Section 3:
8) Grasp Sparrows Tail. Right
Section 4:
9) Single Whip
10) Wave Hands Like Clouds.
11) Single Whip
Section 5:
12) High Pat on Horse
13) Kick with Right Heel.
14) Strike with the Bulls Horns
15) Kick with the Left Heel.
Section 6:
16) Snake Creeps Down and Stand on One Leg (left style)
17) Snake Creeps Down and Stand on One Leg (right style)
Section 7:
18) Fair Lady plays at Shuttles on Both Sides
19) Needle at Sea Bottom
20) Flash the Arm.
Section 8:
21) Turn, Deflect Downward, Parry and Punch.
22) Apparent Close Up
23) Cross Hands
24) Closing Form.
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A book of Tai Chi 24 Form is available.
Tai Chi Top Tips
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1. In Tai Chi, the foot that is taking the body’s weight is termed the solid foot. The foot not taking body weight is termed the empty foot. To step, shift the body weight and move the empty foot.
2. In T Step, one leg takes the body weight; the tip of the other toe lightly touches the floor.
3. Take short but wide steps.
4. When lowering the arms in Commencing Form, relax one joint at a time in sequence, shoulder, elbow, and wrist. Also, lower the body at the knees and maintain the lowered stance throughout the Form.
5. When practicing Golden Rooster and Kick with the Heel, raise the foot off of the floor only a little or keep the foot lightly in touch with the floor until confident on balance.
6. Do not practice Tai Chi on a slippery floor in socks – for obvious reasons.
7. When holding the imaginary ball, hold it to one side of the chest. When holding on the left, the left hand is on top - and visa versa. The arm that crosses the body is always the lower arm.
8. When pushing the palm (Brush Knee and Twist Step) the palm pushes from the rear leg. For example, pushing the right palm forward, the right leg is the rear leg.
9. When separating the palms in, Part the Wild Horses’ Maine, the same leg and hand are forward, e.g., left palm forward/left leg forward.
Recommended Reading
• Tai Chi Handbook, Herman Kauz, Broadway Books New York, Good background reading.
• An Introduction to Tai Chi, Alan Peck, Optima Books, Good background reading.
• Principles of Tai Chi, Paul Brecher, Thorsons Harper Collins, Good background reading.
• Tai Chi Chuan, Roots and Branches, Nigel Sutton, Charles E. Tuttle Company Inc, Good background reading.
• Applied Tai Chi Chuan, Nigel Sutton, A.S.Black London, Martial Arts.
• Tai Chi 88 Forms available from West Norfolk Tai Chi Chuan
