The Tai Chi Chuan Long Form (English only)

This list is from PTCC International, and there you will also find some video clips of some of the techniques. You will find the list here.

The form is divided into six sections which is marked in the list below.

• Section 1
• 1. The ready style (Wu Chi)
  2. The Tai Chi beginning style
     (Vanguard arms, Extend the arms)
  3. The seven stars style
  4. Grasping the bird's tail
  5. The single whip
  6. Flying oblique
  7. Raise hands and step up
     (Single then Double seize the legs)
  8. White crane flaps its wings
     (Break arm style)
  9. Brush knee twist step
  10. The seven stars style (left)
  11. Brush knee twist step
  12. The seven stars style (left)
  13. Stroke the lute
  14. Step up, parry and punch
  15. As if shutting a door
  16. Embrace tiger and return to mountain
  17. Cross hands
  18. Oblique brush knee twist step
  19. Turn body, brush knee twist step
  20. The seven stars style
  21. Grasping the bird's tail
• Section 2
• 22. Oblique single whip
  23. Fist under elbow
  24. Step back and repulse monkey
  25. Flying oblique
  26. Raise hands and step up
  27. White crane flaps its wings
  28. Brush knee twist step
  29. The seven stars style (left)
  30. Needle at sea bottom
  31. Fan through the back
  32. Turn body and swing fist
  33. Step back, parry and punch
  34. Step up, grasping the bird's tail
      (reverse seven stars)
  35. The single whip
  36. Wave hands in clouds (turning hands)
  37. The single whip
• Section 3
• 38. Pat the horse high (left)
  39. Left Drape Body
      (seperate hands)(tiger embraces head)
  40. Right Separate legs
  41. Pat the horse high (right)
  42. Right drape body
  43. Left Separate leg
  44. Turn around and kick with the heel
  45. Brush knee twist step
  46. Step forward and plant punch
  47. Turn body and swing fist
  48. Step up and pat the horse high (left)
  49. Left drape body
  50. Right separate legs
  51. Step back seven stars style
  52. Step back to strike the tiger
  53. Twist the body and kick
  54. Box the ears
  55. Right drape body
  56. Left separate legs
  57. Turn round and kick with the heel
  58. Swing fist
  59. Step up, parry and punch
  60. As if shutting a door
  61. Embrace tiger and return to mountain
  62. Cross hands
  63. Turn body, brush knee twist step
  64. Oblique brush knee twist step
  65. The seven stars style
  66. Grasping the bird's tail
  67. Oblique single whip
• Section 4
• 68. The seven stars style
  69. Parting the wild horse's mane
  70. The seven stars style
  71. Parting the wild horse's mane
  72. The seven stars style
  73. Parting the wild horse's mane
  74. Fair lady works at shuttle
  75. The seven stars style
  76. Parting the wild horse's mane
  77. Fair lady works at shuttle
  78. The seven stars style
  79. Grasping the bird's tail
  80. The single whip
  81. Wave hands in clouds (turning hands)
  82. The single whip
• Section 5
• 83. Snake creeps down
  84. Golden cockerel stands on one leg (right)
      (white snake spits out its tongue)
  85. Step back and repulse monkey
      (Golden cockerel on one leg left)
  86. Step aside, flying oblique
  87. Raise hands and step up
      (double seizing legs)
  88. White crane flaps its wings
  89. Brush knee twist step
  90. The seven stars style (left)
  91. Needle at sea bottom
  92. Fan through the back
  93. Turn body and swing fist
  94. Step up, parry and punch
  95. Step up grasping the bird's tail
  96. The single whip
  97. Wave hands in clouds (turning hands)
  98. The single whip
• Section 6
• 99. Pat the horse high (left)
  100. Slap the face
  101. Cross and single hand sweep lotus leg
  102. Brush knee twist step
  103. Step up to punch the groin
  104. Step up, grasping the bird's tail
  105. The single whip
  106. Snake creeps down
  107. Step up, seven stars
  108. Step back to ride the tiger
  109. Turn body and slap the face
  110. Turn body and double hand sweep lotus leg
  111. Draw the bow to shoot the tiger
  112. Pat the horse high (left)
  113. Slap the face
  114. Turn body and swing fist
  115. Step up to pat the horse high
  116. Step up, grasping the bird's tail
  117. The single whip
  118. Tai Chi at rest
  119. Completion style