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The Tai Chi Chuan Long Form (English only)

The Tai Chi Chuan Long Form (English only)

Sunday 23 August 2015, by Mattias Nyrell

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
    1. Oblique single whip
    2. Fist under elbow
    3. Step back and repulse monkey
    4. Flying oblique
    5. Raise hands and step up
    6. White crane flaps its wings
    7. Brush knee twist step
    8. The seven stars style (left)
    9. Needle at sea bottom
    10. Fan through the back
    11. Turn body and swing fist
    12. Step back, parry and punch
    13. Step up, grasping the bird's tail
      (reverse seven stars)
    14. The single whip
    15. Wave hands in clouds (turning hands)
    16. The single whip
  • Section 3
    1. Pat the horse high (left)
    2. Left Drape Body
      (seperate hands)(tiger embraces head)
    3. Right Separate legs
    4. Pat the horse high (right)
    5. Right drape body
    6. Left Separate leg
    7. Turn around and kick with the heel
    8. Brush knee twist step
    9. Step forward and plant punch
    10. Turn body and swing fist
    11. Step up and pat the horse high (left)
    12. Left drape body
    13. Right separate legs
    14. Step back seven stars style
    15. Step back to strike the tiger
    16. Twist the body and kick
    17. Box the ears
    18. Right drape body
    19. Left separate legs
    20. Turn round and kick with the heel
    21. Swing fist
    22. Step up, parry and punch
    23. As if shutting a door
    24. Embrace tiger and return to mountain
    25. Cross hands
    26. Turn body, brush knee twist step
    27. Oblique brush knee twist step
    28. The seven stars style
    29. Grasping the bird's tail
    30. Oblique single whip
  • Section 4
    1. The seven stars style
    2. Parting the wild horse's mane
    3. The seven stars style
    4. Parting the wild horse's mane
    5. The seven stars style
    6. Parting the wild horse's mane
    7. Fair lady works at shuttle
    8. The seven stars style
    9. Parting the wild horse's mane
    10. Fair lady works at shuttle
    11. The seven stars style
    12. Grasping the bird's tail
    13. The single whip
    14. Wave hands in clouds (turning hands)
    15. The single whip
  • Section 5
    1. Snake creeps down
    2. Golden cockerel stands on one leg (right)
      (white snake spits out its tongue)
    3. Step back and repulse monkey
      (Golden cockerel on one leg left)
    4. Step aside, flying oblique
    5. Raise hands and step up
      (double seizing legs)
    6. White crane flaps its wings
    7. Brush knee twist step
    8. The seven stars style (left)
    9. Needle at sea bottom
    10. Fan through the back
    11. Turn body and swing fist
    12. Step up, parry and punch
    13. Step up grasping the bird's tail
    14. The single whip
    15. Wave hands in clouds (turning hands)
    16. The single whip
  • Section 6
    1. Pat the horse high (left)
    2. Slap the face
    3. Cross and single hand sweep lotus leg
    4. Brush knee twist step
    5. Step up to punch the groin
    6. Step up, grasping the bird's tail
    7. The single whip
    8. Snake creeps down
    9. Step up, seven stars
    10. Step back to ride the tiger
    11. Turn body and slap the face
    12. Turn body and double hand sweep lotus leg
    13. Draw the bow to shoot the tiger
    14. Pat the horse high (left)
    15. Slap the face
    16. Turn body and swing fist
    17. Step up to pat the horse high
    18. Step up, grasping the bird's tail
    19. The single whip
    20. Tai Chi at rest
    21. Completion style

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