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
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