Tai Chi Hand Forms
The Standard 24 Yang Style Tai Chi Forms
This sequence was created by the famous Master Li Tianji in 1956
1- COMMENCING FORM (QI SHIH)
2- PART WILD HORSE’S MANE ON BOTH SIDES (YE MA FEN ZONG) X3
3- WHITE CRANE FLASHES ITS WINGS (BAI HE LIANG CHI)
4- BRUSH KNEE, TWIST STEP ON BOTH SIDES (LOU XI AO BU) X3
5- STRUM THE LUTE (SHOU HUI PI BA)
6- REPULSE THE MONKEY/CURVE BACK ARMS / LEFT & RIGHT (DAO NIAN HAO) X4
7- GRASP THE BIRD’S TAIL / LEFT (LAN CH’UEH WEI)
8- GRASP THE BIRD’S TAIL / RIGHT (LAN CH’UEH WEI)
9- SINGLE WHIP (TAN PIEN)
10- CLOUD HANDS / LEFT (YUN SHOU) X3
11- SINGLE WHIP (TAN PIEN)
12- HIGH PAT ON HORSE (GAO TAN MA)
13- KICK WITH RIGHT HEEL / RIGHT (YOU DENG JIAO)
14- STRIKE OPPONENT’S EARS WITH FISTS (SHUANG FENG GUAN ER)
15- TURN AND KICK WITH LEFT HEEL (ZHUANG SHEN DENG JIAO)
16- DESCENDING SINGLE WHIP/PUSH DOWN / LEFT AND GOLDEN COCK STANDS ON ONE LEG / LEFT (XIA SHIH DU LI)
17- DESCENDING SINGLE WHIP/PUSH DOWN / RIGHT AND GOLDEN COCK STANDS ON ONE LEG / RIGHT (XIA SHIH DU LI)
18- FAIR LADY WORKS THE SHUTTLES / LEFT & RIGHT (CHUAN SUO) X2
19- NEEDLE AT SEA BOTTOM (HAI DI ZHEN)
20- FAN THROUGH THE BACK/FLASH ARMS (SHAN TONG BEI)
21- TURN TO DEFLECT DOWNWARDS, PARRY AND PUNCH (ZHUAN SHEN BAN LAN CUI)
22- APPARENT CLOSE-UP (RU FENG SI BI)
23- CROSS HANDS (SHI ZI SHOU)
24- CLOSING THE TAI CHI (SOU SHIH)