24 Yang Style Forms

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)