Tai Chi Hand Forms

Mrs Bao’s 10 Yang Style 

In 1992 Mrs Men Bao, founder of ‘Bao’s Lung Fei Tai Chi’ (BLFTC), created this sequence of 10 Tai Chi Forms for her own students. This was before the official one was created in China in 1999. Mrs Bao realised the need in the West for a shorter set of forms for beginners as up until then the shortest sequence of forms was the famous 24 forms created in 1956 by Master Li Tianji

1-   COMMENCING FORM (QI SHIH)

2-   GRASP THE BIRD’S TAIL / LEFT&RIGHT (LAN CH’UEH WEI)

3-   SINGLE WHIP (TAN PIEN)

4-   CLOUD HANDS (YUN SHOU)

5-   SINGLE WHIP (TAN PIEN)

6-   RAISE HAND (TI SHOU)

7-   WHITE CRANE FLASHES ITS WINGS (BAI HE LIANG CHI)

8-   BRUSH KNEE, TWIST STEP / LEFT/RIGHT/LEFT (LOU XI AO BU)

9-   CROSS HANDS (SHI ZI SHOU)

10-  CLOSING THE TAI CHI (SOU SHIH)

Yang Style 10 

The Official Chinese 10 Tai Chi Forms Created in China in 1999

1-  COMMENCING FORM (QI SHIH)               

2-  HIGH PAT ON HORSE (GAO TAN MA) X2  

3-  BRUSH KNEE, TWIST STEP (LOU XI AO BU)                              

4-  PART WILD HORSES MAINE (YE MA FEN ZONG)                                

5-  CLOUD HANDS (YUN SHOU) X2

6.  GOLDEN COCK STANDS ON ONE                                                    

7-  KICK WITH HEEL (YOU DENG JIAO)  L/R          

8-  GRASP THE BIRD’S TAIL (LAN CH’UEH WEI)                                             

9-  CROSS HANDS (SHI ZI SHOU)                

10- CLOSING THE TAI CHI (SHOU SHIH)