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Yang Tai Chi Long Form
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Level 1
- Beginning of tai chi chuan
- Stroking the peacock’s tail left
- Stroking the peacock’s tail right (ward-off, pull back, press & push)
- Single whip
- Hands up to front
- White crane spreads its wings
- Brush the left knee
- Play the pei pa (guitar)
- Brush the left knee
- Brush the right knee
- Brush the left knee
- Play the pei pa (guitar)
- Brush the left knee
- Strike with fist
- Step up, deflect, parry & punch
- Withdraw & push
- Cross hands (right over left) apparent closure
Level 2
- Embrace tiger, return to mountain (brush right knee, pull back, press & push)
- Fist under the elbow
- Repulse monkey right & left
- Repulse monkey right & left
- Repulse monkey right
- Flying diagonally
- Hands up to front
- White crane spreads its wings
- Brush the left knee
- Needle in the sea bottom
- Open hands like fan
- Turn back with fist and strike with fist 4x
- Ward off, pull back, press & push
- Single whip
- Cloud hands 5x
- Single whip
Level 3
- High pat on horse
- Right toe kick (separating kick)
- Left toe kick (separating kick)
- Turn and left heel kick
- Brush the left knee
- Brush the right knee
- Plant the fist
- Turn back with fist and strike with fist 4x
- Right heel kick
- Strike tiger left
- Strike tiger right
- Right heel kick
- Double fist to the temple
- Left heel kick
- Turn and right heel kick
- Strike with fist
- Step up, deflect, parry & punch
- Withdraw & push
- Cross hands (right over left) apparent closure
Level 4
- Embrace tiger, return to mountain (brush right knee, pull back, press & push)
- Diagonal single whip
- Parting the wild horse’s mane: right
- Parting the wild horse’s mane: left
- Parting the wild horse’s mane: right
- Stroking the peacock’s tail left
- Stroking the peacock’s tail right (ward off, pull back, press & push)
- Single whip
- Lady works shuttle 1
- Lady works shuttle 2
- Lady works shuttle 3
- Lady works shuttle 4 (four corners)
- Stroking the peacock’s tail left
- Stroking the peacock’s tail right (ward-off, pull back, press & push)
- Single whip
- Cloud hands 5x
- Single whip
- Snake creeps down
- Golden cock stands on left leg
- Golden cock stands on right leg
- Repulse monkey right & left
- Repulse monkey right & left
- Repulse monkey right
- Flying diagonally
- Hands up to front
- White crane spreads its wings
- Brush the left knee
- Needle in the sea bottom
- Open hands like fan
- Turn back with fist and strike with fist 3x, finger jab, strike with fist
- Ward off, pull back, press & push
- Single whip
- Cloud hands 5x
- Single whip
- High pat on horse
- Left hand trusting fingers
- Cross hands
- Right heel kick
- Step forward low punch to front
- Ward-off, pull back, press & push (follow with left foot , step with right)
- Single whip
- Snake creeps down
- Step up to seven stars punch
- Retreat to ride the tiger
- Turn around and sweep lotus
- Double lotus kick right leg (outside crescent kick)
- Draw bow to shoot tiger
- Strike with fist
- Step up, deflect, parry & punch
- Withdraw & push
- Cross hands (right over left) apparent closure
- Return to the original stance
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