Variations from the standard Taijiquan 88 Forms
Posted: Tue Aug 27, 2019 2:19 am
We, the Non-concentric Exercise Group in the East Midlands have developed the variations from the standard Taijiquan 88 Forms, without the opening stance, opening form, closing form, and all the repeats; there are only 37 forms as follows:
1. Form 3 Grasp peacocks tail拦雀尾
2. Form 4 Single whip单鞭
3. Form 5 Raise hands 提手
4. Form 6 White Crane spreading wings白鹤凉翅
5. Form 7 Brush knee and twist step 搂膝拗步
6. Form 8 Hands strumming the lute手挥琵琶
7. Form 11 Step up, parry and punch进步搬拦捶
8. Form 12 Apparent close up如封似闭
9. Form 13 Cross hands十字手
10.Form 14 Return to mountain with Tiger 抱虎归山
11.Form 16 Fist under elbow肘底捶
12.Form 17 Step back Forearm (Step back to repulse the monkey) 倒撵猴
13.Form 18 Oblique flying斜飞式
14.Form 22 Needle at sea bottom海底针
15.Form 23 Flash out arm (Fan through the back) 扇通背
16.Form 24 Turn, sidle and punch转身撇身捶
17.Form 28 Wave hands like clouds云手
18.Form 30 High pat on horse高探马
19.Form 31 &32 Right kick, left kick (Flip Kicks) 分脚
20.Form 33 Turn and left (heel) kick转身蹬脚
21.Form 35 Step up and punch down进步栽锤
22.Form 36 White snake show tongue 白蛇吐信
23.Form 39 & 40 Sidle left to tame the tiger 打虎式
24.Form 41 Heel kicks蹬脚
25.Form 43 Turn around and kick 转身蹬脚
26.Form 42 Strike opponent's ears with both fists双峰灌耳
27.Form 51 Parting wild horse's mane 野马分鬃
28.Form 54 (Fair lady) working at shuttles玉女穿梭
29.Form 59 Snake creeps down下势
30.Form 60 Golden Cock on one leg 金鸡独立
31.Form 75 Cross palms (back to back) 穿掌
32.Form 76 Turn, cross hands and kick十字腿
33.Form 77 Brush knee and punch (Step up and punch to the groin) 进步指裆锤
34.Form 81 Step up to form seven stars上步七星
35.Form 82 Retreat to mount tiger退步跨虎
36.Form 83 Turn and swing up lotus-kick 转身摆莲
37.Form 84 Archer shooting Tiger (Bend the bow and shoot the tiger) 弯弓射虎
For each form we do left and right and variations from applications, and then sort of link them up from 1 to 37 on the right side and 1 to 37 on the left side; these sort of working out well in reducing the space so that people can practice the link forms at home. At the moment we are trying to develop various links between different forms - the ideas from Xingyiquan and Baguaquan - with infinite changes. And we are looking at the application in two person sets and pushing hand sets for martial sports.
Does this sound like a good syllabus for serious learners of Taijiquan?
1. Form 3 Grasp peacocks tail拦雀尾
2. Form 4 Single whip单鞭
3. Form 5 Raise hands 提手
4. Form 6 White Crane spreading wings白鹤凉翅
5. Form 7 Brush knee and twist step 搂膝拗步
6. Form 8 Hands strumming the lute手挥琵琶
7. Form 11 Step up, parry and punch进步搬拦捶
8. Form 12 Apparent close up如封似闭
9. Form 13 Cross hands十字手
10.Form 14 Return to mountain with Tiger 抱虎归山
11.Form 16 Fist under elbow肘底捶
12.Form 17 Step back Forearm (Step back to repulse the monkey) 倒撵猴
13.Form 18 Oblique flying斜飞式
14.Form 22 Needle at sea bottom海底针
15.Form 23 Flash out arm (Fan through the back) 扇通背
16.Form 24 Turn, sidle and punch转身撇身捶
17.Form 28 Wave hands like clouds云手
18.Form 30 High pat on horse高探马
19.Form 31 &32 Right kick, left kick (Flip Kicks) 分脚
20.Form 33 Turn and left (heel) kick转身蹬脚
21.Form 35 Step up and punch down进步栽锤
22.Form 36 White snake show tongue 白蛇吐信
23.Form 39 & 40 Sidle left to tame the tiger 打虎式
24.Form 41 Heel kicks蹬脚
25.Form 43 Turn around and kick 转身蹬脚
26.Form 42 Strike opponent's ears with both fists双峰灌耳
27.Form 51 Parting wild horse's mane 野马分鬃
28.Form 54 (Fair lady) working at shuttles玉女穿梭
29.Form 59 Snake creeps down下势
30.Form 60 Golden Cock on one leg 金鸡独立
31.Form 75 Cross palms (back to back) 穿掌
32.Form 76 Turn, cross hands and kick十字腿
33.Form 77 Brush knee and punch (Step up and punch to the groin) 进步指裆锤
34.Form 81 Step up to form seven stars上步七星
35.Form 82 Retreat to mount tiger退步跨虎
36.Form 83 Turn and swing up lotus-kick 转身摆莲
37.Form 84 Archer shooting Tiger (Bend the bow and shoot the tiger) 弯弓射虎
For each form we do left and right and variations from applications, and then sort of link them up from 1 to 37 on the right side and 1 to 37 on the left side; these sort of working out well in reducing the space so that people can practice the link forms at home. At the moment we are trying to develop various links between different forms - the ideas from Xingyiquan and Baguaquan - with infinite changes. And we are looking at the application in two person sets and pushing hand sets for martial sports.
Does this sound like a good syllabus for serious learners of Taijiquan?