48 Form

48 Movement Taijiquan Form (in 6 sections)

*Beginning Action and Closing Action are not officially counted.

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Section 1
*1a.Beginning Action起勢 Qi Shi
1.White Crane Spreads Wings白鹤亮翅 Bai He Liang Chi
2.Left Brush Knee左摟膝拗步 Zuo Lou Xi Ao Bu
3.Left Single Whip左单鞭 Zuo Dan Bian
4.Left Strum Lute左琵琶势 Zuo Pi Pa Shi
5.Roll Back & Press (3 times, LRL)履擠势 Lue Ji Shi
6.Left Back fist, Parry & Punch左搬攔捶 Zuo Ban Lan Chui
7.Left Ward off, Roll back, Press & Push (“Grasp Sparrow's Tail”)左棚履擠按 Zuo Peng Lue Ji An
Section 2
8.Diagonal Lean (“Diagonal shove”)斜身靠 Xie Shen Kao
9.Fist Under Elbow肘底捶 Zhou Di Chui
10.Repulse Monkey (4 times, RLRL)倒卷肱 Dao Juan Gong
11.Turn Body and Thrust Palm (“Brush knee half step” to 4 corners, LRLR)轉身推掌 Zhuan Shen Tui Zhang
12.Strum Lute右琵琶勢 You Pi Pa Shi
13.Brush Knee Punch Down摟膝栽捶 Lou Xi Zai Chui
Section 3
14.White Snake Spits Tongue (2 times, LR)白蛇吐信 Bai She Tu Xin
15.Slap Foot and Tame the Tiger (“Separate Feet & Hit Tiger” 2 times, LR)拍脚伏虎 Pai Jiao Fu Hu
16.Left Fling Fist Across Body (Diagonal Back Fist)左撇身捶 Zuo Pie Shen Chui
17.Piercing Fist Lower Body (“Snake Creeps Down”)穿拳下勢 Chuan Quan Xia Shi
18.Stand on One Leg & Prop Up Palm (“Golden Pheasant Stands on One Leg”; L R)獨立撑掌 Du Li Cheng Zhang
19.Right Single Whip右單鞭 You Dan Bian
Section 4
20.Right Cloud Hands (3 times to R)右雲手 You Yun Shou
21.Right & Left Part Horse's Mane右左分鬃 You Zuo Fen Zong
22.High Pat Horse高探馬 Gao Tan Ma
23.Right Heel Kick右蹬脚 You Deng Jiao
24.Strike Ears with Both Fists (“Double Winds to the Ears”)雙風貫耳 Shuang Feng Guan Er
25.Left Heel Kick左蹬脚 Zuo Deng Jiao
26.Cover Hands & Strike with Fist掩手撩捶 Yan Shou Liao Chui
27.Needle in Sea Bottom海底针 Hai Di Zhen
28.Fan Through the Back閃通背 Shan Tong Bei
Section 5
29.Right and Left Toe Kick (Separate Feet)右左分脚 You Zuo Fen Jiao
30.Brush Knee Cross Stance (2 times, LR)摟膝拗步 Lou Xi Ao Bu
31.Step Forward, Grab and Punch上步擒打 Shang Bu Qin Da
32.Apparent Closure (“Action of Closing Doors”)如封似閉 Ru Feng Si Bi
33.Left Cloud Hands (3 times to L)左雲手 Zuo Yun Shou
34.Right Diagonal Back Fist右撇身捶 You Pie Shen Chui
35.Left and Right Work Shuttles左右穿梭 Zuo You Chuan Suo
36.Step Back & Piercing Palm (Cross Palms)退步穿掌 Tui Bu Chuan Zhang
Section 6
37.Empty Stance Press Palm 虚步壓掌 Xu Bu Ya Zhang
38.Stand on One Leg Lift Palm獨立托掌 Du Li Tuo Zhang
39.Lean in Horse Stance (“Shove” to L)獨立托掌 Du Li Tuo Zhang
40.Turn Body and Large Roll Back轉身大捋 Zhuan Shen Da Lue
41.Lift Palm & Lower Body (Low Palm Strike & “Snake Creeps Down”)撩掌下勢 Liao Zhang Xia Shi
42.Step Up & Cross Fists (“Step Up to Seven Stars”上步十字拳 Shang Bu Shi Zi Shou Quan
43.Stand on One Leg & Ride Tiger獨立跨虎 Du Li Kua Hu
44.Turn Body & Sweep Lotus轉身擺蓮 Zhuan Shen Bai Lian
45.Pull Bow to Shoot Tiger彎弓射虎 Wan Gong She Hu
46.Right Deflect, Parry and Punch右搬攔捶 You Ban Lan Chui
47.Right Ward Off, Roll back, Press and Push (“Grasp Sparrow's Tail”)右棚履擠按 You Peng Lue Ji An
48.Cross Hands十字手 Shi Zi Shou
*48b.Closing Action收勢 Shou Shi

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