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Form Movement Names

Yang Style Tai Chi

Ping Gate of Life: ​Standardized Yang 10 Form​ (Once on each side)
Aiping Tai Chi Center, Yang tai chi, Ping Gate of Life, 10 form, instruction video
​1. Commence form and parting wild horse's mane
2. Grasp the sparrow's tail
3. Waving hands like clouds
4. Golden rooster standing on one leg
5. Brush knee and press
​​6. Single whip
7. Fair maiden works the shuttle
​8. Repulse the monkey
9. Heel kicks
10. Snake creeps down

Standardized Yang 24 Form
Aiping Tai Chi Center, yang tai chi, 24 form, instruction video
​1. Commence form
2. Parting wild horse's mane (3 times)
3. White crane spreads its wings
4. Brush knee and press (3 times)
5. Play the lute
6. Repulse the monkey (4 times)
7. Grasp the sparrow's tail (left and right)
8. Single whip
9. Wave hands like clouds
10. Single whip
11. High pat on horse
​12. Right heel kick
​13. Strike opponent's ears with fists
14. Turn around, left heel kick
15. Snake creeps down
16. Golden rooster standing on left leg
17. Snake creeps down
18. Golden rooster standing on right leg
19. Fair lady works the shuttles (right and left)
20. Needles at sea bottom
21. Fan through back
22. Turn around, block, parry and punch
23. Withdraw and push
24. Cross hands and close form 

Traditional Yang 108 Form
Aiping Tai Chi Center, yang tai chi, 108 form, instruction video
​1. Commence form
2. Ward off (left)
3. Ward off (right)
4. Grasp the sparrow's tail
5. Single whip
6. Lifting hands
7. White crane spreads its wings
8. Brush knee and press
9. Play the lute
10. Brush knee and press (3 times)
11. Play the lute
​12. Brush knee and press
13. Deflect downward, intercept, punch
14. Withdraw and push
15. Like sealing, as if closing
16. Crossing hands
17. Embrace tiger, return to mountain
18. Grasp the sparrow's tail
19. Fist under elbow
20. Repulse the monkey (right)
21. Repulse the monkey (left)
22. Repulse the monkey (right)
23. Diagonal flying
24. Lifting hands
25. White crane spreads its wings
26. Brush knee and press
27. Needles at sea bottom
28. Fan through back
29. Turn, chop with fist and punch
30. Deflect downward, intercept, punch
31. Step forward and ward off (right)
32. Grasp the sparrow's tail
33. Single whip
34. Waving hands like clouds
35. Single whip
​​36. High pat on horse
37. Kick right foot (toe kick)
​​38. Kick left foot (toe kick)
39. Turn and kick with left heel
40. Brush knee and press
41. Brush knee and press
42. Step forward, downward punch
43. Turn, chop with fist and punch
44. Deflect downward, intercept and punch
45. Kick right foot (toe kick)
46. Hit tiger at left
47. Hit tiger at right
48. Kick right foot (heel kick)
49. Strike opponent's ears with fists
50. Kick left foot (heel kick)
51. Turn around, kick with right heel
52. Intercept and punch
53. Withdraw and push
54. Like sealing, as if closing
55. Cross hands
​56. Embrace tiger, return to mountain
57. Grasp the sparrow's tail
58. Diagonal single whip
59. Diagonal flying (right)
60. Diagonal flying (left)
61. Diagonal flying (right)
62. Ward off (left)
63. Ward off (right)
64. Grasp the sparrow's tail
65. Single whip
66. Fair lady works the shuttles (corner)
67. Fair lady works the shuttles (corner)
68. Fair lady works the shuttles (corner)
69. Fair lady works the shuttles (corner)
70. Ward off (left)
​71. Ward off (right)
​72. Grasp the sparrow's tail
​73. Single whip
​74. Waving hands like clouds
75. Single whip
​76. Snake creeps down
77. Golden rooster stand on left leg
78. Golden rooster stand on right leg
79. Repulse the monkey (right)
80. Repulse the monkey (left)
81. Repulse the monkey (right)
82. Diagonal flying
83. Lifting hands
84. White crane spreads its wings
85. Brush knee and press
86. Needle at sea bottom
87. Fan through back
88. White snake sticks out tongue
89. Deflect downward, intercept, punch
90. Grasp the sparrow's tail
91. Single whip
92. Waving hands like clouds
93. Single whip
94. High pat on horse with piercing palm
95. Crossing palms
96. Turn around, kick with right heel
97. Punch opponent's groin
98. Step forward, grasp the sparrow's tail
99. Single whip
100. Snake creep down
101. Seven step to the dipper
102. Step back, ride the tiger
103. Turn around, sweep the lotus
104. Draw bow, shoot tiger
​105. Deflect downward, intercept, punch
106. Withdraw and push
107. Cross hands
​108. Closing form

Tai Chi Weapons

42 Tai Chi Sword (42 Taiji Jian)
Aiping Tai Chi Center, 42 tai chi sword, 42 taiji jian, instruction video
1. Commencing form
2. Point the sword, feet together
3. Cut with sword, bow stance
4. Chop, lift the knee
5. Block, left bow stance
6. Slice upward, left empty stance
7. Slice upward, right bow stance
8. Hold the sword, lift the knee
9. Kick and stab forward
10. Jump step and stab with a flat sword
11. Turn the body and stab down
12. Chop with flat sword, bow stance
13. Snap the sword, bow stance
14. Press the sword, resting stance
​15. Step in and circle to entwine the sword
16. Lift the knee and stab upward
17. Intercept downward, empty stance
18. Draw right and left with the flat sword
19. Vertical chop, bow stance
20. Lift the sword, t-stance
21. Separate right foot and point back 
22. Thread the sword, crouch stance
23. Kick and block up with the sword
24. Lift the knee and point the sword
25. Sweep to the side, crouch side
26. Intercept downward, bow stance
27. Stab downward, bow stance
28. Stir the clouds left and right
29. Chop, bow stance
30. Lift the leg behind and block up
31. Point, t-stance
32. Push the sword, horse stance
33. Stand on one leg and lift up
34. Step forward, hook and point
35. Snap the sword, resting stance
36. Reverse stab, bow stance
37. Turn and stab downward
38. Lift the knee and the sword
39. Thread the sword, circular walking
40. Swing the leg and block up
41. Stab straight, bow stance
42. Closing form

Chinese Health Qigong

Ba Duan Jin (Eight Section Brocade)
health qigong, ba duan jin, eight section brocade, Aiping Tai Chi Center
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1. Holding the Hands High with Palms Up to Regulate the Internal Organs (6 times)
2. Posing as an Archer Shooting Both Left-and Right-Handed (3 times each, alternating left and right)
3. Holding One Arm Aloft to Regulate the Function of the Spleen and Stomach (3 times each, alternating left and right)
4. Looking Backwards to Prevent Sickness and Strain (3 times each, alternating left and right)
5. Swinging the Head and Lowering the Body to Relieve Stress (3 times each, alternating right and left)
6. Moving the Hands down the Back and Legs, and Touching the Feet to Strengthen the Kidneys (6 times)
7. Thrusting the Fists and Making the Eyes Glare to Enhance Strength (3 times each, alternating left and right)
​8. Raising and Lowering the Heels to Cure Diseases (7 times)

​Wu Qin Xi (Five Animals Play)
health qigong, Wu Qi Xi, five animals, Aiping Tai Chi Center
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1. Tiger: ​1a. Raising the tiger's paws; ​​1b. Seizing the prey
2. Deer: 2a. Collding with antlers; 2b. Running like a deer
3. Bear: 3a. Rotating waist like a bear; 3b. Swaying like a bear
4. Monkey: 4a. Lifting the monkey's paws; 4b. Picking fruit
5. Crane: 5a. Stretching upward; 5b. Flying like a crane

Dao Yin Yang Sheng Gong Shi Er Fa (12-Step Daoyin Health Preservation Exercises)
health qigong, Dao Yin health preservation, Aiping Tai Chi Center
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1. Beginning of Heaven's Creation
2. Double Fish Hung on the Wall
3. Old Horse is Stabled
4. Ji Chang Shoots a Louse
5. Bending the Body to Brush the Shoes
6. Rhinoceros Gazes at the Moon
7. Lotus Flower Appears Above the Water
8. Golden Rooster Heralds the Dawn
9. Wild Geese Lands on the Beach
10. White Crane Flies High in the Clouds
11. Phoenix Salutes the People
​12. Qi and Breath Return to the Origin

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1. Wei Tuo Presenting the Pestle 1
2. Wei Tuo Presenting the Pestle 2
3. Wei Tuo Presenting the Pestle 3
4. Plucking Stars on Each Side
5. Pulling Nine Cows by Their Tail
6. Showing Talons and Spreading Wings
7. Nine Ghosts Drawing Sabers
8. Sinking the Three Bodily Zones
9. Black Dragon Displaying Its Claws
10. Tiger Springing on Its Prey
11. Bowing Down in Salutation
12. Swinging the Tail
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