Wu style T’ai Chi Ch’üan Fast Form
The fast form is probably the most authentic historical form practiced today. All other Wu forms are said to originate from the fast form. The long form which is taught today is taken directly from the fast form; the names of the moves and their order are the same in both. Master Wu Chian-chuan omitted some of the repetitions, jumping and stamping in order to create the smooth flowing slow forms we see today.
A description of the movements in section one can be found by clicking on the Chinese name (remaining sections by request : email me). A key describing how these descriptions should be read can be found here.
SECTION I
- yù bèi shì 预备式 preparation form
- tài jí qǐ shì 太极起势 tai chi beginning form
- lǎn què wěi 揽雀尾 grasping the bird’s tail
- dān biān 单鞭 single whip
- tí shǒu shàng shì 提手上势raise hand and step up
- bái hè liàng chì 白鹤亮翅white crane spreads its wings
- lǒu xī ǎo bù 搂膝拗步brush knee twist step
- shǒu huī pí pá 手挥琵琶Hands strum the lute
- jìn bù bān lán chuí 进步搬拦捶 step up diverting and blocking fist
- rú fēng sì bì 如封似闭 As if closing up
- bào hǔ tuī shān 抱虎推山 carry tiger to the mountain
- shí zì shǒu 十字手 Cross hands
- xié lǒu xī ǎo bù 斜搂膝拗步 oblique brush knee twist step
- fān shēn xié lǒu xī ǎo bù 翻身斜搂膝拗步 turn body, oblique brush knee twist step
- lǎn què wěi 揽雀尾 grasping the bird’s tail
- xié dān biān 斜单鞭 oblique single whip