Tai Chi Long Form - Play the Peipa

15 Jul 2024 Play the Peipa

  Shift your weight to your left foot, then take a half step forward with your right foot. Settle your weight onto your right foot, slightly bend the right knee, your right foot should be facing out 45 degrees (towards 10:30). Your body is oriented towards 9 o’clock. Pick your left foot up and set it down on the heel into a modified cat stance, toes are pointing up, your left foot is oriented towards 9:00. Your left hand, palm facing in, moves up and forward stopping at eye level, simultaneously your right hand moves up and forward stopping at the level of your left elbow, palm facing in. Head is held erect, shoulders are relaxed, chest is concave.

From Boonchai

  “Yang style is more like more circles more slow. Chen style is still pretty popular but it’s mostly for applications for fighting looks like martial arts. Look like lots of force more energetic. Looks like more outside going. Good for young people. How come Yang style becomes popular quickly? Because it’s good for every age. And then, the grandson made it even slower. No fast moves. The grandson’s last name was Yang Chen Fu. He made it so slow. His form quickly became popular. Looks like more Yin and Yang. He was the third son. His brothers practiced the original one which was pretty close to Chen style. He changed Yang to be more slow. The form he practiced he called it Yang style long form, Yang traditional form, Yang Chen Fu style tai chi. They are all the same. Some people love to call it as Yang style 85 movement, Yang style 108 movement, Yang style 137 movement, they all the same. They just spread to different places.”