Question:
In the Beginning the clue was in the untamed mare’s hair, approaching with care I three times did Part the Wild Horses Mane before I got it. Three times she kicked out, three times it brushed knee as I side stepped and espied too in the corner of my vision a pale flurry as the White Crane Spread its Wings while in the distance I could hear someone play the lute.
Mesmerised by the beauty of the scenery and the hypnotic sound of the distant lute I was attacked by a small primate, 4 times it attacked, 4 times I Stepped Back & Repulsed the Monkey, clearly rattled, the magical monkey summoned many birds, it Grasped the Sparrow’s Tail to the left and then Grasped a Sparrow’s Tail to the right and the air broke to the sound of a Single Whip & Waving Hands like Clouds three times, it was gone and with the sound of one more Single Whip the birds too!
Now with the clue firmly in my grasp, I gave a High Pat on the Horse but she Kicks With Right Heel, as a reflex, I Strike Ears with Fists and she Kicks With Left Heel before she neighed, rose up and took off!
In the dust and the quiet left in her wake I perhaps heard the Snake Creep Down the Left of the tree but my gaze was held watching a Golden Cockerel Stand on left leg, I spun and saw as the Snake Creeps Down the right of the trunk and the Golden Cockerel Stands on right leg.
I moved swiftly with my prize held firmly, through the tall crops in field as a Fair Lady Weaves the Shuttle, both Left and Right and at the slightest sound - I drop, like a small Needle at the Bottom of the Sea. Lamentably my movements had not gone unnoticed and I am detained by a dusky assailant who tries to drive his Fan Through Back, somewhat startled by the speed and technique I Deflect Downwards, Parry and Punch, I make as to Apparent Close Up but instead Cross Hands on his brain feed and in doing so, end both mine and his hostilities without injury to either by Closing Form.
Sorry guys, I was bored and had nothing better to do:)
I wish I knew what you were talking about - no, literally! I am assuming those are the names of many of the movements in Tai Chi?
It sounds fascinating, and I am certainly going to look into a local class.
I look forward to reading more about this discipline.
Karen
Hi Karen,
Yep! you got me bang't'rights guvnor'... I'm sorry I was just bored and was messing around with the names of the movements in the order they happen in the Form.
Are you quite a physical person or do you have trouble keeping still?
Do you struggle to meditate by yourself?
Do you find your mind wandering off even when you are trying desperately hard to focus?
Can you recognise energy and well being when it courses through your body?
If you can say yes to all of these questions - then I promise you Karen, if you stick with Tai Chi long enough (many people leave too early as they struggle to master they way to move - for want of a better term) - you will love they way it makes you feel and as a moving meditation it is the Dog's B******s :D
Rgds,
Roger
Novel. Roger, do you just do the Chen Man Ching form then? I take it you also practice chi kung? Which forms do you practice?
oooo. a tai chi forum. when did this appear. [sm=bouncy.gif]
I do a slightly modified version of Chen Man Chings short form. Let's see if I can remember all the moves names.....
0. Beginning
1. Brush Birds Tail (made of the following moves)
Ward off left
Ward off right
Rollback
Press
Push
2. Single Whip
3. Raise Hands
4. Shoulder Stroke
5. White Crane Spreads Wings
6. Brush Knee and Push
7. Play Guitar (or Lute)
8. Brush Knee and Push
9. Step up, Deflect Down, Parry and Punch
10. Apparently Closed
11. Cross Hands
12. Embrace Tiger, Return To Mountain
13. Rollback, Press and Push
14. Oblique Single Whip
15. Fist Under Elbow
16. Repulse Monkey (or as I call it Repulsive Monkey)
17. Slant Flying
18. Wave Hands in Clouds
19. Single Whip
20. Snake Creeps Down
21. Crane stands on left leg
22. Crane stands on right leg
23. Seperate Feet (Left)
24. Seperate Feet (Right)
25. Turn and Kick With Heel
26. Brush Knee and Push (Left)
27. Brush Knee and Push (Right)
28. Punch Down
29. Ward off right, Rollback, Press, Push
30. Single Whip
31. Fair Lady Weaves the Shuttles
32. Brush Birds Tail
33. Single Whip
34. Snake Creeps Down
35. Seven Stars
36. Ride Tiger
37. Lotus Kick
38. Bend Bow, Shoot Tiger (poor tiger!)
39. Step Up, Deflect Down, Parry and Punch
40. Aparently Closed
41. Cross Hands
42. Finish.
That's sounds about right. :o>
Takes about 10 - 12 minutes to do, or longer if I take it really slow.
Love and Reiki Hugs
Hi Darren,
Sorry mate I actually don’t know which style I’m semi-quoting :), as I’m really only concerned with the 13 types of movements/postures that are the route to generating Chi.
But I know that I am doing a style based on the Beijing Govts.’ Revised 24 form (chopped down from the old 100 and something movements deep old Yang Style). I think what I do is known as the ‘Chang’ Style!? (But I also know there are many variations as some will even use cannon fist instead of the usual – for martial applications for example)
I also have to admit that I don’t really retain the descriptive posture names too well (I just can’t for some reason) and there are so many others (Step Back to Ride Tiger, Bend Bow and Shoot Tiger, Step Forward to Seven Stars, Hit Tiger, Slant Flying, Carry Tiger and Return to Mountain, White snake stick out its tongue etc) but I have found that I can memorise and reproduce a form very quickly (probably due to years of learning Karate and Kung Fu forms – and having always preferred form over sparring).
I have also found that slowing down and softening many Gung Fu forms and Karate Katas to a Tai Chi type form that very many of them work just as well.
Also, having also speeded up and altered a few Tai Chi forms to bring out their martial applications, I’ve found them almost indistinguishable from a Gung Fu form (obviously nothing like Wing Chun though).
Hi Giles,
I dunno how you remember all that mate, excellent, fair play to ya!
Rgds,
Roger
:D I had to visualise myself doing the moves, so it wasn't that easy.
Did think about actually doing the moves, but then I'd have got a few funny looks from people in the office. And it can be a tad difficult to type on the computer whilst doing something like "snake creep down". [sm=rollaugh.gif]
We also do some qigong (chi kung) as well sometimes in our class which I do find very powerful in generating chi energy.
What with Chi and Reiki flowing, I can really feel like I'm "buzzing" sometimes.
Love and Reiki Hugs
Hi
It's certainly useful to apply forms in both directions, Roger. It gives you new insight into the forms.
Giles, you're just showing off :D
I believe the 24 movement form is from Yang Cheng Fu, I could be wrong. Be sure to sink the Chi and put it away in any energy work you do. Nice story Roger keep it up.
Yes, the form that Spongebob's talking about is taken from the Yang Style short form - it's called all sorts of things in various places, but I know it as Beijing 24 movement national form. I think it is a standardized form so that people can compete (slightly non-Tai Chi, I feel) on an even footing.
Jim
Mesmerised by the beauty of the scenery and the hypnotic sound of the distant lute I was attacked by a small primate, 4 times it attacked, 4 times I Stepped Back & Repulsed the Monkey, clearly rattled, the magical monkey summoned many birds, it Grasped the Sparrow’s Tail to the left and then Grasped a Sparrow’s Tail to the right and the air broke to the sound of a Single Whip & Waving Hands like Clouds three times, it was gone and with the sound of one more Single Whip the birds too!
Now with the clue firmly in my grasp, I gave a High Pat on the Horse but she Kicks With Right Heel, as a reflex, I Strike Ears with Fists and she Kicks With Left Heel before she neighed, rose up and took off!
In the dust and the quiet left in her wake I perhaps heard the Snake Creep Down the Left of the tree but my gaze was held watching a Golden Cockerel Stand on left leg, I spun and saw as the Snake Creeps Down the right of the trunk and the Golden Cockerel Stands on right leg.
I moved swiftly with my prize held firmly, through the tall crops in field as a Fair Lady Weaves the Shuttle, both Left and Right and at the slightest sound - I drop, like a small Needle at the Bottom of the Sea. Lamentably my movements had not gone unnoticed and I am detained by a dusky assailant who tries to drive his Fan Through Back, somewhat startled by the speed and technique I Deflect Downwards, Parry and Punch, I make as to Apparent Close Up but instead Cross Hands on his brain feed and in doing so, end both mine and his hostilities without injury to either by Closing Form.
Sorry guys, I was bored and had nothing better to do:)
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I wish I knew what you were talking about - no, literally! I am assuming those are the names of many of the movements in Tai Chi?
It sounds fascinating, and I am certainly going to look into a local class.
I look forward to reading more about this discipline.
Karen
Answers:
Hi Karen,
Yep! you got me bang't'rights guvnor'... I'm sorry I was just bored and was messing around with the names of the movements in the order they happen in the Form.
Are you quite a physical person or do you have trouble keeping still?
Do you struggle to meditate by yourself?
Do you find your mind wandering off even when you are trying desperately hard to focus?
Can you recognise energy and well being when it courses through your body?
If you can say yes to all of these questions - then I promise you Karen, if you stick with Tai Chi long enough (many people leave too early as they struggle to master they way to move - for want of a better term) - you will love they way it makes you feel and as a moving meditation it is the Dog's B******s :D
Rgds,
Roger
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Novel. Roger, do you just do the Chen Man Ching form then? I take it you also practice chi kung? Which forms do you practice?
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oooo. a tai chi forum. when did this appear. [sm=bouncy.gif]
I do a slightly modified version of Chen Man Chings short form. Let's see if I can remember all the moves names.....
0. Beginning
1. Brush Birds Tail (made of the following moves)
Ward off left
Ward off right
Rollback
Press
Push
2. Single Whip
3. Raise Hands
4. Shoulder Stroke
5. White Crane Spreads Wings
6. Brush Knee and Push
7. Play Guitar (or Lute)
8. Brush Knee and Push
9. Step up, Deflect Down, Parry and Punch
10. Apparently Closed
11. Cross Hands
12. Embrace Tiger, Return To Mountain
13. Rollback, Press and Push
14. Oblique Single Whip
15. Fist Under Elbow
16. Repulse Monkey (or as I call it Repulsive Monkey)
17. Slant Flying
18. Wave Hands in Clouds
19. Single Whip
20. Snake Creeps Down
21. Crane stands on left leg
22. Crane stands on right leg
23. Seperate Feet (Left)
24. Seperate Feet (Right)
25. Turn and Kick With Heel
26. Brush Knee and Push (Left)
27. Brush Knee and Push (Right)
28. Punch Down
29. Ward off right, Rollback, Press, Push
30. Single Whip
31. Fair Lady Weaves the Shuttles
32. Brush Birds Tail
33. Single Whip
34. Snake Creeps Down
35. Seven Stars
36. Ride Tiger
37. Lotus Kick
38. Bend Bow, Shoot Tiger (poor tiger!)
39. Step Up, Deflect Down, Parry and Punch
40. Aparently Closed
41. Cross Hands
42. Finish.
That's sounds about right. :o>
Takes about 10 - 12 minutes to do, or longer if I take it really slow.
Love and Reiki Hugs
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Hi Darren,
Sorry mate I actually don’t know which style I’m semi-quoting :), as I’m really only concerned with the 13 types of movements/postures that are the route to generating Chi.
But I know that I am doing a style based on the Beijing Govts.’ Revised 24 form (chopped down from the old 100 and something movements deep old Yang Style). I think what I do is known as the ‘Chang’ Style!? (But I also know there are many variations as some will even use cannon fist instead of the usual – for martial applications for example)
I also have to admit that I don’t really retain the descriptive posture names too well (I just can’t for some reason) and there are so many others (Step Back to Ride Tiger, Bend Bow and Shoot Tiger, Step Forward to Seven Stars, Hit Tiger, Slant Flying, Carry Tiger and Return to Mountain, White snake stick out its tongue etc) but I have found that I can memorise and reproduce a form very quickly (probably due to years of learning Karate and Kung Fu forms – and having always preferred form over sparring).
I have also found that slowing down and softening many Gung Fu forms and Karate Katas to a Tai Chi type form that very many of them work just as well.
Also, having also speeded up and altered a few Tai Chi forms to bring out their martial applications, I’ve found them almost indistinguishable from a Gung Fu form (obviously nothing like Wing Chun though).
Hi Giles,
I dunno how you remember all that mate, excellent, fair play to ya!
Rgds,
Roger
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:D I had to visualise myself doing the moves, so it wasn't that easy.
Did think about actually doing the moves, but then I'd have got a few funny looks from people in the office. And it can be a tad difficult to type on the computer whilst doing something like "snake creep down". [sm=rollaugh.gif]
We also do some qigong (chi kung) as well sometimes in our class which I do find very powerful in generating chi energy.
What with Chi and Reiki flowing, I can really feel like I'm "buzzing" sometimes.
Love and Reiki Hugs
Answers:
Hi
It's certainly useful to apply forms in both directions, Roger. It gives you new insight into the forms.
Giles, you're just showing off :D
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I believe the 24 movement form is from Yang Cheng Fu, I could be wrong. Be sure to sink the Chi and put it away in any energy work you do. Nice story Roger keep it up.
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Yes, the form that Spongebob's talking about is taken from the Yang Style short form - it's called all sorts of things in various places, but I know it as Beijing 24 movement national form. I think it is a standardized form so that people can compete (slightly non-Tai Chi, I feel) on an even footing.
Jim
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