Short Form Sequence
- Attention
- Opening Form
- Ward off left
- Ward off right
- Roll Back
- Press
- Push
- Single whip
- Lifting hands
- Shoulder stroke
- White crane spreads wings
- Brush left knee and push
- Play guitar
- Brush left knee and push
- Step forward, deflectdownward, intercept and punch
- Withdraw and push
- Crossing hands
- Embrace tiger, return tomountain
- Roll back
- Press
- Push
- Diagonal Single Whip
- Punch under elbow
- Step back to repulsemonkey (R)
- Step back to repulsemonkey (L)
- Step back to repulsemonkey (R)
- Diagonalflying
- Cloud hands (R)
- Cloud hands (L)
- Cloud hands (R)
- Cloud hands (L)
- Cloud hands (R)
- Cloud hands (L)
- Single whip
- Squatting single whip/Snake Creeps Down
- Golden rooster stands onone leg (L)
- Golden rooster stands onone leg (R)
- Separate right foot
- Separate left foot
- Brush left knee and push
- Needles at sea bed
- Iron fan penetrates back
- Turn body, chop and push
- Step forward, deflectdownward, intercept and punch
- Kick with heel (R)
- Brush right knee and push
- Brush left knee and punchdownwards
- Ward off right
- Roll Back
- Press
- Push
- Single whip
- Fair lady weaves shuttles(L)
- Fair lady weaves shuttles(R)
- Fair lady weaves shuttles(L)
- Fair lady weaves shuttles(R)
- Ward Off Left
- Ward Off Right
- Roll Back
- Press
- Push
- Single whip
- Squatting single whip /Snake Creeps Down
- Step forward to the sevenstars
- Step back to ride tiger
- Turn body and sweep lotuswith leg
- Bend bow to shoot tiger
- Step forward, deflectdownward, intercept and punch
- Withdraw and push
- Crossing hands
- Conclusion
- Attention
Once repetitions are excluded there are approximately 42 postures. This is the short form of Cheng Man’ching as taught to Dr Chi the Grand Master of the British Tai Chi Chuan Association founded by John Kells. This version of the Short Form is slightly longer than the Cheng form usually taught which leaves out the postures from 40 to 44 above.
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