(
Original Yang Style Tai Chi Sabre )
aka:
( Classical Yang Family Taijiquan Broadsword)
or
( Orthodox Yang She’ Tai Ji Dao)
Solo
Form in 38 postures
as
taught by Grandmaster Sin Kwang Thé (Zheng
Shen Guang)
Great Grandmaster Ie Chang Ming
Getting Ready Position (stance) N
Raising (chi) Position (Rising Posture) N
Like
an eagle aloft
1.
Turn
to the Right (Immortal Points the Way) E
(ward off left) L inside kick Facing 7 Stars NW
Wildcat Washes his Face W
2. Move the Foot & Left Ride the Tiger SW
3. Left Turn (twist step) (right hand diagonally deflect) SW
(Soaring, Turning, Dodging and Spreading)
right foot kicks Facing 7 Stars (Big Dipper) (circle punch) W
4.
White Crane Spreads the
Wings W
(Retreat to Ride a Tiger)
5.
Deliver/Receive the Sword
Position W
(Step Left and Change Saber to R Hand)
Fu
Zhong Wen
6.
4
Winds Blows the Lotus Flowers E & W
(Cuts Horizontally to the Right)
7.
Push the Window (Cut
Horizontally to the Left) W
& Look up at the Moon W
8. Right Chop Down & Left Hook Down W x 2
9. Left Swing the Sword to Get Momentum W
10. Right Block & Push the Sword up W
11. Jade Lady Works the Shuttle (Virgin/Fair maiden at the Loom) W
12. Turn the Head and Look up at the Moon S
13.
The
Lion Spun the Ball E
14. Left Swing the Sword to Create Momentum W
15. Right Block and Push the Sword up Sideways E, SE
16.
Giant
Python Splits the Mountain E
17. Left Side Fan the Sword S, Right Side Cut the Sword W
18. Left Swing the Sword to Create Momentum W
19. Right Block and Push the Sword Up Slanted W
20.
Awesome
Dragon Smack his Tail E
21. Jab, Block up, Chop Down (Block up, Jab, Chop Down) E
22. Block Jab & Kick E
23. Golden Flowers Float to the Ground S
24.
Wrap
Around Head E
25. Double Kicks E
26. Left, Right, Strike the Tiger E
27. Love-Birds
Double Legs Strike & Jade Walks E
(Covering/Drape Body; Hand Aslant Mandarin Duck Kick)
28.
Wrap
Around Head & Push Forward E
29.
Left,
Right Rows the Boat (Push
Boat Along with Current) W
30. Roll Push the Sword E
31.
Wild
Geese Spread the Wings/Shake the Crown
32.
Chop
(Divide) the Water- Left & Right
(Horizontal Coordinated Movements)
33.
Black
Swallow Dots the Water
34.
The
Carp Jumps over the Dragon’s Gate
E
35. Three Chops the Mountain
36. Wind Blows the Leaves
37. Embrace the Sword
38.
Giant
Eagle Back to the Nest (
Conclude the Form
Thirteen Techniques:
Splitting (Pi), Chopping (
Spiralling (Chan), Vibrating or Shaking (Dao), Cutting or
Sissoring (Jian),
Waving Like Clouds (Yun Shou), Blocking or Intercepting (Jie),
Smearing or Diffusing (Mo), Stabbing (Cha), Flicking (Tiao).
- Song of the Taiji Sabre -
Use the Seven Stars to Ride the Tiger.
Mind raises energy, the Spirit follows.
Soaring up, drawing apart, and expanding with high spirits.
The White Crane spreads its wings to secretly hide the kicking leg.
The Lotus Flower is hidden among the leaves as the Wind blows.
Push open the Window, turn and lengthen, and look at the Moon.
Look to the left, look to and beware the right, these two things are separate.
The Fair Lady Weaves with the Shuttle, responding to the eight directions.
Three Stars open and close at their own will.
The Lion wraps around the Ball and rolls it forward.
The Python, who can open the Mountain, turns its body and moves forward.
Left, right, high and low, the Butterfly
seeks the flowers.
Turn the body, roll back and slide up like the Wind Mill.
Raise two legs up and jump to Strike the Tiger.
Spread and slant the saber as a Mandarin Duck walking.
Whip the saber like a barge pole, push the
Boat, and follow the stream.
The Whip is used like a barge Pole.
Turn the body and divide the hands to jump over the Dragon's Gate.
Use the force to chop the
Use the Six Harmonies to carry the Stone.
The
Chen Style Tai Chi Saber - Twenty Two Movements
1. Beginning
2. Protect Heart
3. Green Dragon From Water
4. Wind Whips the Flower
5. White Clouds Above Our Head
6. Black Tiger Searching the Mountain
7. Shu Qin Carrying a Sword on his Back
8. Rolling Away from the Wind
9. Cut the White Snake's Body
10. Three Rings Around the Sun
11. Move the Clouds and See the Sun
12. Beat Grass to Find the Snake - Left
13. Beat Grass to Find the Snake - Right
14. Green Dragon from Water
15. Wind Whips the Flower
16. Wild Goose Opens Wings
17. Ye Cha Searching the Ocean
18. Left Turning the Body to Cut
19. Right Turning the Body to Cut
20. White Snake Sticks Out Tongue
21. Holding the Moon
22. Finishing
The traditional Yang family 38 postures Tai Chi sabre (or broadsword) was passed down through the family via Yang Jiang Lou (who taught 32 movements) to Yang Panhou (a set sequence of four movements) to Yang Cheng Fu who standardised the form into 13 abbreviated techniques, each with a description written in a verse form of seven characters.
1.
“Seven Stars and Ride Tiger”
2.
“Soar, Turning, Dodging and Spread”
3.
“Glancing to Left and to Right”
4.
“White Crane Spreading out its Wings”
5.
“Wind Rolls the Lotus Flowers”
6.
“Jade Lady Working Shuttles”
7.
“Open and Close the Body”
8.
“To Kick and Strike the Tiger”
9.
“Covering Body Duck Kick”
10.
“Push Boat Along with Current”
11.
“Horizontally Moving”
12.
“Jumping up the Dragon Gate”
13.
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