24 Form24 Form
Background: This is a Yang-style short form.
Orthodox Listing of 24 Movements in 8 Sections
Section I:
- Commencement
- Part the horse's mane [x 3]
- White crane spreads its wings
Section II:
- Brush knee [x 3]
- Play the p'i p'a
- Repulse the monkey [x 4]
Section III:
- Grasp the sparrow's tail [x 2]
Section IV:
- Single whip
- Cloudy hands [x 3]
- Single whip
Section V:
- High pat the horse
- Separate and heel kick
- Double wind to the ears
- Separate and heel kick
Section VI:
- Snake creeps down
- Golden cock stands on one leg
- Snake creeps down
- Golden cock stands on one leg
Section VII:
- Fair lady weaves the shuttle [x 2]
- Pick up the needle from the bottom of the sea
- Fan back
Section VIII:
- Deflect, intercept, and punch
- Cross hands
- Closure
Detailed Listing
- Wu chi [South]
- Preparation [South]
- Lifting water [South]
- Part the (wild) horse's mane, left [East]
- Part the (wild) horse's mane, right [East]
- Part the (wild) horse's mane, left [East]
- White crane spreads its wings, left [East]
- Twist and deflect [East]
- Brush knee (and twist step), left [East]
- Brush knee (and twist step), right [East]
- Brush knee (and twist step), left [East]
- Play the p'i p'a, left
- (Step back and) repulse the monkey, left [East]
- (Step back and) repulse the monkey, right [East]
- (Step back and) repulse the monkey, left [East]
- (Step back and) repulse the monkey, right [East]
- Grasp the sparrow's tail, left [East]
- Grasp the sparrow's tail, right [West]
- Turn (around) and chop, left [East]
- Single whip, left [East]
- Cloudy hands, left [South]
- Cloudy hands, left [South]
- Cloudy hands, left [South]
- Single whip, left [East]
- High pat the horse, left [East]
- Cross palm [30 degrees South of East]
- Separate (hands) and heel kick, right [30 degrees South of East]
- Bash knee [30 degrees South of East]
- Double wind to the ears [30 degrees South of East]
- Turn (around) and chop [30 degrees West of North]
- Separate (hands) and heel kick, right [30 degrees West of North]
- Snake creeps down (the vine), left [West]
- Golden cock stands on one leg, left [West]
- Snake creeps down (the vine), right [West]
- Golden cock stands on one leg, right [West]
- Fair lady weaves the shuttle, right [Northwest]
- Fair lady weaves the shuttle, left [Southwest]
- Pick the needle from the bottom of the sea, left [West]
- Fan back, left [West]
- Turn (around) and chop [East]
- (Step forward), deflect (downward), intercept, and punch [East]
- Withdraw [East]
- Push [East]
- Cross hands [South]
- Closure [South]