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What shoes do I wear?

Wear what is comfortable to you. Some of the students wear sneakers, no shoes just socks, flats or traditional Chinese shoes. We practice in a large room with a wood floor. The floor is a bit tacky with rubber soled shoes and slippery if you are in your socks.I recommend trying a variety of shoes throughout your training. Using different footwear will help you become comfortable practicing Tai Chi on surfaces with varying levels of friction.

Chinese Traditional Cloth Kung Fu Shoes

Here are the shoes some of use wear to TaiChi class. These have a rubber sole so you can wear them outside. The sizing is fairly accurate. I wear a 10.5 shoe and I found the 46 fits me well. The 45 were a bit too small. I have heard from some of my students that they have found the Chinese shoes in US sizes on amazon so feel free to look around.

Find them here on Amazon.

Tai Chi Short Form 8

Form Names

01 Opening Form

02 Repulse the Monkey

03 Brush knee push

04 Part the wild horse's mane

05 Cloud hands

06 Rooster stands on one leg (both sides)

07 Kick with Heel (both sides)

08 Grasp the Sparrow's Tail

09 Closing Form

Ba Fa Wu Bu

Peng means to automatically generate barely enough force by using the mind to push forward and up; this can keep the key points from being locked or controlled by the opponent. Peng, Lu, Ji, and An come from these fixed points. Cai, Lie, Zhou and Kou come from these changeable points.

Lu means to follow the opponent’s force and movement to move him with a slight change of direction: it is like unloading his force from your body.

Ji means to charge straight forward.

An means to empty the chest and push diagonally downward.

Cai means to control and drop some heavy object down.

Lie means to split suddenly.

Zhou means a short strike within the reach of the elbow (or elbow circle skills).

Kao means a body strike within the reach of the shoulder (or shoulder circle skills).

*Information taken from Tundworld.

24 Form

1. Opening form

2. Part the Wild Horse's Mane

3. White Crane spreads it Wings

4. Brush Knee

5. Strum the Lute

6. Repulse the Monkey

7. Grasp the Sparrow's Tail (left)

8. Grasp the Sparrow's Tail (Right)

9. Single Whip

10. Cloud Hands

11. Single Whip

12. High pat on Horse

13. Kick with Heal (Right leg)

14. Boxing the tigers ears

15. Kick with heal (Left leg)

16. Snake creeps down, Golden Rooster Stands on One Leg

17. Snake creeps down, Golden Rooster Stands on One Leg

18. Jade Lady Works with Shuttles

19. Needle at the Sea Bottom

20. Fan Penetrates Back

21. Turn Body, Deflect, Parry and Punch

22. Withdraw and Push

23. Crossing Hands

24. Closing form

TaiChi Walks

TaiChi Walk Feet only

TaiChi Walk 2

TaiChi walk 3

TaiChi Walk 4

TaiChi Walk Cloudhands

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