Many people ask me about the names of the Yang Lu ch'an style postures as I do not generally include them all in my video tapes. So below are the names of those postures. those performing this form will know where they fall in the form.
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1/. Grasp Swallow's Tail: Beginning, Arn Left, Block Right, P'eng, Block Left, Double P'eng, Roll back, Chee, 2nd Chee, Sit Back Ready, Press.
2/. Sit Back ready. Snake Fingers To Eyes.
3/. Fishes In eight.
4/. Single Whip
5/. Pierce to rear.
6/. Double Dragon Hands
7/. Reverse Dragon hands
8/. Lift Hands
9/. Roll Back
10, Shoulder Press,
11/. Stork Spreads Wings
12/. Spread the weave
13/. Spread the weave
14/. Brush Knee twist Step
15/. Play Pipa
16/. B.K.T.S. (Brush Knee & twist Step)
17/. B.K.T.S.
18/. Play Pipa
19/. B.K.T.S.
20/. Step forward, parry & punch
21/. Sit Back
22/. Squeeze
23/. Sit Back
24/. Cross Hands
FINISH FIRST THIRD
25/. B.K.T.S.
26/. Spread The Weave
27/. Embrace Tiger Return To Mountain
28/. Grasp Swallow's tail (5 moves)
29/. Guard The House
30/. Fist Under Elbows (Both elbows)
31/. Tripping Repulse Monkey X 5
32/. Spear through the armour
33/. Wrapping The Willow Tree
34/. Middle Winding
35/. Parting Horse's Mane
36/. Pierce to rear.
37/. Double Dragon Hands
38/. Reverse Dragon hands
39/. Lift Hands
40/. Roll Back
41/, Shoulder,
42/. Stork, Different (This is done differently to the normal way that it is done in the Yang Cheng-fu form.)
43/. Spread The weave
44/. Spread The Weave
45/. BKTS
46/. Needle At Sea Bottom
47/. Fan Thru Back
48/. Turn Around & Lock Wrist, Attack to No.3
49/. Step Forward, Parry & Penetration Punch
50/. Press The Points
51/. Chee,
52/. Chee 2nd
53/. Sit Back
54/. Press
55/. Repeats: to Single Whip
56/. Cloud Hands X 4
57/. Single Whip
58/. Lift Up Heavens
59/. High Pat On Horse
60/. Spread The Weave rear
61/. Sitting Like a Duck
62/. Right kick
63. Repeat on other side up to Left Kick
64/. Block Right
65/. Turn around & Heel Kick
66/. BKTS
67/. BKTS
68/. Punch to groin
69/. Cutting Hands
70/. Double leaping Kick
71/. Carry The Bread On Arms
72/. Hit Tiger Left & Right
73/. Right Heel Kick
74/. Phoenix Punch
75/. Spear Hands With Sit
76/. Back Kick
77/. Take A Walk
78/. Cross Kick
79/. Knife & Spear Fingers
80/. Lift Hands
81/. Lift Hands 2
82/. Finish as before.
END 2nd THIRD
Begin 3rd 3rd same as 2nd:
Then:
83/. Single Whip
84/. Slant Flying X 3
85/. Grasp Swallow's Tail to Single Whip same:
86/. Fair Lady Works Shuttles (Weaves)
87/. Grasp Swallow's Tail
88/. Single Whip
89/. Wave Hands Like Clouds 2nd (different)
90/. Single Whip
91/. Snake Creeps Down
92/. Cock stands on one leg X 2
93/. 1 X tripping Repulse Monkey, 3 X Repulse Monkey (normal)
94/. Same as 2nd third up to Single Whip
95/. Wave Hands Like Clouds X 3rd time
96/. High Pat On Horse
97/. Inspect Horse's Mouth
98/. Inspect Horse's Mouth rear
99/. Sweep The Enemy
100/.Crescent Kick & Spear Hands
101/. Press The Points
102/. Chee
103/. Bending Backwards
104., Bending Backwards
105/. Bending Backwards
106/. Take the Dim-Mak Points
107/. Open The Wings
108/. P'eng
109/. Pigeon Flies to heaven
110/. rest:
111/. Lift Hands
112/. Open the Wings
113/. Drop down & Break Elbow
114/. Pull Forward & attack To rear & Front
115/. Hidden Hand Punch
116/. Sleeves Dancing Like Plumb Blossoms
117/. Double Punch
118/. Hidden Hand Punch
119/. Same as 2nd third.
120/. Single Whip
121/. Snake Creeps Down
122/. Step Forward to Seven stars
123/. Ride Tiger
124/. Turn Around & Lotus Kick
125/. Low Punch
126/. Bending To Avoid & Attack
127/. Shoot Tiger
128/. Finish:
Counting all of the moves there would be many more than the above. Wherever possible I have repeated the previous moves to expedience.