THE NAMES OF THE POSTURES: OLD YANG STYLE OF YANG LU-CH'AN 

 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.