Yang Chengfu Long Form Movements: Part 2

List of Movements From Part 2 of the Yang Chengfu Long Form

17.  Embrace Tiger and Return to Mountain

18.  Fist Under Elbow

19.  Step back and Repulse the Monkey (x5)

20.  Diagonal Flying

21.  Lift Hands

22.  White Crane Spreads Wings

23.  Left Brush Knee and Twist Step

24.  Needle at Sea Bottom

25.  Fan Through the Back

26.  Turn and Chop with Fist

27.  Deflect, Parry, Punch

28.  Grasp Birds Tail

29.  Single Whip

30.  Cloud Hands (x4)

31.  Single Whip

32.  High Pat on Horse

33.  Right Separation Kick

34.  Left Separation Kick

35.  Turn Body and Left Heel Kick

36.  Left Brush Knee and Twist Step

37.  Right Brush Knee and Twist Step

38.  Punch to Groin

39.  Turn and Chop with Fist

40.  Deflect, Parry, Punch

41.  Right Heel Kick

42.  Left Hit Tiger

43.  Right Hit Tiger

44.  Right Heel Kick

45.  Twin Winds Pierce the Ears

46.  Left Heel Kick

47.  Spin Around and Right Heel Kick

48.  Deflect, Parry, Punch

49.  Seal as if Closing

50.  Cross Hands

These are the major postures, the big milestones, of the second part of the Yang Chengfu Long Form. There is much in the transition between these major postures that can only be taught to you by an experienced teacher.

The numbering starts from the previous list of movements from part 1 of the form. New movements are shown in bold text. Movements that have already occurred in the form, and which are repeated are shown in plain text.

Where the same movement is repeated, the number of repetitions is sown as x4 or x5. The number of repeats for movements like, Step Back and Repulse the Monkey or Cloud Hands varies between schools. It’s not something to get hung up about.

The movements from Right Separation Kick onwards, are often described as the ‘kicking section’ of the form, because it is here that kicks first appear.