In this lesson, you can learn all movements of Part 6 of Chen’s Tai Chi Old Form 1, including 11 movements (movement 64 – 74).
Generally, there are three videos for each movement. There are different purposes for each clip of the videos. First, you can learn and understand the details of the movements from the Explanation video. Secondly, it is easier to remember the movements step-by-step from the videos with the order. The text below can help you to understand more and remember the sequence of the steps of the movements. Furthermore, after you can remember the movements, you can try to exercise the movements smoothly with strong feeling of the Qi by following the videos of the Demo. Requirements below are very helpful to understand the more details of the movements. You may also find the basic applications for the most of the movements. It can help you to learn and exercise the movements more accurately.
Movement 64: Cross Kick
Explanation
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Demo: Front View
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Steps: 1. Relax the hip joints. Turn left. Wave the right palm to the left in a downward curve with an opening rotation. Wave the left palm to the inside of the right forearm in an upward curve with a closing rotation; 2. Turn right. Turn the left heel outward with the left toes testing on the ground. Shift the weight to the left leg. Continue to turn the body to the right side. Raise and turn the right toes outward. At the same time raise and push two arms right upward. Look forward; 3. Shift the weight to the right leg. Lift the left knee. Step the left foot to the left front side. Press the left palm left downward to the left leg. Hold the left arm over the left leg. Push the right palm upward. Look to the left side; 4. Loosen the hip joints. Turn right slightly. Wave the left palm to the front of the chest in an upward curve with an opening rotation. Wave the right palm to the left in a downward curve with an opening rotation. Hold the right palm under the left elbow; 5. Shift the weight to the left leg. Drag the right foot close to the left foot. Swing the right leg upward. Slap the top of the right foot with the left palm; 6. Lower the right leg to the right side after kick. Loosen the left hip joint. At the same time turn the body to the right side with the left heel touching the ground. Lift the right up over the left shoulder. Lower the left palm downward to the side of the waist. Lift the right knee upward, At the same time chop the right palm downward to the right side of the body, and lift the left palm upward with explosive power. Look forward.
Requirements: Loosen the hip joints. Use the waist to coordinate the movements of the arms and leg (Step 1, 2); Relax the right hip joint. Step the left foot and open two arms by lowering the waist. Keep the body upright (Step 3); Use the waist to lead two arms to close to each other. Hold two arms with internal strength (Step 4); Coordinate the whole body as one to kick, slap the foot. Relax the left leg and hip joints. Keep the body upright (Step 5); Relax the body. Lift the Baihui upward. Use the waist the lead and control the movements of the arms and legs. Loosen the hip joint. Stand on the left leg firmly. Open two palms with the explosive power coming from the waist (Step 6).
Applications: Block the attack with the right arm. Attack the face or chest of the opponent with your left palm (Step 1); Up block the attacking arm with your right arm. Kick the leg of the opponent with your left foot. At the same time push the abdomen of the opponent with your left palm (Step 2, 3); Block the attack from the left side with your left arm. Hit the opponent with your left shoulder and attack the chest of the opponent with your right palm (Step 4); Block the attack with your right palm. Kick the crotch or chest of the opponent with your right foot. Slap the head of the opponent with your left palm (Step 5); Hold and raise the right wrist of the opponent with your left hand. Press and chop the head of the opponent downward to the right side with your right hand. At the same time hit the face or chest of the opponent with the right knee (Step 6).
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Steps: 1. Relax the left hip joint. Stomp the right foot on the ground inside of the left foot. Step the left foot to the left front corner. Cross two wrist with the left wrist over the right one. Look down forward; 2. Loosen the hip joints. Shift the weight to the left leg. Turn left. Separate two palms down outward with a closing rotation; 3. Shift the weight to the right leg and turn right, two arms move up inward with an opening rotation. Hold the left palm in front of the abdomen. Change the right palm to the fist. Hold the fist by the right side of the body; 4. Shift the weight to the left leg. Turn left. Punch the right fist down forward with a closing rotation. Strike the left elbow backward. Change the left palm to the fist. Hold the left fist by the left side of the waist. Look down forward.
Requirements: Lower the waist to stomp the right foot. Step the left foot and cross two arms with internal strength (Step 1); When shift the weight, loosen two hip joints and shift the hip downward and backward. Use the waist to lead the movements of the arms (Step 2, 3); Punch the right fist and strike the left elbow backward with sudden explosive power, by twisting the waist and turning the crotch (Step 4).
Applications: Block the kick with two palms. Kick the opponent with your left foot (Step 1); Block the attack with your two arms (Step 2, 3); Punch the abdomen or crotch of the opponent in front of the body with the right fist. Hit the opponent behind your body with the left elbow (Step 4).
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Steps:1. Loosen the hip joints. Turn the body to the right. Wave the right arm to the right side of the body in an upward curve. Turn the right fist with a closing rotation, then rotate the right fist with an opening rotation. Rotate the left fist with a closing rotation, then rotate the left fist with an opening rotation by touching the left fist on the left side of the waist; 2. Shift the weight to the right. Raise and turn the left toes outward. Shift the weight to the left leg. Drag the right foot to the inside of the left foot. Hold the right arm on the right side of the waist; 3. Loosen the left hip joint. Punch the right fist up forward to the right side. At the same time lift the right knee. Look to the right side.
Requirements: Loosen the hip joints. Uplift the Baihui and relax the whole body. Use the waist to lead the rotation of the right arm and left fist (Step 1); Coordinate the whole body to turn and punch the right fist up. Loosen the left hip joint. Keep the body upright (Step 2, 3).
Applications: Hold the right wrist of the opponent with your right hand, and pull right. Hit the outside of the right elbow of the opponent to the right with your left arm or shoulder (Step 1); Punch the chin or chest of the opponent with your right fist. Hip the abdomen of the opponent with the right knee (Step 2, 3).
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Steps:
Part 1:1. Loosen the left hip joint. Lower the waist. Step the right foot to the right side with the heel touching the ground. Change two fists to the palms. Open and raise two palms to the sides of the ears; 2. Shift the weight to right leg. Drag the left foot to the right foot with the left toes resting on the ground; 3. Loosen the hip joints. Bend the knees. Lower the waist. Press tow palms down forward. Look at the palms.
Part 2:1. Turn right. Pull the right palm backward. Extend your left palm outward. Turn two palms with an opening rotation. Face two palm upward. Keep the weight on the right leg; 2. Form the right hook with all the tips of the fingers touching together. Turn your waist to the left. Raise the right hook up forward to the shoulder height. Lower the left palm downward to the front of abdomen. Look at the right hook; 3. Turn right. Look left side. Lift the left leg inward. Loosen the right hip joint and bend the right knee. Step the left foot to the left with the inside of the heel touching and scraping on the ground; 4. Shift the weight to the left, turn the right toes inward. Hold the left arm and the right hook with internal outward intention; 5. Shift the weight to the right. Turn right slightly, raise the left palm upward to the front of the chest, the left palm faces outward; 6. Shift the weight to the left and turn your waist to the left. Wave the left palm to the left in an upward curve with a closing rotation. The eyes follow the left palm to the left. Hold the left elbow over the left knee. Loosen the hip joints and look to the front in the final pose.
Requirements: Use the waist to coordinate the movements of the arms, legs and body (Part 1); For Part 2, for forming and raising the right hook, loosen the hip joints, relax the shoulders, sink the waist and turn the body. The left elbow expends outward (Step 2); Lift the left leg by loosening the right hip joint, turning the waist to the right. Extend the right hook outward while step to the left (Step 3); When raise and wave the left palm to the left, loosen the hip joints and turn the waist, keep the body upright (Step 5, 6).
Applications: For Part 1, block the attack arm with your right arm. Kick the leg of the opponent with your right foot (Step 1); Press the chest of the opponent with your tow palms (Step 2, 3). For Part 2, Hold the wrist of the opponent with the right hand. Block the opponent’s kick with the left leg. Kick the opponent’s knee with the left heel (Step 1, 2, 3); Move left and hit the opponent with the left elbow (Step 4); Use the left palm to block the attack, then attack the neck or face of the opponent with the left palm (Step 5, 6).
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Steps:1. Loosen the hip joints. Turn left. Shift the weight to the left leg. Change the right hook to the palm. Wave the right palm left in a downward curve with an opening rotation. Wave the left palm to the right in an upward curve with an opening rotation. Hold two arms in front of the body with the left arm over the right arm; 2. Sink the waist. Change two palms to the fists. Keep two arms rounded with internal strength; 3. Relax the hip joints. Shift the weight to the right leg. Bend the right knee. Lower the body to form the crouch stance. Turn the left toes in. Open two arms. Lift the right fist right upward with a closing rotation. Push the left fist down forward to the left leg with an opening rotation. Look left.
Requirements: Loosen the hip joints. Use the waist to coordinate the movements of the whole body. Wave and hold two hands with the internal strength from the Dantian (Step 1, 2); Relax two hip joints. Keep the Baihui upward. Hold the pose and body with internal coiling force (Step 3).
Applications: Block the attacking arm with your left arm. Punch the chest of the opponent with your right fist (Step 1, 2); Block the upper attack with your right arm. Kick the leg of the opponent with your left foot. Attack the low body of the opponent with your left fist (Step 3).
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Steps: 1. Loosen the hip joints. Shift the weight to the left leg. Punch the left fist up forward. Lower the right fist to the side of the waist. Look to the left side; 2. Relax hip joints. Turn left. Raise and turn the left toes outward. Step the right foot forward with the right toes resting on the ground. Move the right fist forward to the inside of the left forearm. Face the palm sides of the fists inward. Look forward; 3. Loosen the hip joints. Lower the waist. Relax the shoulders. Uplift the elbows. At the same time push two fists forward, then lower the fists. Rotate the fists with closing rotations. Face the palm sides of two fists downward. Lower the elbows. Move two fists inward then upward with the palm sides of the fists facing inward. Rotate the fists with opening rotation. Look forward; 4. Loosen the hip joints. Uplift the Baihui internally. Keep the body upright. Lower the waist. Change two fists to the palms. Hold two palms in front of the chest with internal strength.
Requirements: Loosen the hip joints. Keep the Baihui upward. Use the waist to lead forward movements of the fists, legs and body (Step 1, 2); Relax the hip joints and shoulders. Rotate two fists with internal strength by folding the chest and waist (Step 3); Keep the body upright. Lower the waist. Relax the hip joints. Change the fists to the palms and hold the palms with internal strength coming for the Dantian (Step 4).
Applications: Lock the front foot with your left foot. Punch the chin or chest of the opponent with your left fist (Step 1); Block the attacking arm with your left arm. Punch the face or chest of the opponent with your right fist. Kick the leg of the opponent with your right foot (Step 2); After get rid of the grasping of your wrists by rotating the arms, push the face or chest of the opponent with your two palms (Step 3, 4).
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Steps: 1. Loosen the hip joints. Shift the weight to the left leg. Step the right foot backward with the right toes touching the ground; 2. Shift the weight to the right leg. Raise and turn the left toes inward. Turn the body to the right side. Lower two arms downward to two sides of the waist. Turn two palms with closing rotations. Hold two arms over the legs; 3. Relax the hip joints. Shift the weight to the right leg. Drag the left foot backward. Place the left foot in front with the left toes testing on the ground to form the empty stance. Close two arms in a downward curve to each other. Turn two palms with opening rotations. Hold two palms in front of the body with the right palm over the left palm. Look forward.
Requirements: Loosen two hip joints. Uplift the Baihui. Relax the whole body. Use the waist to lead the movements of the arms and legs. Coordinate the whole body as one. Use and keep the internal strength inside of the arms and whole body all the time.
Applications: Lock the left leg of the opponent from behind with your right leg. Push the left hip joint of the opponent with your right palm. Take the opponent down backward to the ground (Step 1, 2); Hold the left wrist of the opponent with your left hand. Push or strike the left elbow of the opponent with your right palm. Kick the lower body of the opponent with your left foot (Step 3).
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Steps: 1. Loosen the hip joints. Turn the body to the right. Turn the left heel outward. Press the left palm downward. Push the right palm right upward. Look left downward; 2. Shift the weight to the left leg. Raise and turn the right toes outward. Turn the body to the right. Wave two arms to the right. Look forward; 3. Loosen the hip joints. Keep the Baihui upward. Shift the weight to the right leg. Turn the body right. Step the left foot to the right side; 4. Continue to turn the body to the right. Shift the weight to the left leg. Step the right foot backward while turning. Keep the weight on the right leg. Swing the arms right. Push two palms right outward. Look to the left; 5. Shift the weight to the left leg. Turn right. Wave two palms to the left in downward curves. Face the palms outward. Point the fingers of two palms to the right side; 6. Shift the weight to the left leg. Swing the right leg forward, upward and then backward. Slap the top of the right foot with two palms. Loosen the left hip joint. Land the right foot to the right back corner. Push two palms forward. Look forward.
Requirements: Use the waist to lead turning the left heel, pressing the left palm and pushing the right palm together (Step 1); Loosen the hip joints. Keep the Baihui upward. Use the waist to coordinate the movements of the arms, legs and the whole body (Step 2, 3, 4); Move the whole body as one. Swing the arms with internal strength from the waist. Sink the waist in the final pose (Step 5); Use the internal strength from the Dantian to Swing the right leg and wave the palms. Swing or kick the right leg quickly (Step 6).
Applications: Block the upper attack with your right arm. Lock the front right foot of the opponent with your left foot. Push the right knee of the opponent inward with your left knee quickly. Push the right hip joint or abdomen of the opponent with your left palm (Step 1); Attack the foot of the opponent by sweeping the legs while turning the body (Step 2, 3, 4); Hold and pull the arm of the opponent to the right side with your two hands. Attack the chest or abdomen of the opponent with your two palms (Step 5); Sweep the left leg of the opponent backward with your right foot. Push the body of the opponent forward at the same time to take the opponent down to the ground (Step 6).
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Steps:1. Loosen the hip joints. Turn the body to the right. Brush two palms backward in downward curves. Rotate the left palm with an opening rotation. Rotate the right palm with a closing rotation; 2. Keep the Baihui upward. Sink the waist. Change the palms to the fists. Hold the fists by the right side of the body. Look to the left side; 3. Relax two hip joints. Shift the weight to the left leg and turn the body to the left quickly. Punch the fists to the left side with explosive power. Hold two fists upright. Look forward.
Requirements: Keep two arms away from the body when brush backward. Use the waist to lead the movements of the arms and the whole body (Step 1); Form the fists and hold the arms with internal strength from the waist. Keep the elbows away from the body (Step 2); Punch the fists forward quickly. Hold the elbows in curves. Relax the shoulders. Loosen two hip joints (Step 3).
Applications: Hold the arm of the opponent and pull backward. Fall the opponent down to the ground (Step 1); After block the attack from the opponent, punch the chest or abdomen of the opponent with your fists (Step 2, 3).
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Steps:1. Change two fists to the palms. Shift the weight to the right leg. Turn right. Wave two palms backward in upward curves. Rotate the left palm with an opening rotation. Rotate the right palm with a closing rotation. Look forward; 2. Shift your weight to the left leg. Raise the left toes and turn outward. Lower the right palm down over the right knee with an opening rotation. Face the right palm outward. Push the left arm forward and turn the left palm with a closing rotation; 3. Push the left palm forwards, then upward and backward. Swing the right arm forward in a downward curve. Turn the right palm with an opening rotation. Face the right palm upward. Place the left palm inside of the right arm. Face the left palm downward and the right palm upward. At the same time step the right foot forward with the toes touching the ground. Loosen your hip joints and relax the knees; 4. Lower the left palm downward to the front of the abdomen with an opening rotation. Face the left palm upward. Change the right palm to the fist and rest the right fist on the left palm. Face the palm side of the right fist upward; 5. Lift the right fist to the shoulder height and lift the right knee by following the right elbow; 6. Relax the hip joints and knees. Stomp the right foot to the ground with the shoulder width from the left foot. Drop the right fist into the left palm at the same time. Keep two arms round and away from the abdomen.
Requirements: Relax the hip joints and sink the waist when push two palms backward (Step 1); Relax the hip joints. Use the waist and crotch to lower the right arm and push the left arm forward. Keep the right elbow away from the body (Step 2); Loosen the left hip joints and use the waist to bring the right foot and right palm forward (Step 3); Lower the right fist to the left palm by sinking the waist, keep the hands away from the abdomen (Step 4); Loosen the left hip joint and sink the waist when lift the right fist and right leg (Step 5); Loosen the hip joints and sink the waist when stomp the right foot and drop the right fist, still focus the mind in Dantian (Step 6).
Applications: Grasp the arm of the opponent and pull backward (Step 1); The left hand blocks the attacking arm, the right palm hits the abdomen or chest of the opponent, the right foot kicks the knee or abdomen of the opponent (Step 2, 3); The right fist hits the chin and the right knee attacks the abdomen or chest of the opponent (Step 4, 5); Stomp the toes of the opponent with your right foot. Hit the chest or face of the opponent with your right fist (Step 6).
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Steps:1. Loosen the hip joints. Lower the body. Change the right fist to the palm. Separate two palms to two sides. Raise two palms upward from two sides of the body. Look forward; 2. Relax the hip joints. Bend the knees naturally. Lower the waist. Wave two arms downward in front of the body slowly to the two sides of the legs; 3. Loosen the hip joints. Shift the weight to the right leg. Drag the left foot to the right foot. Raise the body to the nature standing pose slowly. Face the palm sides of the palms inward. Keep the Baihui upward. Relax the whole body. Look forward.
Requirements: Loosen the hip joints. Keep the Baihui upward. Use the waist to lead and coordinate the movements of the arms and legs. Breathe naturally. Clear the mind. Let the whole body settle and rest. Image the Qi goes back to Dantian after finish the movement.