Sword Form Move Names

Chen Style Xin Yi Hun Yuan Fourty Eight Movements Tai Ji Sword Form

chen/1 shi\ xin- yi\ hun/ yuan/ si\ shi/ ba- shi\ tai\ ji/ jian\


Section i di\ yi- duan\

1. Qi~ shi\

“starting, posture”

starting posture

2. Xian- ren/ zi~ lu\

“immortal, person, point, road”

immortal points the way

3. Ye\ di~ cang/ hua-

“leaf, bottom, hide, flower”

flower hidden under a leaf

4. Dan- feng\ chao/ yang/

“crimson, phoenix, face, sun”

crimson phoenix faces the sun

5. Pi\ jian\ tan\ hai~

“split, sword, probe, sea”

splitting sword probing the sea

6. Qing- long/ chu- shui~

“green, dragon, emerge, water”

green dragon emerge from water

Section ii di\ er\ duan\

7. Zuo~ you\ hu\ xi~

“left, right, protect, knee”

protect both left and right knee

8. Zhuan~ shen- bi\ men/

“turn, body, close, door”

turn body and close door

9. Qing- long/ chu- shui~

“green, dragon, emerge, water”

green dragon emerge from water

10. Fan- shen- kan~

“flip, body, chop”

flip body and chop

11. Gen- bu\ ci\

“follow, step, stab”

follow step and stab

12. Xie/ fei- shi\

“diagonal, flying, posture”

diagonal flying posture

Section iii di\ san- duan\

13. Feng\ huang/ chan~ ci\

“phoenix, spread, wing”

phoenix spreads its wings

14. Feng\ huang/ dian~ tou/

“phoenix, nod, head”

phoenix nods its head

15. Na~ zha- tan\ hai~

“na zha2, probe, sea”

na zha probes the sea

16. Bai/ yuan/ xian\ guo~

“white, ape, offer, fruit”

white ape offer fruit

17. Tao\ juan~ gong-

(or more commonly hong/)

“reverse, roll, arm”

backward turning upper arm

18. Chuan- lin/ zhan~ chi\

“thread, forest, spread, wings”

threading through forest with open wings

section iv di\ si\ duan\

19. Fan- shen- zan~ jiao~

“turn, body, chop, dragon”

turn body, chop dragon

20. Jin- ji- du/ li\

“golden, rooster, lone, stand”

golden rooster stand on one foot 21. Bo- chao~ xün/ she/

“part, grass, find, snake”

separate grass looking for snake

22. Ye~ ma~ tiao\ jian-

“wild, horse, leap, stream”

wild horse leaps over stream

23. Bai/ she/ tu~ xin\

“white, snake, spits, tongue”

white snake spits tongue

24. Er\ long/ xi- zhu-

“two, dragon, play, pearl”

two dragons play with pearl

Section v di\ wu~ duan\

25. Hei- xiong/ fan~ bei\

“black, bear, flips, back”

black bear turns (flips) back

26. Yin- xiong/ dou\ zhi\

“eagle, bear, contest, wisdom”

eagle and bear contests wisdom

27. Da\ peng- zhan~ chi\

“big, bird, spread, wings”

great bird spreads wings

28. Ling/ mao- pu~ shu~

“nimble, cat, catch, mouse”

nimble cat catches mouse

29. Jin- ji- dou~ ling~

“golden, rooster, shakes, feathers”

golden rooster shakes feathers

30. Na~ zha- tan\ hai~

“na zha, probe, sea”

na zha probes the sea

Section vi di\ liu\ duan\

31. Su- qin/ bei\ jian\

“su qin3, shoulders, sword”

su qin shoulders sword

32. Gu~ shu\ pan/ gen-

“ancient, tree, twisting, root”

ancient tree with twisted root

33. Xie/ fei- shi\

“diagonal, flying, posture”

diagonal flying posture

34. Zuo~ you\ tuo- qian- jin-

“left, right, support, thousand, pound”

support 1000 pounds left and right

35. Zuo~ you\ jie/ wan~

“left, right, slash, wrist”

slash wrist left and right

36. Heng/ shao~ qian- jün-

“horizontal, sweep, 1000, soldier”

horizontally sweep 1,000 soldiers

section vii di\ qi- duan\

37. Jin- zen- dao\ gua\

“gold, needle, reverse, hanging”

golden needle hanging upside-down

38. Bai/ yen/ xian\ guo~

“white, ape, offer, fruit”

white ape offers fruit

39. Zuo~ you\ luo\ hua- shi\

“left, right, falling. Flower, posture”

falling flowers on left and right

40. Gong- bu\ shang\ ci\

“bow, stance, upward, thrust”

bow stance upward thrust

41. Zhuan~ shen- xia\ ci\

“turn, body, downward, thrust”

turn body, downward thrust

42. Xie/ fei- shi\

“diagonal, flying, posture”

diagonal flying posture

Section viii di\ ba- duan\

43. Fu\ shen- tan\ hai~

“lying (face down), body, probe, sea”

lean forward probing into the sea

44. Yao/ zi~ fan- shen-

“sparrow hawk, flip, body”

sparrow hawk flips body

45. Huang/ long/ chu- dong\

“yellow, dragon, emerge, cave”

yellow dragon emerges from cave

46. Mo/ pan/ jian\

“grind-stone, sword”

grind-stone sword

47. Zi~ nan/ zen-

“point, needle, south”

south-pointing needle

(compass needle)

48. Shou- shi\

“closing, posture”

closing posture


 

陳式心意混元四十式太極


【第一段】

  1. 起式

  2. 仙人指路

  3. 叶底藏花

  4. 丹凤朝阳

  5. 劈剑探海

  6. 青龙出水

【第二段】

  1. 左右护膝

  2. 转身闭门

  3. 青龙出水

  4. 翻身斩

  5. 跟步刺

  6. 斜飞式

【第三段】

  1. 凤凰展翅

  2. 凤凰点头

  3. 哪咤探海

  4. 白猿献果

  5. 倒卷肱

  6. 穿林展翅

【第四段】

  1. 翻身斩蛟

  2. 金鸡独立

  3. 拨草寻蛇

  4. 野马跳涧

  5. 白蛇吐信

  6. 二龙戏珠

【第五段】

  1. 黑熊反背

  2. 鹰熊斗智

  3. 大鹏展翅

  4. 灵猫捕鼠

  5. 金鸡斗翎

  6. 哪咤探海

【第六段】

  1. 苏秦背剑

  2. 古树盘根

  3. 斜飞式

  4. 左右托千斤

  5. 左右截腕

  6. 横扫千军

【第七段】

  1. 金针倒挂

  2. 白猿献果

  3. 左右落花式

  4. 弓步上刺

  5. 转身下刺

  6. 斜飞式

【第八段】

  1. 俯身探海

  2. 鹞子翻身

  3. 黄龙出洞

  4. 磨盘剑

  5. 指南针


 

Translator’s Disclaimer

None of the material in this note is meant to be official. The translator tries to remain as objective as possible, and when appropriate, attempts to provide some information to bridge the inevitable cultural gap between Chinese and Western speakers. However, some personal interpretation is unavoidable. Furthermore, the names of these movements have been passed down for twenty generations over four centuries, sometimes even through generations of illiteracy. Understandably, some of them have morphed from the original. The translator would like to urge the readers to use the information presented in this note with some flexibility and to not insist on scholarly precision with any concepts or words. Such insistence can be a common occurrence among Tai Ji practitioners, which can be counter productive as it often resulted in time consuming endless debates, which take away time from personal practice! J

In addition, this translation does not represent Master Feng or Master Zhang’s opinion or teaching in any official capacity.

Foot Note

  1. The marking after the phonetic pronunciation (according to the Pin Yin system) is the tonal inflection of the vowel(s), i.e. the symbol ‘-‘ is for high pitch but constant tone, ‘/’ is for rising (in pitch) tone, ‘~’ is for dropping then rising, ‘\’ is for dropping.

  2. Na~ zha- is a famous immortal warrior prince in Chinese legend, who is known to disturb the eastern sea in his youth and caused major havoc for the dragon king

  3. Su- qin/ is a famous minister during the "Warring States" period in Chinese history, who is known to advocate the kings of the various warring states to form an alliance against the ambitious Qin/ kingdom.