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Yang Style Sword Form

Names and Order of the postures

  Gesture Body Direction

1.Taiji Sword Beginning Posture N

2.Step Up and Circle Hands N

3.Immortal Points the Way W

4.Three Arcs Encircle Moon W

5.Indicate the Major Luminary W

6. Swallow Brushes Still Water (L,R,L) W

7.Intercept and Sweep Across (R,L) W

8. Indicate the Minor Luminary NW

9. Wasp Enters the Hive SE

10.Agile Cat Catches the Mouse SE

( > Phoenix Raises (Phoenix Raises its Head)

11.Dragonfly Slaps the Water SE

12.Swallow Returns to Nest 360> SE

13. Phoenix Spreads Both Wings NW

14.Whirling Wind Swings Sword Over SE

15. Indicate the Minor Luminary NW

16. Whirling Wind Swings Sword Under E

17.Relax to Wait for Fish W

18.Part the Grass to Reveal Snakes (R,L,R) W

19.Embrace the Moon Closely W

20.Return the Bird into the Branches W

21.Black Dragon Wags Tail W

22.Green Dragon Leaps from Sea W

23.Wind Curls the Lotus Leaf E

24.Lion Shakes Its Head (R,L,R) E

25. Standing Tiger Holds Its Head E

26. Wild Horse Jumps the Alpine Stream E

27. Turn Body to Control the Horse W

28. Step Up to Compass Needle W

  Gesture Body Direction

29.Waving Tassle Against the Wind (L,R,L) W

30.Drifting With the Current SE

N31.Shooting Star Chases the Moon SE

32.Sky Horse Tramples the Void N

33.Reach Down and Pull Up the Screen E

34.Roll Sword Arms Like Cartwheel (L,R) E,W

35.Swallow Holds Clay in Beak W

36.Fabulous Bird Spreads Wings N

37.Scoop Up the Moon from the Seabed W

38.Embrace the Moon Closely W

39.Night Demon Probes the Ocean W

40.Rhinoceros Gazes at the Moon E

41.Shoot the Wild Goose SE

42.Green Dragon Puts Out Claws SE

43.Phoenix Spreads Both Wings NW

44.Straddle and Cross Block ((L,R) W

45.Shoot the Wild Goose NW

46.White Ape Offers Fruit W

47.Flowers Fall to Left and Right (R,L,R,L,R) W

48.Jade Maiden Throws the Shuttle S

49.White Tiger Cocks Its Tail N

50.Standing Tiger Holds Its Head W

51.Carp Leaps Over the Dragon Gate W

52.Black Dragon Coils Around the Pillar S>NE

53.The Immortal Points to the Path W

54.A Whirlwind Blows the Flowering Plum >N

55.Offer the Ceremonial Tablet N

56.Enfold the Sword, Return to Beginning N

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