TAIJIQUAN 12 BASIC COMBAT SEQUENCES
Taijiquan is a wonderful internal martial art. This means that if one practices Taijiquan, he should have some internal force and be able to apply Taijiquan patterns for combat. Unfortunately, there is nothing internal and nothing martial in most of Taijiquan practiced today.
The key to our combat efficiency in Taijiquan lies in the 12 basic Taijiquan combat sequences. Four sets of the 12 combat sequences are reproduced below. They are taken from the regional Taijiquan Course of March 2008 on the Blue Mountain in Costa Rica, the Intensive Taijiquan Course of January 2006 in Sungai Petani, the Taijiquan Review Course of Decomber 2006 also in Sungai Petani, and the Intensive Taijiquan Course of September 2008 in Penang.
Regional Taijiquan Course - March 2008, Blue Mountain
1. Immortal Waves Sleeves | 2 Low Stance Vertical Punch | 3 White Snake Shoots Venom |
4 Green Dragon Shoots Pearl | 5 White Crane Flaps Wings | 6 Striking-Tiger Poise |
7 Thrust Kick | 8 Low Stance Single Whip | 9 Black Bear Sinks Hips |
10 Shoulder Strike | 11 Cloud Hands | 12 Carry Tiger |
Intensive Taijiquan Course - January 2006, Sungai Petani
1. Immortal Waves Sleeves | 2 Low Stance Vertical Punch | 3 White Snake Shoots Venom |
4 Green Dragon Shoots Pearl | 5 White Crane Flaps Wings | 6 Striking-Tiger Poise |
7 Thrust Kick | 8 Low Stance Single Whip | 9 Black Bear Sinks Hips |
10 Shoulder Strike | 11 Cloud Hands | 12 Carry Tiger |
Taijiquan Review Course - December 2006, Sungai Petani
1. Immortal Waves Sleeves | 2 Low Stance Vertical Punch | 3 White Snake Shoots Venom |
4 Green Dragon Shoots Pearl | 5 White Crane Flaps Wings | 6 Striking-Tiger Poise |
7 Thrust Kick | 8 Low Stance Single Whip | 9 Black Bear Sinks Hips |
10 Shoulder Strike | 11 Cloud Hands | 12 Carry Tiger |
Intensive Taijiquan Course - September 2008, Penang
1. Immortal Waves Sleeves | 2 Low Stance Vertical Punch | 3 White Snake |
4 Green Dragon Shoots Pearl | 5 White Crane Flaps Wings | 6 Striking-Tiger Poise |
7 Thrust Kick | 8 Low Stance Single Whip | 9 Black Bear Sinks Hips |
10 Shoulder Strike | 11 Cloud Hands | 12 Carry Tiger |