Pictures of Tai Chi Chuan Movements illustrated by the Queen of Tai Chi Chuan - Gao Jiamin (Right)

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Begin 1 (Commencing Form) 3 4

2 (Part Wild Horse's Mane on

5 7 8
Both Sides)

9 10 11 12

13 14 15 16
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(3)White Crane Flashes Its Wings 22 23 (4)Brush Knee on Both Sides

25 26 27 28

29 30 31 32
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37 38 (5)Strum the Lute 40

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(6)Curve Back Arms on Both

41 43 44
Sides

45 46 47 48
 49 50 51 52

(7)Grasp the Bird's Tail - Left

53 54 55
Style

57 58 59 60

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61 62 63 64
 65 66 67 68

(8)Grasp the Bird's Tail - Right

70 71 72
Style

73 74 75 76

77 78 79 80

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 81 82 (9)Single Whip 84

85 86 87 88

(10)Wave Hands Like Clouds -

90 91 92
Left Style

93 94 95 96

97 98 99 100
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101 102 103 (11)Single Whip

105 106 107 108

(12)High Pat on Horse 110 (13)Kick with Right Heel 112

113 114 115 116

 (14)Strke Opponent's Ears with 118 119 120
Both Fists

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(15)Turn and Kick with Left Heel 122 123 124

(16)Push Down and Stand on

125 126 127
One Leg - Left Style

129 130 131 132

 (17)Push Down and Stand on
133 135 136
One Leg - Right Style

137 138 139 140

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(18)Work at Shuttles on Both

142 143 144
Sides

145 146 147 (19)Needle at Sea Bottom

 149 (20)Flash Arm 151 152

(21)Turn to Deflect Downward,

154 155 156
Parry and Punch

157 158 158(Back) 159

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159(Back) 165 161 162

163 (22)Apparent Close-up 165 166

167 168 169 (23)Cross Hands

171 172 173 (24)Closing Form

175 176