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Names of CHENG MAN CH’ING’S TAI CHI SWORD – Tai Chi Sword 16

Names of CHENG MAN CH’ING’S TAI CHI SWORD
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Names of CHENG MAN CH’ING’S TAI CHI SWORD
Cheng Man Ching teaching sword in New York

In their wisdom the ancient masters evolved the forms and passed them down. The forms are of a nature that when they are practised they inform us as to their martial and therapeutic content, while practising with the therapeutic energy in mind the healing energy is freed.

Names of CHENG MAN CH’ING’S TAI CHI SWORD

  1. RESPECTFULLY DECLINING
  2. STEP FORWARD, HAND AND SWORD
  3. THE IMMORTAL POINTS THE WAY
  4. PRESS THE APPLE
  5. RINGS AROUND THE MOON II
  6. MAJOR LITERARY STAR
  7. SWALLOW BEATS WATER WITH WINGS III
  8. BLOCK AND SWEEP, RIGHT AND LEFT II
  9. MINOR LITERARY STAR
  10. WASP ENTERS CAVE
  11. ALERT CAT CATCHES MOUSE
  12. DRAGONFLY STRIKES WATER
  13. MASTER SITS BACK
  14. SWALLOW RETURNS TO NEST
  15. PHOENIX SPREADS WINGS
  16. WHIRLING WIND, MINOR LITERARY STAR
  17. AWAITING THE FISH
  18. SEARCHING FOR SNAKE IN GRASS III
  19. EMBRACING MOON
  20. BIRDS RETURN TO FOREST
  21. DRAGON WAGS TAIL
  22. WIND ROLLS LOTUS LEAF
  23. LION SHAKES HEAD
  24. TIGER HOLDS BREATH
  25. WILD HORSE LEAPS STREAM
  26. TURN, REIN IN HORSE
  27. THE COMPASS
  28. TASSELS IN THE WIND III
  29. PUSH BOAT WITH CURRENT
  30. SHOOTING STAR CHASES MOON
  31. PEGASUS, THE WATERFALL
  32. ROLL UP SCREEN
  33. WHEELS LEFT AND RIGHT II
  34. SWALLOW STRIKES MUD
  35. ROC SPREADS WINGS
  36. PLUCK MOON FROM SEA BOTTOM
  37. EMBRACE MOON
  38. DRAGON SPIRIT SEARCHES SEA
  39. RHINO GAZES AT MOON
  40. SHOOT WILD GOOSE
  41. GREEN DRAGON STRETCHES CLAWS
  42. PHOENIX SPREADS WINGS
  43. BLOCK TWO SIDES II
  44. STRIKE WILD GOOSE
  45. APE OFFERS FRUIT
  46. FALLING FLOWERS, LEFT AND RIGHT VI
  47. FAIR LADY WORKS SHUTTLE
  48. TIGER WAGS TAIL
  49. FISH LEAPS DRAGON GATE
  50. DRAGON COILS AROUND PILLAR II
  51. THE IMMORTAL POINTS THE WAY
  52. WIND SWEEPS FALLEN FLOWER
  53. HOLD TABLET BEFORE BOSOM
  54. EMBRACE SWORD, RETURN TO ONE

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