I keep telling myself: No more new forms! But I can’t seem to avoid them. My Friday class is learning 32 now, so I need links and a list of moves.
This intermediate-level form is more interesting than I thought (I had only followed along a few times on occasion). For one thing, it is a combined form—I didn’t realize that—mostly Yang but with elements of Chen, Sun and Wu. A number of movements are also in 42, so I am glad to be working on those. Other movements are backwards, so to speak—performed on the unfamiliar side, such as single whip, which is most often on the left, but occurs in 32 is on the right. Cloud Hands travels to the right, too.
Here is a beautiful demonstration of the whole form by Wu Amin (aka Amin Wu, since she is now living and teaching in California): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rKilyW_awUo . Also on YouTube, she offers a set of tutorials in Chinese, in eight short segments with great detail. I also got an English tutorial from her website. http://www.wuamintaichi.com/products/video-products/32-form-tai-chi-1-disc-dvd/
The Chinese tutorials go into much more detail, but of course I miss a lot. In Chinese, she is a very animated and charming teacher. The English version is precise and correct, but confined to a fairly limited script. She is good about making it clear where the various styles come in, though, which I appreciate; that’s the kind of remark that might go over my head in Chinese. Either way, she offers excellent, clear instruction. Here are the links to the Chinese.
Amin Wu tutorial in Chinese:
- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UVOhB4-k_98
- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_dMKsndIC2Q
- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=81ig95q1N-8
- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rqsHVNf4imk
- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PZHEOkmzUzk
- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UILrbgW6bhE
- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6nNZmbJqE6w
- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=knZgHsAActk
The name of the form is三十二式太极剑 (Sān Shí Èr Shì Tàijíjiàn), and here is the list of movements, for sequence: 32-step-taijiquan
Tai Chi Notebook 