Form 20: (Du li) Da Hu (Step Backward and Stand on One leg to Hit the Tiger)

This form is typical of the Wu-style Tai Chi Boxing. It is so named because two fists are uplifted as done to hit a tiger. When performed with one leg standing, the posture is termed Du Li Da Hu, a Wu-style movement.

Detaited Explanation Lower limbs: Stand firm with the left leg bent slightty, curve and lift the right leg; take the right foot to the front of the crotch, with tiptoes perking and buckled inward. Upper limbs: Slowly close hands, raise the left frst from the body side, and move the right fist to the left chest; lift the left fist left forward before the forehead with the palm side of fist facing outward and the eye of fist obliquely downward, and move the right fist before the left chest with palm side of fist facing inward and the eye of fist facing upward. Key Point Take a step back, transfer weight rightward steadily, and turn the waist to circle the arm and roll back; bend and part two arms in harmony with the left leg curving and uplifting and the tiptoes hooking up.