Form 34: (Xie Bu) Qin Da (Hold and Punch in Crossed Squatting Stance)

Qin means  "grab, capture" , and Qin Da means grab and punch. Because Qin Da is competed together with different stances and footwork, there are other Qin Da movements such as Xie Bu Qin Da (Hold and Punch in Crossed Squatting Stance), Shang Bu Qin Da (Step Forward, Grab and Punch), and Xiao Qin Da (Small Grab and Punch). Tai chi boxing requires proper kung fu clothing to practice.

Detailed Explanation
Lower limbs: Step forward with the right foot, and bend two legs to a Xie Bu. Xie Bu means resting stance: two legs cross and get close to a full squat; one foot lands on the ground completely with tiptoes pointing outward, the other foot lands on the ground with the upper part of it, with the knee leaning against the outside of the leading calf and the hips resting on the heel. When the left leg is beneath the right one, it is called Zuo Xie  Bu-left resting stance, while when the right leg is beneath the left one, it is called You Xie Bu-right resting stance.
Upper limbs: Press and grab with the left palm circling from left to front, turn the palm into a fist and position it to the front of the abdomen, with the palm side of fist facing downward and the Hukou part inward; drop the right fist from the body side, and shoot it out forward and downward along the left forearm, till the abdomen height. with the palm side of fist facing upward, eyes looking at the right palm.

Key Point
Perform movements continuously and smoothly, and tum the waist in harmony with all the rest parts of the body.

Form 33: Zhuan Shen Da Lu (Turn Body with Full Roll-back)

This form is so named because it is performed by tuming the body nearly 360 degrees with full roll-back of two palms. What to wear when practicing tai chi boxing, kung fu clothing is the smart choice, especially tai chi clothing.

Key Point
Stand with feet together, turn the body and roll hands back softly and smoothly; roll hands back around the waist, and when two palms change from roll-back to elbowing, keep the shoulders and crotch relaxed and down, and two armpits empty.

Detailed Explanation
Lower limbs: Stand with two feet parallel (the weight is held more on the left leg); turn the body to left around the upper part of the right foot, with the heel outward swinging; step back with the left foot to a left side bow stance.
Upper limbs: While standing with two feet parallel, curve the left arm and lift it to the front of the chest with the palm facing outward, and turn the right arm outward and lift it to the right side of the body with the palm facing upward; as the body is turned to left, horizontally roll back two palms to left; as the weight is transferred leftward to form a side bow stance, turn the left arm outward, taking the palm-changed flst to the left waist with the palm side of fist facing upward, bend the right arm, turn it outward and roll it back to the front of the body with the palm side of fist facing obliquely upward; keep the upper part of the body naturally straight and centered, eyes looking at the right fist.

Form 32: Ma Bu Kao (Lean in Horse Stance)

This form is so named because it is performed with the left arm and body thrust supported by a half horse stance. Tai chi is traditional chinese martial arts, there are also kung fu clothing specially designed for it.

Detailed Explanation
Lower limbs: Step left forward with the left foot; transfer weight leftward to form a half horse stance. Upper limbs: Turn the left arm inward before the right abdomen, with the hand closed, and thrust the fist to the left side of the body until it stops before the left knee, with the palm side of fist facing inward and the fist surface facing downward; move the right palm from the right side of the body via the ear side to help the left arm thrust forward, with the palm facing left and fingers clinging to the inside of the left forearm; turn the upper part of the body slightly to left and keep it straight and centered, eyes looking left forward.

Key Point
Step forward with the left foot, with the heel landing first, and transfer weight forward to form into a half horse stance in which two feet stand at an angle below 90 degrees, the crotch is kept round and the right knee buckles inward.

Form 31: Du Li Tuo Zhang (Lifting Palm and Standing on One Leg)

This form is so named because it is performed by standing on one leg and lifting one palm up before the body.

Detailed Explanation
Lower limbs: Stand steady with the left leg bent slightly and bend the right leg and lift it up with tiptoes dropping down naturally.
Upper limbs: Turn the right palm upward, and hojd it up before the body, with the palm facing upward and the wrist level with the chest; circle the left palm leftward and upward until the body side, with the wrist reaching the shoulder height, the palm facing outward with fingertips obliquely upward, eyes looking at the right palm.

Key Point
See Jin Ji Du Li for movements of the lower limbs. Hold the right palm up and thrust the left palm outward forcibly in the opposite direction.

Form 30: Xu Bu Ya Zhang (Press Palm in Empty Stance)

This form is so named because it is top-down palm pressing in coordination with the empty stance.

Detailed Explanation
Lower limbs: Move into a right empty stance.
Upper limbs: Press the left hand top down over the right knee, with fingertips pointing to right; circle the right hand over the knee until reaching the right crotch side with fingers pointing forward, eyes looking down forward .

Key Point
Stand in the empty stance to an extent that there is no need to hold breath. Keep the waist relaxed and the crotch down. Move the tiptoe of the left foot outward at some 45 degrees, aligned to the knee. Don't lean the upper part of the body forward as the center of gravity is lowered.

Form 29: Tui Bu Chuan Zhang (Step Backward & Thrust the Palm)

This form is so named because it consists of the upper and lower movements of stepping backward and thrusting the palm.

Detailed Explanation
Lower limbs: Step backward with the right leg, bend the left leg to a left bow stance.
Upper limbs: Thread the left palm from the right forearm, with the palm facing upward and the wrist reaching the shoulder height; push the right palm beneath the left elbow.

Key Point
Step backward, thread the left arm forward, turn downward the right arm and push the palms at the same time. Keep the head uplifted and the crotch relaxed and down.

Form 28: Jin Ji Du Li (Golden Rooster Stands on One Leg-Left Side & Right Side)

This form is so named as it is performed with one leg standing and the other lifted, one hand raised up and the other dropped, appearing like a rooster standing on one leg.

Key Point 
Keep the head uplifted and the shoulders sunk when standing on one leg. Move hands up and down at the same time and in harmony with leg lifting.

Detailed Explanation
Lower limbs: Stand on one leg, with the other  leg lifted with tiptoe dropping naturally.
Upper limbs: As the knee is bent and the leg  lifted up, swing the palm at the same side to the front of the body, with fingertips reaching the eyebrow height, and push the other palm 'down to the crotch side, eyes looking forward at the palm swung up.

Form 27 (Dan Bian) Xia Shi(Lowering Movement-Single Whip)

The form is so named because the lowering movement of the body is like a hovering eagle drops suddenly to rush  at a rabbit. Names for Xia Shi (lowering  movement) vary in different routines  when it is supported by different hand  techniques. The 42 Forms include two Xia Shi postures, Dan Bian Xia Shi (Single Whip and Lowering Movement) and Chuan Zhang Xia Shi (Thread Palm and Lowering Movement). Dan Bian Xia Shi consists of two connected movements, namely Xia Shi and Dan Bian (Single Whip).

Detailed Explanation
Lower limbs: Curve the left leg to a full squat, and straighten the right leg to a right Pu Bu (crouch stance). Pu Bu is one of the basic stances in Chinese martiat arts, formed by parting two legs left and right 4 t0 5 times the length of foot, with one leg bent to a full squat while the knee and tiptoes pointing outward, and the other leg straightened close to the ground, both feet landing on the ground completely. When the left leg is straightened, it is called Zuo Pu Bu (left crouch stance), and when the right leg is straightened, it is called You Pu Bu (right crouch stance).
Upper limbs: Raise the left hand in a hook shape to the left shoulder height; swing the right hand over the face to the inside of the left elbow, and thread it forward before the abdomen along the inside of the right leg, eyes looking at the right palm.

Key Point
Keep the body straight and centered, with the bent leg landing on the ground compietely without lifting the heel.The leg for lowering movement should be straightened.

Form 26: Xie Fei Shi (Oblique Flying)

The posture is so named because of its unfolding movements, with arms opening and closing like Kunpeng (a legendary huge bird) obliquely flying in the sky with its wings spread.

Key Point
This posture shows the movements of threading and thrusting. It should be performed in an unfolding manner.

Detailed Explanation
This posture is typical of the Wu-style Tai Chi Boxing.
Lower limbs: Step forward with the left foot, transfer weight leftward, and turn right the body to form into a left bow stance.
Upper limbs: As the left foot is moved forward, circle the left hand right downward until the outside of the right knee with the palm facing right; turn the right hand inward and withdraw it to the front of the left shoulder with the palm facing outward; while transferring weight leftward, cross two arms before the chest, with the right hand downward and the left one upward; lift the left hand to the front of the left shoulder, and drop the right hand from the inside of the right forearm to the right crotch side; as the body turns right to form into a left bow stance, push two arms left upward and right downward, eyes looking at the right side.

Form 25: Jin Bu Zai Chui (Step Forward & Punch Downward)

Twist step forward, shoot the fist out from top down like planting in a deep pit.

Detailed Explanation
Lower limbs: Drop the right foot forward with tiptoe spread outward, and transfer weight onto the right leg; step forward with the left leg, landing with the heel; transfer weight forward to form into a left bow stance.
Upper limbs: As the right foot drops, turn the upper part of the body right, turn two arms outward, circling the left palm upward and rightward white turning the right palm down to the waist; as the left foot advances, circle the right palm rightward and upward, curve the elbow and close the hand and rest it on the right ear side with palm side of fist facing downward, and circle the left fist downward to the abdomen; as weight is transferred forward to form into a left bow stance, shoot the right fist down forward until the abdomen height, with the fist surface facing down forward and the eye of fist facing left, and swing the left fist over the left knee until the left crotch side, eyes looking at the right fist.

Key Point
Circle two arms as the waist turns to left and right. Punch downward in harmony with the bow stance, with the waist upright, buttocks down and the trailing leg bent stightly.