Wu Short form - Wu Ying-Hua

[@markdonovan1540]

Pure art, relaxed and gentle movements. No doubt this comes from many years of practice. Thanks for uploading this video.

[@midlinsightmeditation]

Wu Ying-Hua displays beautiful control and precision in this form. For the sake of clarification.this is not the Wu Simplified 30 Slow Form but rather the first part of the Wu 108 Slow Form up to the beginning of the first Cloud Hands. The Wu 30 Simplified Slow Form or Short Form is listed in the disciples book as being created by Wu Ying-Hua. It was created out of the Wu 108 Slow Form and contains 11 points of change that clearly define it from the 108. The *** represent the changes in the form. 1. Beginning Tai Chi 2. Grasping Bird’s Tail 3. Single Whip 4. Raise Hands, Step Up 5. White Crane Cools it’s Wings 6. ***Brush Knee L, R, L x3 (2nd brush knee removed) 7. Hands Play Guitar 8. Diverting, Block & Punch 9. ***Withdraw Back (Open up but don’t push) 10. Repulse Monkey R, L, R x 3 11. ***Slanting Flying Posture (From slanting flying step back into NDS) 12. Needle in Deep Sea 13. ***Open Fan Penetrate the Back (Open Fan goes into Cloud Hands) 14. ***Cloud Hands (no Single Ship at the end, hands part as in Fast Form) 15. Right / Left Toe Kick 16. ***Turn Heel Kick (Leg comes back as in Parting Leg into SEDF) 17. ***Strike Ears with Double Fists (straight into Parting Wild Horses Mane) 18. ***Parting Wild Horse’s Mane R,L,R (no Parting Hands Forward Looking) 19. ***Jade Lady Weaving x 4 (no Parting Hands Forward Looking, into LP) 20. ***Lower Posture (first Lower Posture no Single Whip before hand) 21. ***Golden Cock Stands On One Leg (right only x1 , step back into SBRT) 22. Step Back Ride the Tiger 23. Palm Strike To Face 24. Double Cross Lotus Kick 25. Bend Bow Shoot Tiger 26. High Pat Horse, Palm Strike To Face 27. Turning Body Hammer 28. Grasping Bird’s Tail 29. Single Whip 30. Closing Tai Chi. This is a video of Fei Guo-Qing doing Wu 30 Simplified low Form. kzbin.info/www/bejne/jV68h2R_hr1qa7c

[@nicholasrickfordpavlovic-g2886]

Thanks. I was a bit confused at the 2:10 point.

[@frederickg.6155]

If I can do that in my 80's , mission accomplished. ❤

[@eternalartskungfu1696]

My Sifu Johnny Lee was indoor disciple of Ma Yueh Liang and this is exactly how we move and this is indeed the first section of the 108. We also learned the 22, which is this with only one brush knee. I was never taught the exact sequence Mr Procter listed above so I can't say what it is called, but is all contained in the 108.

[@humanbeing8341]

There was no formal inner door pupils of Ma Yueh Liang I have learnt of 2 of Ma Yueh Liangs private students, the process was you went and joined the Shanghai Wu Jianqan tai chi association and practice in the groups, to seek individual tuition with either Ma or Ying you applied to the association who would assess your application and forward it on to Ma and Wu Ying who would invite you to perform the forms, and they would assess whether you were ready and disciplined for the private tuition or not, Ma had a well-paid job as a pathologist so did not rely on taiji for a living so did not insist on pomp and circumstance and titles. He was not a hereditary heir to the Wu school. Nor was his wife officially because she was a woman the title went to the second rate school of his sons.

[@humanbeing8341]

You are wrong this is (edited, checked film,)excerpts from the official wu shortform from Wu Chien Chuan the creator of the long slow form and son of Wu Quan Yu Wu style founder who practiced the fast form, Wu Chien Chuans daughter (here)and she created this the official Wu short form there are others but one comes from the Beijing wushu sports institute and has no credibility, one comes from the northern Beijing wu lineage, and was created by Wang Peisheng, and another comes from the Hong Kong lineage and Eddie Wu. So basically you are confused or wrong. Wu Ying Hua was the unofficial lineage holder not master ma, who incidentally did not like being called sifu or master Simply Ma, He was her husband and because of patriarchy in Chinese society held more status than his official and talented wife, Ma was also a very accomplished push hands teacher and combatant, whereas his wife did not publicly teach push hands specialising in the sword forms, so Ma got all the kudos in the west because mostly men do taiji quan in the west so are impressed by his fighting skills overlooked and igored the fact that WU and MA were a pair with complementary skills that they demonstrated the whole system as a unit every where they went.

[@serafinr5437]

la forma corta ¿ cuantos movimientos tiene?

[@boingbryan8123]

masterpiece...

[@taijiboz]

Hi Stephen, Thank you for your comment and clarification. My teacher was in UK and was taught under Master Ma Yueh-Liang, So I guess Wu Ying-Hua was Master Ma wife. I learned the short form about 40 years ago, Here is a video of me doing it. This video has been private, now I have just made it public. kzbin.info/www/bejne/aJndp2uNqK-ehdE

[@taijiboz]

I was taught the short form about 40 years ago, Here is a video of me doing it. This video has been private, now I have just made it public. @

[@francamariarizzi1977]

molto molto interessante

[@robwustyle]

Great...but this is not the Wu Short Form...

[@humanbeing8341]

Taiji is about gilding the lilly and bullshitting every one exagerates there connections, steals and pirates and makes up stories , sorry this is the truth from 40 years of dedicated taiji.

[@digicanon]

Robert Ruby is right - this is simply the first 32 moves of the long form. I am taught by masters taught by Ying Hua, her husband and her son and the "official" short form does not use 13 of those first 32 moves, mainly the repetitions of grasping bird's tail, single whip and brush knee. For a demonstration of the correct short form see kzbin.info/www/bejne/fILOgKaeZ9yeipo

[@songgao7704]

It's the first 28 moves of the long form, lol!

[@humanbeing8341]

This is pirated and edited content from Wu Ying Hua and MA Yueh Liangs adopted daughters , Shi Mei Li's schools webpages, It should be taken down please seek out the real clip, they are also trying to profit from it with a link to some shonky wordpress blog about taichi teaching, please keep away from this and seek Shi Mei Leis original footage.