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T i j q u n
by Li Deyin
Foreign Languages Press
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Tijqun
Text by Li Deyin
Translated by Yu Ling, Zhang Shaoning, Wang Qin, Ouyang Weiping, Yan Jim!
Edited by Sara Grimes
Demonstrated by
Li Yulin 81-Step Taijiquan
Li Tianji 24-Step Taijiquan
Li Deyin 42-Step Taijiquan
Li Defang 42-Step Taiji Sword
Faye Yip 32-Step Taiji Sword
All photographs courtesy of Li Deyin.
Cover designed by Cai Rong. The background photograph shows part of a 10,000-person Taijiquan
demonstration in Tian'anmen Square in 1998. The Chinese calligraphy "Taijiquan" on the cover is that
of Deng Xiaoping from his inscription "Taijiquan is wonderful," written by the late Chinese leader in
1978.
First Edition 2004
Published by
Foreign Languages Press
24 Baiwanzhuang Road
Beijing 100037, China
2004 Foreign Languages Press
ISBN 7-119-03708-0
Distributed by
China International Book Trading Corporation
35 Chengongzhuang Xilu, Beijing 100044, China
P.O. Box 399, Beijing, China
Cypress Books (UK) Company
Great Britain: Unit 13, Park Royal Metro Centre, Britannia Way, London NW 1O 7PA, UK
Phone: 0044-20-88382491
FAX: 0044-20-88382487
China Books & Periodicals
2929 24th Street
San Francisco, CA 94110
Phone: 415-282-2994
E-Mail: [email protected]
Web: www.chinabooks.com
Printed in the People's Republic of China
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CONTENTS
Foreword ....................................................................................................................... 1
Chapter I. Taijiquan in China Today .................................................................... 7
A Popular Tradition ............................................................................................. 7Taijiquan Coaching Centers in Beijing ............................................................ 9
Government Support ........................................................................................ 1 1
International Host .............................................................................................. 14
Chapter 11. Four Generations of a Taijiquan Family ..................................... I 7
My Grandfather Li Yulin .................................................................................. 17
My Uncle Li Tianji ............................................................................................ 19
My Taijiquan Career ......................................................................................... 20
Chapter 111. Essentials of Taijiquan .................................................................... 26
Origins and Development ............................................................................... 26
Meaning of the Name ....................................................................................... 29
Taijiquan and the Martial Arts ......................................................................... 31
"Treatise on Taijiquan" and "Song of the 13 Methods" .............................. 33
Health Benefits .................................................................................................. 41
Chapter IV. Taijiquan Training ........................................................................... 43
Key Points .......................................................................................................... 43
Stages of Practice .............................................................................................. 45
Tips for Beginners ...................................................................................................... 51
Chapter V. 81-Step Yang-Style Taijiquan .......................................................... 55
Introduction........................................................................................................
55Names of the Movements of 81-Step Yang-style Taijiquan ....................... 56
Movements and Illustrations of Yang-style Taijiquan ................................. 59
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Chapter VI. 24-Step Taijiquan ..................................................................... 132
Introduction ............................................................................................. I 32
Names of the Movements of 24-Step Taijiquan ..................................... 133Movements and Illustrations of 24-Step Taijiquan ................................ 134
Chapter VII. 42-Step Taijiquan ....................................................................184
Introduction ............................................................................................. I 84
Technical Elements of 42-Step Taijiquan ................................................ 185
Names of the Movements of 42-Step Taijiquan ..................................... 189
Movements and Illustrations of 42-Step Taijiquan ................................ 190
Chapter VIII. 42-Step Taiji Sword............................................................... 267
Introduction ............................................................................................. 267
Names of the Movements of 42-Step Taiji Sword ................................. 267
Movements and Illustrations of 42-Step Taiji Sword ............................. 269
Chapter IX. 32-Step Taiji Sword .................................................................. 336
Introduction ............................................................................................. 336
Names of the Movements of 32-Step Taiji Sword ................................. 337
Movements and Illustrations of 32-Step Taiji Sword ............................. 339
Chapter X. Why Study Taijiquan? A Global Perspective ........................ 393
Appendices ...................................................................................................... 400
I. Note on Language ................................................................................ 400
II. Contact Information ........................................................................... 401
III. Books in English by Li Deyn's Uncle, Li Tianji .............................. 402
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FOREWORD
Taijiquan is a traditional Chinese martial art and a Chinese national treasure.
It integrates the physical external and the meditative internal. It is one of the
few sports that improves balance, coordination, flexibility, muscle, strength ,
and cardiovascular health. It is gentle enough to be accessible to the elderly
and infirm, yet demanding enough to pose a significant challenge to the most
professional young athlete. Taijiquan is beneficial to people of all ages and all
lifestyles.
But prior to 1988, there was no standard for Taijiquan. It was passed on
master-to-student, changing and evolving with time and generation. Everybody
practiced Taiji differently.In international competition, this created a dilemma. How were judges to
score Taiji routines that could be as different as pineapples and bananas? A stan-
dard was needed.
The 42-Step Taijiquan was created to be that standard. It is a combination-
routine of the best of four traditional Taiji styles the "silk reeling power" of
the Chen. the graceful strength of the Yan g., the exquisite subtleties of the Wu,
and the flexible agility of the Sun plus eight-hand and five-foot techniques
from Push Hands. It was choreographed with harmony and beauty in mind, and
a high degree of technical difficulty in practice; competitors must display a broad
range of knowledge and skills in order to perform 42-Step well. It is a symphony
of motion.
In 1990, China hosted the 11th Asian Games. It was then that they announced
42-Step Taijiquan Competition Routine as the first ever universally standardized
Taiji competition routine. This began a new chapter in the history of Chinese
martial arts, and the primary author is a man I am lucky enough to call my shifu
( master): Professor Li Deyin.
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2 Tijqun BY LI DEYIN
Li Deyin is the third generation of famous masters from the Li family. His
grandfather Li Yulin, who earned the honorary title "Pioneer of Taijiquan" in North-
eastern China, served as president of the Shanghai Shangde Wushu Institute, headcoach of the Shandong Wushu Institute, and publisher of the Harbin Taijiquan
Press. Professor Li Deyin's father Li Tianchi became a doctor who integrated wushu
( martial arts), medical science, and tui na (massage). Professor Li's uncle Li Tianji
studied wushu with his father, Li Yulin, as well as his father's masters, Sun Lutang
and Li Jinglin. Li Tianji graduated from the Shandong Wushu Institute, became a
college professor, the head of the Harbin Wushu Federation, and the first head
coach of the China Wushu Team. In 1956 Li Tianji created the first standardized
Taijiquan forms in Chinese history: the Simplified 24-Step Taijiquan and Simpli-
fied 32-Form Taiji Sword. Both forms opened the door of Taiji to novices and non-
athletes, and both are now extremely popular all over the world. For this, Li Tianji
honored as one of the "Top 10 Wushu Masters of China" (Zhongguo Shi Da
Wushu Mingshi) also is known as the "Father of Contemporary Taijiquan."
Born in 1938 in Hebei Province, Li Deyin was raised in a culture of wushu
and began trainin g, when he was eight years old with his grandfather, Li Yulin,
under intense training for 12 years that left Li Deyin accustomed to perfection in
wushu. As an adult, wushu took him to all different regions and masters in China.
He traveled to Shaolin Temple and Mount Wudang to study from advanced abbots;
he sought out Master Li Jingwu to learn Chen style Taijiquan, Master Xu Zhiyi
to learn Wu style, Master Sun Jianyun to learn Sun style, and Master Hao Jiajun
to learn Yang style and Push Hands.
When Li Deyin entered Renmin University in Beijing, his original idea of
becoming an economist was eclipsed by his interest in sports, especially Taiji
although not much collegiate-level competition was available at the time. Imme-
diately after Li Deyin graduated, Renmin University hired him as one of their
youngest professors ever. Thanks to his continued efforts, Taijiquan has become
an accredited course at all Chinese universities, and 24-Step Taijiquan has be-
come a required class for physical education majors. Taijiquan has become one
of the most popular Chinese university sports.
There is a difference between Taiji for competition and Taiji for health, notes
Li Deyin. The former should be strictly accurate according to accepted choreog-
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raphy and held to rigorous standards of strength, flexibility, fluidity, and stability.
The latter can be practiced in any style or sub-style of Taiji, performed at any
level of physical prowess, and should be given only encouragement. The pur-pose of competitive Taiji is perfection; otherwise, Taiji is for health and enjoyment.
To make Taijiquan more enjoyable and accessible, Li Deyin had music com-
posed for 24-Step Taijiquan and 32-Form Taiji Sword. He also has rewritten
many Taiji books and, at the invitation of video and television producers, made
a significant number of instructional videos and television programs. Numerous
articles have been written about Li Deyin's contributions and achievements in
China and many other countries, especially Japan.People seek out Li Deyin's materials. His style is simple and profound, ac-
cessible to the average person and indispensable to the professional athlete. His
instructions are guaranteed to be excellent: he has broken down every stance,
form, and transition into clear, distinct movements. He gives precise directions,
applicable explanations, and perfect visual examples. His teaching is honest,
direct, and very efficient. He addresses real problems encountered in practice
and performance, both stylistically and specifically. The way he performs and
teaches Taiji is guaranteed to be correct in the eyes of all judges. More importantly,
he is one of few who are able to express .the passion and strength beneath Taiji's
soft veneer.
During my training with Professor Li, he explained the difference between
a good and an outstanding Taiji performance. A good Taiji performance dem-
onstrates a high level of flexibility, balance, and fluidity it should be veryelegant. In addition to that elegance, an outstanding Taiji performance will
express the internal strengths of jing, qi, and shen (strength, vitality, and spirit).
"Taiji withoutjing, qi, and shen is like reciting a beautiful poem without rhythm
or emotion," he told me. "It is beautiful, but still lacking in something important,
and elusive."
For the sake of unity and competition, it is good to have standards and
requirements. Li Deyin and a wushu committee created, edited and standardizedall Taijiquan competition routines, including the 88-form, Yang, Chen, Wu. and
Sun styles and Wu Dang Taiji Sword. Among all contemporary and traditional
Taiji routines, competition routines are widely considered the best because they
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4 Tijqun BY Li DEYINinclude the most important elements of their respective styles with a minimum
of repetition.
By 1976, the rapid growth of popular and competitive Taiji demanded acomprehensive routine that would embody all the different styles. The 48-Step
Taijiquan was Li Deyin's first attempt at a comprehensive Taiji routine. Working
with a committee of Taiji masters, he created this form as a combination of the
four major styles plus elements of Push Hands. Though 48-Step Taijiquan did
not become the international standard for competitive Taijiquan, it is a beautiful
form that has become very popular throughout the world.
In 1989, a committee of great Taiji masters, foremost among whom wasProfessor Li Deyin, choreographed 42-Step Taijiquan Competition Routine. This
routine is stronger, more beautiful, and shorter than 48-Step, which makes it
altogether much more appropriate for international competition. The next year,
the International Wushu Federation announced 42-Step Taijiquan Competition
Routine as the first ever universally standardized Taijiquan competition routine,
and the official Taiji competition routine of the 11th Asian Games. Today, 42-
Step Taijiquan is still considered the most complete standard by which a Taiji
competitor can be judged, as well as one of the most beautiful Taiji forms in
existence.
As vice president of the Chinese Wushu Association, Li Deyin holds respon-
sibility for many important events. Li Deyin has established over 200 Taijiquan
learning centers in Beijing. In the past 20 years, he has trained thousands of
volunteer Taijiquan coordinators and teachers. With the support of his many
friends and peers, Li Deyin has organized Taijiquan tournaments all over China.
He coordinated a magnificent 10,000-person performance of 24-Step Taijiquan
in Tian'anmen Square. For the opening ceremony of 11th Asian Games, Li Deyin
organized and led 1,500 Chinese and Japanese practitioners in a performance of
24-Step Taijiquan, the first time that people of these two nations performed to-
gether in such a large venue.
Professor Li Deyin has earned numerous titles and awards, among them "In-
ternational Wushu Judge" and "China's Best Judge." At the 11th Asian Games,
Professor Li Deyin was the chief judge. He has trained many judges in classes
set up by the International Wushu Federation, and given numerous lectures all
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over the world explaining the rules, requirements, and standards of Taijiquan
competition.
In 1975, Li Deyin collaborated with other Taiji instructors and opened the
first international recreational Taiji center in China when classes were estab-
lished in Beijing for foreign residents who were studying or who worked in
China. In just two years, over 600 people from 50 countries participated in Taiji
classes, including Barbara Bush whose husband George Bush (40th President of
the United States) served from 1974 to 1976 as the top diplomat to the People's
Republic of China as head of the U.S. Liaison Office.
But since not everybody can go to China to study Taiji, Li Deyin has trav-
eled nearly everywhere to teach Taiji, including Taiwan, Hone Kong, Macao,
Japan. England, the United States, Sweden, and Switzerland.
When the door of China was opened to the world in 1981, Li Deyin, repre-
senting the city of Beijing, made his first trip to Japan to teach Taijiquan. Since
then, Li Deyin has made special teaching trips to Japan every year for the last 20
years. Over 100,000 Japanese have studied with Li Deyin. Every Taiji practitio-ner in Japan knows his name. In 1982, on his tour of Beijing, the Japanese Prime
Minister Suzuki Yoshiyuki made a special appointment with Li Deyin for a
Taijiquan lesson in his hotel room, squeezed into his busy schedule.
Li Deyin first taught in England in 1989, and now his daughter, Faye Yip (Li
Hui), has become the fourth generation of her family to teach Taijiquan as the
founder of the Deyin Taijiquan Institute in England.
Many of Li Deyin's students have become great Taiji instructors and judges.World renowned Chinese athletes Gao Jiamin. Chen Sitan, Su Zifang, Huo Dongli,
Wang Erping, Kong Xiangdong, Fan Xueping, Su Renfeng, and Zhou Yunjian
all call Li Deyin their shifu. In England, British athlete Simon Watson has won
the Taiji grand championship in England and in Europe. Japanese athlete Morita
Hisako began as a housewife interested in Taijiquan; under the tutelage of Pro-
fessor Li Deyin, she won the Japan and Asian Wushu Competition championship.
In my home city of San Diego in the United States live two grateful students
of Li Deyin: Cao Fengshan, a Beijing Collegiate gold-medalist, and myself. 1
have won numerous championships and medals in the USA and in China. The
USA Wushu Kungfu Federation awarded me the title "Internal (Taiji) Athlete of
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6Tijqun BY LI DEYINthe Year" for the year 2000. I attribute my successes to my masters, especially
Professor Li Deyin. He teaches wholeheartedly and tirelessly, with amazingly
sharp eyes and clear judgment. He truly is the best Taiji coach in the world.
Based on article published by Kung Fu Magazine.com
O 2003, reprinted by permission.
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81-STEP YANG-STYLE TAIJIQUAN 63
Keep the torso straight.
Common Mistakes
The stroke back is not synchronized with the turning of the
waist, making the shoulders and arms too tense.
The head lowers, the waist bends.
3.4 Press Forward and Bow Stance
3.4.1 Turn the torso right toward the West. Stop the hands in
front of the chest with the palms facing each other. Point the left
fingers forward, touching the inside of the right wrist. Look
straight ahead. (Fig. 11)
3.4.2 Shift the body center forward to form a right how stance
while pressing the back (left) hand forward against the front (right)hand with the palms facing each other, while bending the
arms to make a circle at shoulder height. Look straight
ahead. (Fig. 12)
Important Points
The hand technique called pressing (ji 4) involvesmoving forward into the opponent coordinated with the
shifting of the legs into a bow stance.
When fixing the form, extend the arms in curves
with the torso straight and the head pushed up. Lower the
shoulders and elbows and relax the lower back.
Common Mistakes
The body leans forward, the head is lowered, the
back is hunched.
The body is not turned enough so that the side of the
body pushes forward.3.5 Draw Back and Push Forward
3.5.1 Separate the hands to shoulder width and shift
the center of the body back. Bend the left leg while
straightening the right leg, lifting the right toes up. Pull
the hands back to the chest, palms down. Look straight
ahead. (Fig. 13)
3.5.2 Shift the body center forward to form a right bow
stance again. Press the hands down in front of the chest to
the ribs and then press forward until the arms are naturally
straight at shoulder height, palms forward and fingertips
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150Tijqun BY LI DEYINYu Dojungng (Step Back and Curl the Arms Right Side
6.7 Turn the Body and Pull Back the Hands
Turn the torso slightly to the right; move the right hand from below up in circular
motion to the upper rear with the turning of the body until the right hand reaches head
level, the right arm slightly bent and palm up. Turn the left hand to the front of the body
the head turns with the body, first looking at the right hand and then the left. (Fig.40
6.8 Step Back and Curl the Arms
Turn the torso slightly to the left; raise the left foot and move it one step back
the ball of the foot landing on the ground gently; bend the right arm, bring the right
hand to the right side of the ear over the shoulder, palm slanted down; begin to draw
left hand back. Look at the left hand. (Fig. 41)
6.9 Empty Stance and Push Palm
Continue to turn the torso to the left; shift the body center back, plant the left'
firmly, pivot the ball of the right foot to turn the right foot straight, with the heel off
ground; bend the right knee slightly to form a right empty stance. Push the right ham
the front of the body, the wrist at shoulder height, palm forward; move the left hand back
and down in an arc to the left side of the waist, palm up. Look at the right hand. (Fig.
Zu
6.10 Turn the Body and Pull Back the Hands
Turn the torso slightly to the left; move the left hand to the left upper back in an archuntil itreaches to head level, palm up, the left arm slightly bent. Turn the right har
the front of the body; the head turns with the body, first looking at the left hand
thenthe right. (Fig. 43)
6.11 Step Back and Curl the Arms
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The author practices with his wife, Fang Mishou, in Beijing.
Their daughter, Faye Yip (Li Hui), who is the great grand-daughter of Li Yulin, is the 4th-generation martial arts teacher
in the Li family.
he photographs accompanying the author's explanation of 32-Step Taiji Sword are
of Faye Yip.
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"All the students that train with Professor Li Deyin are touched by his brilliant coaching skills and his open friendship."
Richard V. Watson, Longfei Taijiquan Association of Great Britain
One of China's most prominent teachers of Taijiquan, Li Deyin has achieved an international following rooted in
his family's commitment, stretching over 100 years, to popularizing Chinese martial arts. The five Taijiquan
forms chosen by Li Deyin in his first major publication in English are accompanied by photographs of four
generations of his family performing Taijiquan at the highest levels.
1-Step Taijiquan: A traditional form of the Yang-style, the most widely practiced Taijiquan style in and outside
China. Illustrated by historic 1931 photographs of the author's grandfather, Li Yulin, a pioneer of formal martial
rts education in Northeast China.
implified 24-Step Taijiquan: Probably the most widely practiced Taijiquan in the world today. Illustrated by
hotographs from the early years of the People's Republic of China of the author's uncle, Li Tianji, who helped
reate 24-Step Taijiquan and is one of China's Top 10 Modern Martial Arts Masters.
Competition 42-Step Taijiquan: Created by Li Deyin, it became the first standardized international competition
orm when it was presented at the 11th Asian Games in Beijing in 1990. Li Deyin himself demonstrates this form.
Competition 42-Step Taiji Sword: Another of the standardized international competition forms that Li Deyin
elped create and popularize. The author's cousin, Li Defang, who is the daughter of Li Tianji, demonstrates. A
ormer gold medal winner in national competition in China, she is an instructor in the Sino-Japanese Friendship
Association of Taijiquan in Japan.
2-Step Taiji Sword: This form also has become extremely popular since its introduction in the 1950s. Illustrated
y Li Deyin's daughter, Faye Yip, who instructs at the Deyin Taijiquan Institute in Great Britain.
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