Saturday, April 19, 2008

Taijiquan - Sun Style

Ocean Hou's Sun Style 73 Competition Taiji Form Demonstration.
UTube, 5:01 min, color. A Master level performance by Ocean Hou. A very nice soundtrack with renaissance style music. The performance in a beautiful titled patio of a public garden. This is the best online video of a performance of the Sun 73 form.

Sun Style Tai Chi Chuan, 73 Movements Competition Form, List of Movements: 1-73
(PDF, 133 Kb, 4 Pages) Each of the 73 movements are numbered and the name is given in English, Chinese, and the Chinese Characters for the name.


The Competition Routine of Sun Style Taijiquan.
Zhong Shan, Chief Editor. Wu Don, Executive Editor. Li Wei, Editor of English Version. Published in Beijing, China, 2003. 151 pages. ISBN: 7537720851. A detailed study of the Sun Taijiquan 73 standard competition form. Book comes with a VCD, color, 50 minutes. The accompanying VCD ISRC: CN-C20-02-0040-O/V-G8. I could not find identification of the performer or instructor on the VCD. There is no English narration on the VCD, just music.

Sun Taijiquan: Standard Competition 73 Movements Form.
Research by Michael P. Garofalo, M.S.. Webpage: 350Kb, May 2008. This webpage includes an introduction, information on the Sun Taijiquan form, a large collection of quotations about Sun Taijiquan, a detailed bibliography, extensive links, references to video resources, and suggestions for learning the 73 competition Sun form. A detailed comparative list of the names of each of the 73 movements is provided, with source references, and the movement names are given in English, Pinyin Chinese, Chinese characters, French, German, and Spanish. A detailed description of each of the 73 movements with black and white illustrations for each movement sequence is provided along with instructions, commentary and general comments. This is the most detailed and complete webpage on the subject available on the Internet.

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