<title>Xinjia Yi Lu</title> This page deals with the first form of “Xinjia” or new-frame Chen Style.
Xinjia was created by Chen Fa-Ke in Beijing prior to 1956 as a way of making Laojia more appealing and lively, to suit younger and more modern students. Although he had many students and disciples such as the notable Hong Jun-Sheng, the primary way in which Xinjia is passed down today is via his third son, Chen Zhao-Kui.
1. Open form 2. King-Kong Pounds the mortar 3. Lazy about tying coat 4. 60% sealing and 40% closing 5. Single Whip 6. King Kong Pounds the mortar 7. White Crane Spreads it's Wings 8. Walk obliquely and twist step 9. First closing 10. Wade forward and twist step 11. Walk obliquely and twist step 12. Second closing 13. Wade forward and twist step 14. Hidden hand punch 15. King-Kong pounds the mortar 16. Hidden body punch 17. Rotate body and back strike 18. Green dragon emerges out of water
19. Push with both hands 20. Change palm three times 21. Fist under elbow 22. Slide back and whirl arms 23. Step back and press the elbow 24. Middle Section 25. White Crane spreads it's wings 26. Walk obliquely and twist step 27. Lighting fast throw through the back 28. Hidden hand punch 29. 60% sealing and 40% closing 30. Single whip 31. Wave hands like moving cloud 32. High pat on horse 33. Rob with right foot 34. Rob with left foot 35. Side kick with left heel 36. Wade forward and twist step 37. The punch of hitting the ground 38. Turn over body, jump and kick twice 39. Beast head pose 40. Hurricane Kick 41. Side kick with right heel 42. Hidden hand punch
43. Small grasp and hit 44. Embrace head and push the mountain 45. Change palm three times 46. 60% Sealing and 40% Closing 47. Single Whip 48. Front Technique 49. Back Technique 50. Mustang ruffling it's mane 51. 60% Sealing and 40% Closing 52. Single Whip 53. Stamping both feet 54. Fair lady works the shuttle 55. Lazy about tying coat 56. 60% sealing and 40% closing 57. Single Whip 58. Wave hands like moving cloud 59. Sweep kick and stretch down 60. Golden pheasant stand on one leg (Both sides)
61. Slide back and whirl arms (Both sides) 62. Step back and press the elbow 63. Middle section 64. White crane spreads it's wings 65. Walk obliquely and twist steps 66. Lighting fast throw through the back 67. Hidden hand punch 68. 60% Sealing and 40% closing 69. Single whip 70. Wave hands like moving cloud 71. High pat on horse 72. Cross hands and sweep kick 73. The punch of hittinf the crotch 74. White ape presents the fruit 75. 60% Sealing and 40% Closing 76. Single Whip 77. The dragon on the ground. 78. Step up to form seven stars 79. Step back to mount the tiger 80. Turn around and sweep kick 81. The cannon of confronting opponent 82. King-Kong pounds the mortar 83. Closing form
Interestingly enough, the long form can be viewed as a collection of forms, each one expressing certain characteristics.
In this manner, the first form is about double arm silk reeling, an expression of the core skill.
1. Open form 2. King-Kong Pounds the mortar
Containing Lazy about tying coat and single whip, two core and central expressions within Tai Chi.
3. Lazy about tying coat 4. 60% sealing and 40% closing 5. Single Whip 6. King Kong Pounds the mortar
This form focuses on stepping techniques and contains one always-release strike. It is only a little bit longer than the previous two.
7. White Crane Spreads it's Wings 8. Walk obliquely and twist step 9. First closing 10. Wade forward and twist step 11. Walk obliquely and twist step 12. Second closing 13. Wade forward and twist step 14. Hidden hand punch 15. King-Kong pounds the mortar
Although I've chosen to delineate the sub-forms along these lines, it should be noted that after Green Dragon (move 18) is usually thought of as the break for first section.
16. Hidden body punch 17. Rotate body and back strike 18. Green dragon emerges out of water 19. Push with both hands 20. Change palm three times 21. Fist under elbow 22. Slide back and whirl arms 23. Step back and press the elbow 24. Middle Section 25. White Crane spreads it's wings 26. Walk obliquely and twist step 27. Lighting fast throw through the back 28. Hidden hand punch 29. 60% sealing and 40% closing 30. Single whip 31. Wave hands like moving cloud 32. High pat on horse 33. Rob with right foot 34. Rob with left foot 35. Side kick with left heel 36. Wade forward and twist step 37. The punch of hitting the ground 38. Turn over body, jump and kick twice 39. Beast head pose 40. Hurricane Kick 41. Side kick with right heel 42. Hidden hand punch
This is a section break in the main form, which is also a convenient place to end this section. Usually if you wanted to start with small grasp and hit you can just rotate arms to the left (palm out left, right palm at shoulder) then continue up, drop down/chop down, come up into small grasping and hitting. Then again, starting from animal head posture is also popular because you can practice that difficult series of moves again.
43. Small grasp and hit 44. Embrace head and push the mountain 45. Change palm three times 46. 60% Sealing and 40% Closing 47. Single Whip 48. Front Technique 49. Back Technique 50. Mustang ruffling it's mane 51. 60% Sealing and 40% Closing 52. Single Whip 53. Stamping both feet 54. Fair lady works the shuttle 55. Lazy about tying coat 56. 60% sealing and 40% closing 57. Single Whip 58. Wave hands like moving cloud 59. Sweep kick and stretch down 60. Golden pheasant stand on one leg (Both sides)
Another natural section break. The sub-forms may be viewed as perfunctory now, but for the purposes of learning this sub-form idea might be interesting.
61. Slide back and whirl arms (Both sides) 62. Step back and press the elbow 63. Middle section 64. White crane spreads it's wings 65. Walk obliquely and twist steps 66. Lighting fast throw through the back 67. Hidden hand punch 68. 60% Sealing and 40% closing 69. Single whip 70. Wave hands like moving cloud 71. High pat on horse 72. Cross hands and sweep kick 73. The punch of hitting the crotch 74. White ape presents the fruit 75. 60% Sealing and 40% Closing 76. Single Whip 77. The dragon on the ground. 78. Step up to form seven stars 79. Step back to mount the tiger 80. Turn around and sweep kick 81. The cannon of confronting opponent 82. King-Kong pounds the mortar 83. Closing form
Sometimes while doing the form a small check-list is to be desired. There is some minor internal structure which may help. One such break-down begins with noticing the form contains three sections of wave hands like clouds; the first is 5 times, the second is four times, and the third is five times.
This system is very useful once the fourth and fifth sub-forms have been learned. The first section is delineated on press, the first press becoming fan through the back, and the second directly prior to rub with right heel.
So after the first set of 5x wave hands like clouds, there are a series of kicks (rub with right foot, rub with left foot, and kick with left heel), two superunique moves (the punch of draping over body and beast head pose) and a crescendo of three moves performed on one foot: Kick with right heel, turn over (intermediary posture before) hidden hand punch. Then small catching and hitting, embrace head and push, etc., this entire series is not too difficult to remember, especially since it's the first section taught.
The key is that before you go into the second wave hands, there is fair lady works at shuttles. This means the single whip after horse mainlines ruffles (silly horse) goes into fair lady, while the single whip after fair lady goes into the four-time wave hands. After the second wave hands is sweep kick and step down into golden pheasant.
To get into the third, 5x wave hands, begin with repulse monkeys as usual, until the time it would take to kick (rub with right foot, etc). There is a sub-break here when you execute the press technique. The first time you execute it on this way, you approach the second fan through the back. The second time, you perform cross hands and sweep kick (into lower punch).
This 5-4-5 system, each with two sub-breaks, creates an alternate six section form which can help you learn.