I came across these verses attached to the postures in the Tai Chi form. I got them from a Chinese friend and fellow practitioner. Who knows what the real origin is? There are claims that some of them come from Yang Chengfu. In any case, they're pretty interesting and I enjoyed the translation effort. So, for anyone who's interested ...

Oral Formulas for the Postures in the Tai Chi Form:
https://www.rockymountaintaichi.com/s/Oral-Formulas-for-the-Postures-CMC-New-Method.pdf

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This is pretty cool! Just heard that my translation of Yang Chengfu's 10 Essential Points for Taijiquan has been translated in turn into Portuguese. Very nice to see that this is useful for folks!

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https://www.rockymountaintaichi.com/ycf-10-points

https://www.academia.edu/37783100/A_Teoria_de_Tai_Chi_Chuan_de_Yang_Cheng_Fu_Dez_Pontos_Essenciais_segundo_o_registro_de_Chen_Wei_Ming

For today's contribution to #InverteFest, I dug up some photos of a mantis eating a grasshopper in our garden a couple years ago.
(Not sure why google photos decided to include a picture of Yang Chengfu doing Single Whip as a hit for "mantis". But here he is in his glory along with the mantis.)

#bugs #TaiChi #taijiquan #YangChengfu #mantis