12 ANIMAL-FORM CONTINUOUS FIST OF XINGYIQUAN
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12 Animal-Form Fist

A Monkey pattern of Xingyiquan

To compensate for its simple patterns, manifested in the 5 elemental fists, Xingyiquan masters in the past introduced 12 animal-forms. Some of the patterns from these 12 animal-forms are quite sophisticated.

These 12 animal-forms are linked together to form a set called Xingyi Twelve Animal-Form Continuous Fist, or Xing Yi Shi Er Xing Lian Quan in Chinese. Because of its long history, there are at present different versions of the set. The set presented here is composed by Grandmaster Wong based on classical resources, and include all the 12 animal forms and 5 elemental fists.

The 12 animal forms are dragon, tiger, monkey, horse, alligator, cockerel, hawk, sparrow, snake, ostrich, eagle and bear. The five elemental fists are thrust palm, spiral fist, crushing fist, cannon fist and horizontal chop.


Sequence 1

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1. Ready Position 2. Bringing in Chi from Cosmos

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3. Chi to the Dan Tian 4. Father and Son Together

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5. Three-Body Stance 6. Golden Axe Strike Mountain

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7. Golden Axe Strike Mountain 8. Spiritual Dragon Rushes to Sky

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9. Heavenly Dragon Descends on Earth 10. Spiritual Dragon Rushes to Sky

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11. Heavenly Dragon Descends on Earth 12. Golden Axe Strikes Mountain

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13. Golden Axe Strikes Mountain 14. Serpent Spirals through Water

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15. Serpent Spirals through Water 16. Fierce Tiger Claws Sand

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17. Fierce Tiger Pushes Mountain 18. Fierce Tiger Claws Sand

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19. Fierce Tiger Pushes Mountain 20. Crushing Fist through Wood

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21. Crushing Fist through Wood 22. Monkey Looks at Mirrow


Sequence 2

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23. Monkey Steals Peach 24. Spiritual Monkey Separates Leaves

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25. Spiritual Monkey Plucks Fruit 26. Spiritual Monkey Plucks Fruit

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27. Spiritual Monkey Separates Leaves 28. Spiritual Monkey Plucks Fruit

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29. Naughty Monkey Climbs Tree 30. Spiritual Monkey Plucks Fruit

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31. Monkey Steals Peach 32. Crushing Fist through Wood

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33. Crushing Fist through Wood 34. General Leads Horse

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35. General Leads Horse 36. Alligator Glides through Water

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37. Alligator Glides through Water 38. Alligator Glides through Water

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39. Alligator Glides through Water 40. Golden Cockerel Looks at Sun


Sequence 3

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41. Majestic Cockerel Kicks Leg 42. Crushing Fist through Wood

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43. Majestic Cockerel Exhibits Wings 44. Trim Bamboo with Leaves

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45. Majestic Cockerel Faces Sun 46. Majestic Cockerel Faces Sun

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47. Crushing Fist through Wood 48. Crushing Fist through Wood

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49. Hawk Flies through Woods 50. Hawk Flies through Woods

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51. Heavenly Priest Chops Insignia 52. Hawk Spirals through Sky

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53. Hawk Spirals through Sky 54. Swallow Flies through Clouds

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55. Colorful Swallow Doubly Flies 56. Colorful Swallow Doubly flies

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57. Swallow Skips over Water 58. Swallow Enters Water

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59. Swallows Emerges from Water 60. Fire Cannon Blasts Wall

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61. Green Snake Glides through Grass 62. Green Snake Glides through Grass

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63. Green Snake Glides through Grass 64. Green Snake Glides through Grass

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65. Ostrich Opens Wings 66. Ostrich Rams Wall

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67. Ostrich Opens Wings 68. Ostrich Rams Wall


Sequence 4

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69. Old Eagle Charges at Prey 70. Old Eagle Charges at Prey

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71. Black Bear Stands Upright 72. Black Bear Stands Upright

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73. Golden Axe Strikes Mountain 74. Golden Axe Strikes Mountain

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75. Spiritual Dragon Rushes at Sky 76. Heavenly Dragon Descends on Earth

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77. Spiritual Dragon Rushes at Sky 78. Heavenly Dragon Descends on Earth

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79. Slant Body Crushing Fist 80. Slant Body Crushing Fist

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81. Crushing Fist through Wood 82. Crushing Fist through Wood

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83. Crushing Fist through Wood 84. Crushing Fist through Wood

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85. Crushing Fist through Wood 86. Fierce Tiger Claws Sand

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87. Fierce Tiger Pushes Mountain 88. Fire Cannon Blasts Wall

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89. Fire Cannon Blasts Wal 90. Crushing Fist through Wood

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91. Crushing Fists through Wood 92. Crushing Fists through Wood

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93. Precious Duck Swims through Lotus 94. Three-Body Stance

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95. Bring Chi from Cosmos 96. Flowing Breeze Swaying Willoss

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