Grasp Bird’s Tail

Grasp Bird’s Tail is an important sequence of movements that appears 8 times in the Yang Cheng Fu long form. Grasp Bird’s Tail is also referred to and Grasp Sparrow’s Tail and Grasp Peacock’s Tail.

Grasp Bird’s Tail is a sequence of four movements:

• Double Ward Off (Double Peng)

• Roll Back (Lu)

• Squeeze (Ji)

• Press (An)

Here are two videos that will help you learn the Grasp Birds Tail Sequence. There’s a short video which presents a quick summary of the movements and a longer instructional video that goes into more detail.

These videos are intended for students of Applied Tai Chi learning the Yang Cheng Fu form for the first time from an instructor in a live class.

A short video demonstrating the movements of grasp birds tail

A longer instructional video of grasp birds tail