Grandmaster Wong demonstrating some fundamental movements of Cloud Hands

It is reputed that the great Taijiquan master, Yang Lu Chan, practiced ?Grasping Sparrow?s Tail? thousands of times a day, and he used just this pattern to defeat all challengers.

Actually, ?Grasping Sparrow?s Tail? was formulated in a definite set of movements only later by his grandson, Yang Deng Fu. What Yang Lu Chan practiced and used to defeat his opponents was probably ?Cloud Hands?.

?Cloud Hands? does not have fixed forms. It is a shortened form of the poetic expression, Flowing Water Floating Cloud Hands? used to describe the flowing movements of Taijiquan in chi flow. Yang Deng Fu stylized these flowing movements into definite forms so that students could learn them more easily.

In the video series here, Grandmaster Wong demonstrates some fundamental movements in Cloud Hands, like circular and horizontal hand movements, moving in different stances, and exploding force in various patterns.

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Cloud Hands	Rotate Waist	Different Movements

Turning Around	Different Stances

Moving Around	Turning Around	Standing Zen

Fast Movements	Different Movements

Flowing Patterns	Cloud Hands	Chi Flow