Originally Posted by
tattooedmonk
what source is this from? if you send me a better copy I have translator on my computer. i tried but the pic isnt clear enough to get reading.
It is a Buddhist Form of Tai Chi not Taoist, all others are "Taoist Arts" not sure about Chen Style...hmmm.
I have heard it also called Damo's / Bodhi dharma Tai Chi.
these are the Lyrics for Buddha Fist AKA.....Tai Ci Quan -Fo Jia Quan - Fo Han chuan or Tai Tse Chien
1. Giant Bird Spreads It’s Wings
2. Immortal Salutes the Buddha
3. Old Hermit Asks for Donation
4. Buddha Asks Heaven for Mercy (Prays to Heaven)
5. Preying Mantis Climbs the Pole
6. Turn the Body Smack the Lotus
7. Beautiful Lady Looks at the Moon
8. Catch the Moon, Kick and Ride the Cloud
9. Swallow Prays to Heaven
10. Preying Mantis stretches It’s Leg
11. Swallow Plays in the Water
12. Goddess of Mercy (Kuan Yin) Picks up the Mantis
13. Kuan Yin Releases (lets go of) the Mantis
14. White Monkey Salutes the Buddha
15. Buddha Stirs the Ocean
16. Buddha Subdues the Ocean
17. Swallow Smacks the Lotus
18. Swallow Flies into the Sky
19. Legs Fly (in or into) to the Edge of Heaven
20. Thousand Eyes of the Preying Mantis
21. Young Lad Salutes Kuan Yin
22. Wheeling Palm Hands, Single Whip
23. Inside Smash, Multiple Wheeling Palms
24. Immortal Monkey Sun Wu Kong Shrinks His Body