1st NOTE* the 37 is performed not only in a slow soft style, but also a more agressive style with a feel more like Chen's Cannon Fist. I haven't seen this in the long form, but I assume it is there too.
It is...or was. I learned the 64 with the foot changes (5 I think) in a seminar Sifu Kash gave in Boone not long before quitting the 'ELF' class (spring '98 I think) to focus on my Sil Lum. I had learned the 36/37 slow, then quickly moved to doing it the more aggresive way as I liked it better that way. It was said that the 36/37 and the 64 could be played slow or fast and with other flavors (interjection of Xing Yi elements and the Bagua Animals)
2nd NOTE* the 8 Gates is basically grasp the sparrow's tail from Yang Taiji, with the motions of Pull down, Spliting, Elbow, and Soulders/Hips tacked on to the end of it.
I think the '8 Gates' as you are referring to them were referred to as the '8 original moves' and are the subject of an IKF article in '86 before CYF died.
They are the only thing I teach as 'tai chi' and simply refer to it as a short intro to the Chao Tai Chi set.
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