Tai Chi Foundation Stances & Movements
This Quiz will test your understanding of the foundation movements & main stances. Good luck.
- 1.
When you step forward in Tai Chi, how would you do this?- A.
Leading from the foot
- B.
With the heel.
- C.
With the toe
- D.
Leading from the Dantien
- 2.
When you step backward in Tai Chi, how would you do this?
- A.
With the flat foot, ensuring a 45 degree angle
- B.
With the toe, ensuring a 45 degree angle
- C.
With the flat foot, ensure a space between the feet
- D.
With the toe, ensuring a space between the feet
- 3.
How many foot and major hand movements are there in Tai Chi?
- A.
5 foot and 3 hand
- B.
8 foot and 3 hand
- C.
3 foot and 5 hand
- D.
5 foot and 5 hand
- 4.What are the hand movements?
- A.
Forward and Backward, Up and Down, Open and Close
- B.
Up and Open, Down and Close, Forward and Backward
- C.
Open and Close, Forward and Backward, High and Low
- 5.
Ku and Pan mean what in English?
- A.
Step Forward & Step backward
- B.
Turn to the left, Turn to the right
- C.
Open & Close
- D.
High and Low
- 6.We can release stress with this movement.
- A.
Down and close
- B.
High and low
- C.
Up and open
- D.
Open and close
- 7.
As we move inward during the down and close hand movement, what are we doing?
- A.
Gathering bad energy
- B.
Releasing stress
- C.
Gathering energy from the universal energy.
- 8.
The majority of the weight is in the back leg whilst the front leg is just resting on the ground, usually on the heel. What stance is this?
- A.
Bow leg
- B.
Empty Leg
- C.
Tai Chi
- D.
One Leg empty
- 9.These are the 4 main stances
- A.
Wuji, Empty Leg, Horse Riding, Bow
- B.
Bow, One Leg Empty, Tai Chi, Wuji,
- C.
Low, Horse Riding, Bow, Tai Chi
- D.
Low, Horse Riding, Empty Leg, Bow
- 10.
Only one leg is on the ground with this stance. What is it?
- A.
Bow
- B.
Empty Leg
- C.
One Leg empty
- D.
Low
- 11.How is the Bow stance best described?
- A.
One foot in front of the other, 60% weight on the front foot, space between the feet
- B.
One foot infront of the other, both feet in line with one another, 70% weight on the front foot
- C.
Space between the feet, one foot in line with the other, 50/50 weight distribution
- 12.What are the names of the 5 major footworks?
- A.
Jin, An, Ku, Pan, Ding
- B.
Jin, Tui, Ku, Pan, Ding
- C.
Peng, Lu, Tui, An, Ding
- D.
Peng, Lu, Jin, Pan, Ding
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