TÁI XÍNG ·鳥臺形· (鸟台形) · PHOENIX FORM · XINGYI

The PHOENIX FORM* is one of the best health exercises one can practice. Not to mention a formidable self-defense mechanism. PHOENIX has a Yin interior, Yang exterior, straightens the spine, oxygenates the brain, strengthens the legs, soothes the liver, and, martially, specializes in "Change, Coil, Plunge" energies.
Xingyi is based on the
FIVE ELEMENTS:
Metal, Water, Wood, Fire, & Earth, and the 12 ANIMALS**:
Dragon, Tiger, Monkey, Horse, Tortoise, Rooster, Hawk, Swallow, Snake, Phoenix, Eagle, and Bear.
*TÁI XÍNG 鳥臺形 (鸟台形)
** The Shenlong Tang Shou Tao lineage teaches the 12 Animals in the following order, (thus making Tai Xing the eighth Animal learned):
Horse, Hawk, Eagle-Bear, Cockerel, Snake, Tortoise (Tuó), Rooster, Phoenix, Swallow, Monkey, Tiger, and Dragon.