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Baxian Jian (Eight Immortal Sword) includes 81 postures. This form originated from the stances of The Eight Immortals:
1) He Xian-gu (with lotus flowers) 2) Li Tie-guai (with pilgrim's gourd and iron crutch) 3) Cao Gou-Jiu (with castanets) 4) L¨¹ Dong-bin (with fly-wisk and sword) 5) Han Xiang-zi (with a flute) 6) Zhuang-li Quan (with fan and peach of immortality) 7) Lan Cai-he (with basket of flowers) 8) Zhang Guo-lao (with drum)
When done quickly, this form hides the movement of the body with the sword. Baxian Jian is known for its simplicity, its combined force of both hardness & softness and for the imitative stances of Eight Immortals.
1 yu bei shi (preparatory stance)
2 xu bu chuan zhi (thrust the finger in empty step)
3 ti jiao tan shou (kick with toes leading and flash the tiger)
4 bing bu liang zhi (bring feet together and flash the finger)
5 ding bu ce zhi (thrust the finger sideways in T-step)
6 cha bu hu jian (guard the sword in crossed legs)
7 xu bu cang jian (hide the sword in empty step)
8 ma bu ge jian (parry with sword in horse step)
9 xu bu qie jian (slice with sword in empty step)
10 xu bu chuo jian (thrust the sword in empty step)
11 ma bu ping ci (stab with sword horizontally in horse step)
12 xu bu jie jian (intercept with sword in empty step)
13 ma bu hou cang (hide behind in horse step)
14 ma bu bao jian (hold the sword in horse step)
15 gong bu xia pi (hack backward with sword in bow step)
16 zhuan shen sao jian (turn body over and sweep with the sword)
17 ti xi tiao jian (uplift the knee and raise the sword with straight arms)
18 wan hua pi jian (hack with sword with twisted wrist)
19 zong bu shang tiao (leap and raise the sword with straight arms)
20 pu bu xia pi (pounce and cleave downward with sword)
21 yang shen fan pi (lie backward and hack reverse)
22 cha bu pi jian (cleave with a sword in backward crossed step)
23 ma bu ge jian (parry with the sword in horse step)
24 gong bu ping ci (stab horizontally in bow step)
25 ma bu bao jian (hole the sword in horse step)
26 gong bu xie pi (cleave with sword horizontally in bow step)
27 zhuan shen sao jian (turn body over and sweep with the sword)
28 gong bu tiao jian (raise the sword with straight arms in bow step)
29 zuo ti tui (left leg kicking)
30 cha bu shang jie (cross-cut upward in crossed step)
31 gong bu ci jian (stab with the sword in bow step)
32 gong bu ling jian (swing the sword in bow step)
33 ti xi xia jie (uplift the knee and intercept downward with a sword)
34 dian bu lun pi (cut with arm swing in tiptoeing stance)
35 wan hua chuo jian (twist the wrist to swing the sword)
36 xu bu qian zhi (point forwards in empty step)
37 xing bu chuan jian (thread the sword while walking)
38 gai bu dai jian (pull the sword in front crossover step)
39 cha bu hou ci (stab backward in backward crossover step)
40 zuo pai jiao (pat the left feet)
41 zuo zhan you ba (left chop and right pull out)
42 gong bu pi jian (cleave with the sword in bow step)
43 xing bu dai jian (lead the sword while walking)
44 ma bu ge jian (parry with sword in horse step)
45 ti xi bao jian (uplift the knee and hold the sword) 46 gong bu ci jian (stab with the sword in bow step)
47 hua di dai jian
48 gong bu ti jian (lift the sword in bow step)
49 ti xi ya jian (uplift the knee to press the sword)
50 tiao bu dian jian (leap to point with the sword)
51 ti xi tan jian (uplift the knee and explore with the sword)
52 gai bu li jiao (wring inward n front crossover step)
53 xu bu liao jian (upper cut with sword in empty step) 54 ti xi ya jian (uplift the knee and press the sword)
55 xie bu pi jian (cleave with the sword in seated step)
56 zhuan shen ge jian (turn body over to parry with sword)
57 (parry with sword in seated step)
58 support the sword with the arm in bow step)
59 (intercept with sword in seated step)
60 support the sword with the arm in bow step)
61 xie bu chuo jian
62 gong bu tuo jian
63 zuo you ba jian
64 you xing bu ting jian
65 zuo xing bu mo jian
66 you xing bu ting jian
67 ti xi tan jian
68 gai bu wai jiao
69 niu bu bai jian
70 ti xi chao jian
71 gong bu tan ci
72 gong bu pi jian
73 xing bu dai jian
74 ma bu ge jian
75 gong bu ci jian
76 zuo you pi jian
77 gong bu ci jian
78 ti xi liang jian
79 xu bu chuan zhi
80 bing bu an zhi
81 shou shi (finishing)