二路 Èrlù

Lit. second road, it is the second of two form routines in Chen-style Taijiquan. It is also called 炮捶 pào chuí or cannon fist.

Practical Method#

In relation to the 一路 Yīlù#, the analogy is: the yilu lays the tracks, and the erlu puts the train on the tracks.

Form names

#	English	Chinese
1	Buddha’s warrior attendant pounds the mortar	金刚捣碓 Jīn Gāng Dǎo Duì#
2	Block touching the coat	拦擦衣 Lán Cā Yī#
3	Six sealing and four closing	六封四闭 Liù Fēng Sì Bì#
4	Single whip	单鞭 Dān Biān#
5	The hammer of lifting and blocking	搬拦捶 Bān lán chuí
6	White ape presents fruit	白猿献果 Bái yuán xiàn guǒ
7	The fist of protecting the heart	护心拳 Hù xīn quán
8	Serial cannon	连环炮 Lián huán pào
9	Brush the knee	搂膝拗步 Lǒu xī ǎo bù
10	Turn right and shoulder strike	右转身靠 Yòu zhuǎn shēn kào
11	Block and enter head-on	径拦直入 Jìng lán zhí rù
12	The wind blows the plum flowers	风扫梅花 Fēng sǎo méi huā
13	Buddha’s warrior attendant pounds the mortar	右转身捣碓 Yòu zhuǎn shēn dǎo duì
14	Cross the hands	十字手 Shí zì shǒu
15	Fist draping over body	庇身捶 Pì Shēn Chuí#
16	Fist covering the body	撇身捶 Piē shēn chuí
17	Cut hand	斩手 Zhǎn shǒu
18	Turning flowers and playing with sleeves	翻花舞袖 Fān huā wǔ xiù
19	The fist of covering the hand	掩手肱捶 Yǎn Shǒu Hōng Chuí#
20	Jump forward and strike with elbow	飞步拗拦肘 Fēi bù ǎo lán zhǒu
21	Grand red fist	大红拳 Dà hóng quán
22	Turn left and high pat on horse	右转身高探马 Yòu zhuǎn shēn gāo tàn mǎ
23	Small red fist	小红拳 Xiǎo hóng quán
24	High pat on horse	高探马 Gāo tàn mǎ
25	Shuttle	穿梭 Chuān suō
26	Riding the donkey backward	倒骑驴 Dào qí lǘ
27	Flash the back	闪通背 Shǎn tōng bèi
28	Step forward and fist of covering the hand	进步掩手捶 Jìn bù yǎn shǒu chuí
29	The whip wrapping around the body	裹身鞭 Guǒ shēn biān
30	Turn right and the whip wrapping around the body	右转身裹身鞭 Yòu zhuǎn shēn guǒ shēn biān
31	The posture of hand and elbow	手肘式 Shǒu zhǒu shì
32	The posture of the splitting power	劈架子 Pī jià zi
33	Turning flowers and playing with sleeves	翻花舞袖 Fān huā wǔ xiù
34	The fist of covering the hand	掩手肱捶 Yǎn Shǒu Hōng Chuí#
35	Tame the tiger	伏虎 Fú hǔ
36	Brush the eyebrow	抹眉肱 Mǒ méi hōng
37	Right single cloud hand	右单云手 Yòu dān yún shǒu
38	Cut hand	拗步斩手 Ǎo bù zhǎn shǒu
39	Left single cloud hand	左单云手 Zuǒ dān yún shǒu
40	Left forward thrust	左冲 Zuǒ chōng
41	Double fist hit downward	下双撞捶 Xià shuāng zhuàng chuí
42	Right forward thrust	右冲 Yòu chōng
43	Turning flowers out of the bottom of the sea	海底翻花 Hǎi dǐ fān huā
44	The fist of covering the hand	掩手肱捶 Yǎn Shǒu Hōng Chuí#
45	Foot sweep	扫蹚腿 Sǎo tāng tuǐ
46	The fist of covering the hand	掩手肱捶 Yǎn Shǒu Hōng Chuí#
47	Left fist cannon	右拳炮捶 Yòu quán pào chuí
48	Right fist cannon	左拳炮锤 Zuǒ quán pào chuí
49	Step forward and strike with shoulder	进步侧靠 Jìn bù cè kào
50	The fist of covering the hand	掩手肱捶 Yǎn Shǒu Hōng Chuí#
51	Planting the flower upside down	倒插花 Dào chā huā
52	Left arm attack twice	左二肱 Zuǒ èr hōng
53	Left change posture to pile stance	左变式打桩 Zuǒ biàn shì dǎ zhuāng
54	Left turn back and hit with cannon to the head	左回头当门炮 Zuǒ huí tóu dāng mén pào
55	Right arm attack twice	右二肱 Yòu èr hōng
56	Right change posture to pile stance	右变式打桩 Yòu biàn shì dǎ zhuāng
57	Right turn back and hit with cannon to the head	右回头当门炮 Yòu huí tóu dāng mén pào
58	The fist of covering the body	撇身捶 Piē shēn chuí
59	Elbow strike with left foot	拗拦肘 Ǎo lán zhǒu
60	Elbow strike with right foot	顺拦肘 Shùn lán zhǒu
61	Cannon comes out of the bottom	窝底炮 Wō dǐ pào
62	Block and enter head-on	径拦直入 Jìng lán zhí rù
63	The wind blows the plum flowers	风扫梅花 Fēng sǎo méi huā
64	Buddha’s warrior attendant pounds the mortar	右转身捣碓 Yòu zhuǎn shēn dǎo duì

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2020-08-02