Chinese Taoist Martial Arts Association in Greater Chicago

All the forms include the applications unless specified.

White Sash

• Basic entry level sash

Yellow Sash

• Forms

  ·Xing Yi 5-element fist: Eagle Capture (mother fist), Splitting, and Drilling fists
  (no applications)

  · Ba Gua empty-hand circle walking form (official elementary form)

  · Yin style Ba Gua lion system sweeping strike attack methods: Forms 1 to 4.

Orange Sash

• Forms

  · Hsing Yi 5-element fist: Smashing, Pounding, Crossing (no applications)

  · Hsing Yi spring leg (Tan Tui) form sections 1 to 4

  · Ba Gua empty-hand form I (official intermediate form) palms 1 and 4

  · Yin style Ba Gua lion system sweeping strike attack methods: Forms 5 to 7.

 Green Sash

• Forms

  · Hsing Yi 5-element fist linking form

  · Hsing Yi five-element fists applications

  · Hsing Yi spring leg form sections 5 to 8

  · Ba Gua empty-hand form I palms 5 to 8

  · Yin style Ba Gua lion system smashing strike attack methods (7 forms)

Blue Sash

• Forms

  · Hsing Yi 8-character method ("batzu gong")

  · Hsing Yi spring leg form sections 9 to 12

  · Hsing Yi 12-animal forms 1 to 5 (dragon, tiger, monkey, horse, alligator)

  · Ba Gua empty-hand form II 

  · Yin style Ba Gua lion system chopping strike attack methods (7 forms)

 Purple Sash 

• Forms

  · Hsing Yi 12-animal forms 5 to 12 (rooster, sparrow hawk, swallow, snake, Tai bird, eagle, bear, eagle&bear combined)

  · Hsing Yi 8-posture fist form

  · Hsing Yi 5-element broad-sword and linking form

  · Ba Gua empty-hand form III (Jiang Rong Chau form)

  · Yin style Ba Gua lion system hooking strike attack methods (7 forms)

Red Sash

• Forms

  · Hsing Yi empty-hand National Central Kuoshu Academy form I
   

  · Hsing Yi 5-element straight-sword and linking form 
   

  · Hsing Yi 5-element staff and linking form

  · Ba Gua empty-hand form IV (Gong Bao Tian form)
   

  · Yin style Ba Gua lion system shocking strike attack methods (7 forms) 
   

  · Yin style Ba Gua phoenix system dodging strike attack methods (7 forms) 
   

Brown Sash

• Forms

  · Hsing Yi empty-hand intermediate competition form
   

  · Hsing Yi Nine -Continent staff form  

  · Hsing Yi Three-Harmony broad-sword form

  · Cheng School Gao Style Ba Gua Pre-Heaven Palms form I  

  · Yin style Ba Gua lion system blocking strike attack methods (7 forms)  

  · Yin style Ba Gua phoenix system extending strike attack methods (7 forms)  

Black Sash 1st degree

• Forms

  · Hsing Yi empty-hand advanced competition form  

  · Hsing Yi staff competition form  

  · Hsing Yi broad-sword competition form  

  · National Central Kuoshu Academy Ba Gua empty-hand form I 

  · Cheng School Gao Style Ba Gua Post-Heaven palms: Qian 8 and Kan 8 palms
   

  · Yin style Ba Gua lion system seizing strike attack methods (7 forms)  

  · Yin style Ba Gua phoenix system chopping strike attack methods (7 forms)

Black Sash 2nd degree

• Forms

  · Hsing Yi straight-sword competition form  

  · Hsing Yi 5-element spear and linking form  

  · Ba KGa empty-hand advanced competition form   

  · National Central Kuoshu Academy Ba Kua empty-hand form II 

  · Cheng School Gao Style Post-Heaven Palms: Gen 8 and Zhen 8 palms  

  · Yin style Ba Gua lion system grasping strike attack methods (7 forms)  

  · Yin style Ba Gua phoenix system shocking strike attack methods (7 forms)

Black Sash 3rd degree

• Forms

  · Hsing Yi Six-Harmony straight-sword form  

  · Hsing Yi cascaded linking spear form I

  · National Central Kuoshu Academy Ba Kua empty-hand form III ("Kicking Form") 

  · Cheng School Gao Style Post-Heaven Palms: Xun 8 and Li 8 palms

  · Cheng School Gao Style deer horn knife form 

  · Ba Gua broad-sword competition form 
   

  · Yin style Ba Gua phoenix system transforming strike attack methods (7 forms)

   

Black Sash 4th degree

• Forms

  · Hsing Yi spear competition form  

  · National Central Kuoshu Academy Ba Kua empty-hand form IV

  · Cheng School Gao Style Post-Heaven Palms: Kun 8 and Dui 8 palms

  · Cheng School Gao Style Ba Gua straight-sword form 

  · Ba Gua deer horn knife competition form

  · Ba Gua spear form I (Swimming dragon fighting body form) 

  · Yin style Ba Gua phoenix system removing strike attack methods (7 forms)

Black Sash 5th degree

• Forms

  · Hsing Yi empty-hand National Central Kuoshu Academy form II 

  · Cheng School Gao Style Ba Gua Pre-Heaven Palms form II  

  · Cheng School Gao Style Ba Gua broad-sword form
   

  · Cheng School Gao Style Ba Gua empty hand advanced forms (including 4 animal forms: lion shaking, snake twining, tiger sitting, dragon manifesting) 

  · Swimming Dragon Ba Gua staff form
   

  · Yin style Ba Kua phoenix system curling in strike attack methods (7 forms)

Black Sash 6th degree

• Forms

  · Cheng School Gao Style Ba Gua Tai-Chi palm, Yin-Yang palm, Trinity fist, Four-quadrant kick, and Seven-star hand 

  · Cheng School Gao Style Ba Gua empty-hand advanced forms (including 4 animals forms: swallow flipping, eagle pecking, bear squatting, monkey imitating)

  · Cheng School Gao Style Ba Gua double rattan stick form  

  · Cheng School Gao Style Ba Gua cane form 

  · Cheng School Gao Style Ba Gua two-headed spear form

  · Yin style Ba Gua phoenix system penetrating strike attack methods (7 forms)