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The 13 Postures are:
- The 8 Energies
- Peng - Ward Off
- Lu - Roll Back
- Ji - Press
- An - Push
- Tsai - Pluck
- Lieh - Split
- Zhou - Elbow
- Kao - Shoulder
- The 5 Steps
- Advancing Forward Steps
- Retreating Backwards Steps
- Stepping to the Left
- Stepping to the Right
- Zhong Ding - Central Equilibrium
The main thing to understand about the 13 postures is that they are really not so much physical postures as they are specific applications and expressions of movement and energy.
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