<span class="chinese-post-title">歌訣一</span> First Secret Song from the <span class="chinese-post-title">八卦掌三十六歌</span> The Thirty-Six Songs of Baguazhang

歌訣一

空胸拔頂下塌腰，
扭步掰膝抓地牢。
沈肩墜肘伸前掌，
二目須從虎口瞧。

"Relax the chest, lift up the crown of the head, and let the waist sink,
Twist the step, lock the knees together, grab the ground.
Sink the shoulders, drop the elbows, and extend the front palm forward,
Both eyes look through the tiger's mouth."

Based on the translations by 楊俊敏 Yang Jwing Ming and 梁守渝 Liang Shou You in 峨嵋八卦掌 "Baguazhang - Theory and Applications" and by Frank Allen and Tina Chunna Zhang in "The Whirling Circles of Ba Gua Zhang"