Twelfth <span class="chinese-post-title">歌訣十二</span> Song from the <span class="chinese-post-title">八卦掌三十六歌</span> The Thirty-Six Songs of Baguazhang

歌訣十二

此掌與人大不同，
進步擡前乃有功。
退步還先退後足，
跨步盡外要離中。

"This palm is very different from others.
Step forward and lift the front (foot) to achieve success.
Step backward to move to a prior position by retreating the rear foot
To step at the maximum outwards is vital to keep away from the center (line of the opponent)."

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"