<span class="chinese-post-title">八字</span> The Eight Characters from <span class="chinese-post-title">形意母拳</span> Xíngyì Mother Fists by <span class="chinese-post-title">薑容樵</span> Jiāng Róngqiáo

八字

斬（劈拳也），
截（鑽拳也），
裹（橫拳也），
跨（崩拳也），
挑（踐拳亦即燕形也），
頂（蛇拳也），
雲（鼉形也），
領（蛇形也）。

薑容樵

"Chop (Piquan),
Intercept (Zuanquan),
Wrap (Hengquan),
Stride (Bengquan),
Poke, Incite (Tread, or the Swallow Form),
Push to the Top (Paoquan),
Cloud (Alligator Form),
Lead (Snake form)"

From the book Xing Yi Mother Fists (形意母拳), by Jiāng Róngqiáo (薑容樵), based on the translation by Joseph Crandall