<span class="chinese-post-title">歌訣二十三</span> Twenty-third Secret Song from the <span class="chinese-post-title">八卦掌三十六歌</span> The Thirty-Six Songs of Baguazhang

歌訣二十三

打人憑手膀為根，
膀在肩端不會伸。
故欲進時進前步，
若進後步枉勞神。

"When striking the opponent, one relies on the upper arms as the root of the attack.
The upper arm at the shoulder extremity do not extend.
When one wishes to advance, one steps forward with front leg.
If one steps forward with the rear leg, then one will be troubled."

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"