<span class="chinese-post-title">歌訣一:身法</span> First Song: Body Method from <span class="chinese-post-title">八卦掌實戰四十八法歌訣</span> The Forty-Eight Songs of Application of Baguazhang

歌訣一、身法

手法步法要相隨，
手到步落力必微。
手腳俱到腰欠力，
去時遲慢難抽回。

"The hands and the steps must follow each other,
If the hand arrives and the step is missing, it will certainly miss power.
Without the waist, hand and step lack power,
They will be late and slow when advancing and withdrawing will be difficult."

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"